World’s oldest periodic table found

A periodic table chart discovered at the University of St Andrews in Scotland is thought to be the oldest in the world.

Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure

Half a million years ago, earlier than was previously thought possible, humans were building structures made of wood, according to new research by a...

New treatment could become first ever targeted therapy designed for ‘untreatable’ childhood brain cancer

A new type of drug that targets a genetic weakness in an untreatable childhood brain cancer could become the first ever treatment designed to...

Five thousand eyes on the sky

A cutting-edge new telescope instrument designed and built by an international team  has taken its first observations of the night sky. The Dark Energy Spectroscopic...

The fate of the earth?

In five billion years our sun will run out of fuel, expand into a red giant and finally collapse into a small, faint object called...

Archaeologists date earliest known occupation of North America

A team led by Newcastle University, UK, used analysis of ancient coprolites – fossilised excrement – to identify that samples from one of the...

AI lights the way for futuristic electronics – from bendy TVs to lightweight solar...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming modern electronics – accelerating the design of bendable TV screens, ultra-lightweight revolutionised solar cells and more. In a study published...

Huge ecosystems could collapse in less than 50 years – new study

We know that ecosystems under stress can reach a point where they rapidly collapse into something very different. The clear water of a pristine...

Rapidly warming Arctic could cause spread of nuclear waste, undiscovered viruses and dangerous chemicals,...

Rapidly thawing Arctic permafrost has the potential to release radioactive waste from cold war nuclear submarines and reactors, antibiotic resistant bacteria and potentially undiscovered...

Face of first Brit revealed

‘Cheddar Man’, the first Brit at 10,000 years old, had blue eyes and dark skin according to scientists who have analysed his DNA. Living just...