SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A new look at one of the most successful vaccination campaigns in history, which rapidly eradicated smallpox in Copenhagen...

The New Scientist Book Club moved on from reading a classic piece science fiction in December – Iain M....

So I drive until first light and only stop when the plain turns black and there’s nothing between us...

Faecal transplants are now commonly used to treat recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections, but finding people whose faeces are of...

Photographing a black hole has presented one of the most unique challenges in astronomy, you can't simply point a telescope at one and snap a picture. Black holes are so...

Two footballers have taken part in a project to help tackle child health issues and encourage better oral hygiene and diets. Ipswich Town striker George Hirst and defender Conor Townsend attended the club's Empower Hub project at the Willows...

Last year, there was a 15% annual increase in the operations and surgeons want more research. Source link

Available for 33 daysThis week 14 European countries warned that “maritime safety and security” was being put in jeopardy by Russian interference. The Royal Institute of Navigation says GPS is so vulnerable to so called ‘spoofing’ and ‘jamming’ that...

In wealthy, relatively safe countries, how long people live now probably depends just as much on the genetic variants...

The length of your life may depend more upon your genes than scientists thought.Once you remove from consideration events that cut life short — such as infections and injury — genetics account for about half the factors that determine...