A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines ...

US President Trump has proposed a Golden Dome defence system that includes missile interceptors in space. But the idea would ...

Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolve ...

Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and ...

Many people are worried about the health effects of ultra-processed foods and microplastics, but could these two issues ...

Nanoparticle-infused contact lenses can transform infrared radiation into different colours of visible light, potentially ...

A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest ...

Resplendent with its blue stripes and golden legs, this newly described poison dart frog may look imposing, but it is only about the size of a thumbnail, measuring just 14 to 17 millimetres from ...

The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling ...

Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds ...

Women seem to be judged as being more moral than men, which could mean they have further to fall if they don't meet societal ...

Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which stabilises particles in the atmosphere that allow ...