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Researchers who observed a murderous conflict unfolding in a once-unified group of wild chimpanzees say there are parallels with civil wars in human societies ...

A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems ...

Elizabeth Banks stars as an author shrunk by her scientist husband Matthew Macfadyen in this major new series - but it fails to live up to its promise, finds Josh Bell ...

A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated the Red List status for three of Antarctica's most famous species after a dire assessment of their prospects under climate change ...

Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening ...

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

A new book from photographer Jon McCormack collects his shots of patterns in nature from around the world, from flamingoes to icebergs ...

A fresh and important book reveals the messy reality of our ever-mutating cells - and why the quest to defeat ageing is futile, says Michael Le Page ...

Luminous by Silvia Park and Ode to the Half-Broken by Suzanne Palmer are both thoughtful and well-written science fiction novels, featuring robots in richly realised worlds. But there the similarities end, says Emily H. Wilson ...