(MedPage Today) -- An ongoing Supreme Court case may upend states' ability to investigate deceptive healthcare organizations. When an entity is engaging in fraudulent or deceptive practices that pose a...

(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- Researchers identified four predictors of clinically relevant bleeding in patients receiving extended anticoagulation with apixaban (Eliquis) for cancer-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE). Over a median follow......

Illustration of an asteroid passing nearby the moonMARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The chances of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025, after astronomers discovered a building-sized asteroid hurtling towards...

Hang in thereWenjian Sun et al. 2025 This mouse is seemingly trying to revive its unconscious cage mate by tugging at its tongue to clear its airways. Researchers discovered that,...

The Denisovan skullHebei GEO University In 2010, DNA analysis of a finger bone around 40,000 years old revealed that it came from a previously unknown group of ancient humans, dubbed...

OpenAI founder Sam Altman is featured on SoraSora/Screenshot There is no doubt that 2025 will be remembered as the year of slop. A popular term for incorrect, weird and often...

Ozempic, which contains the GLP-1 drug semaglutide, was initially considered a treatment for type 2 diabetes onlyAlamy Stock Photo Previously hailed – or derided – as weight-loss aids for the...

Aaron Schwartz/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect From vaccine sceptics at the heart of the US government to the continued global paralysis when it comes to climate action, science has been...

There is a long history of doing physics by imagination. Albert Einstein built his special theory of relativity after imagining himself chasing a beam of light. Erwin Schrödinger gave us...

Disney alleged that AI image generator Midjourney was trained on films like The Lion KingMaximum Film/Alamy The three years since the release of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s generative AI chatbot, have seen...

China’s rapid deployment of solar power has helped cut emissions from the energy sectorCostfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images 2025 may be the year that China’s greenhouse gas emissions begin a long-term...

Watching the solar eclipse in Menan, Idaho in 2017Natalie Behring/Getty Images As one year draws to a close, I like to get excited about what the year ahead has in...

“I have never needed much of an excuse to throw myself into a cold lake…”Kajsa Swanson/Alamy I have come to realise that my day is littered with small rituals. Each...

Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more The year in daft Being a New Scientist reader, you are probably savvy enough to...

These beautiful, enigmatic images were captured by scientist and photographer Felice Frankel in her everyday life. Before you read further, see if you can tell what they depict – we’ll...

We perceive colour using input from the cone cells in our retinasShutterstock/Kitreel In April, a team of researchers reported a device enabled them to witness an intense green-blue colour that...

Colossal’s so-called dire wolfColossal Biosciences Colossal Biosciences, which calls itself “the world’s first and only de-extinction company”, generated a lot of headlines this year. The hype, however, bore little relation...

(1) You have been invited to sit at the periodic table. Among those mythological figures, and the elements named after them, are the 12 titans (titanium), Prometheus (promethium) and Thor...

Comet Lemmon, photographed from northern Italy on 26th October 2025Marcel Clemens/Alamy I don’t think anyone declared it, but 2025 was a big year for comets. There was comet Lemmon, which...

Elon Musk helped the US government take a chainsaw to science fundingJason C. Andrew/Bloomberg via Getty Images One of the most enduring images of 2025 is the picture of billionaire...