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Pieces of jawbone and teeth found in Egypt have been identified as a new early ape species named Masripithecus moghraensis, which lived about 17 million years ago ...

A computer language designed to robustly verify mathematical theorems and expose logical flaws has been turned towards a physics paper - and spotted an error. The discovery raises questions about how many other papers may harbour similar issues ...

In the cloud forest of Costa Rica, many canopy-dwelling animals do their business in strangler fig trees, perhaps as a way of leaving messages ...

A device that relies on quantum effects and oversized atoms may be a more reliable way to measure temperature that doesn't require calibration ...

In a landmark trial, social media giants Meta and YouTube were found negligent and ordered to pay for harming a user's mental health. The decision could force major changes in how social platforms work ...

Feedback is prompted by readers to investigate the size of the shed in the term 'shedload', and gets down and dirty with particle physics in the quest ...

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week ...

Shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards, this image by photographer Sebastian Di Domenico was taken in Columbia ...

We shouldn't dismiss flowers as merely ornamental - these blooms are world-changers, argues a vivid new book by David George Haskell. Michael Marshall is mostly convinced ...

A duo of drugs that boosts our glympathic system, which clears waste from our brain, also improves the removal of proteins associated with the onset of Alzheimer's disease ...