Hollywood has been imagining the impact AI might have on our lives for decades, but how accurate are these portrayals?

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their ...

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a ...

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the ...

A quantum state of matter comprising molecules with opposite charges at each end has been made for the first time. It could help probe our understanding of the quantum properties of exotic materials ...

Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin channels between two semipermeable membranes ...

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the ...

In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing ...

Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous ...

Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve ...

Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping the flow of water ...

The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselves dry appears to have more to do with ...