Archaeologists say find supports theory that drug was used in burial rituals, possibly to 'enter ecstatic state'

Scheme gets under way as data suggests Environment Agency's own monitoring leaves rivers unprotected

Governments and businesses failing to change fast enough, says United in Science report, as weather gets increasingly extreme

Users no more likely to lack motivation than non-users - but motivation may wane while under the influence

Researchers say their prototype produces hydrogen with greater than 99% purity and works in air as dry as 4% relative humidity

Older adults, immunocompromised and the very young are paying the price for the mask-less freedom of many

Prehistoric stone circle and 11th-century church uncovered as country's reservoirs hit 36% of normal capacity

The infrared images, taken in July, capture unprecedented views of the biggest planet's storms, moon and surrounding rings

As a schoolboy, I put little effort into my homework. But a long night wrestling with Euclidean geometry led to a career in nuclear physics - and a more resilient personality

The psychologist Steven Pinker has long believed we should be more optimistic - and even current crises do not dissuade him.

Between 2018 and 2020 China published 23.4% of the world's scientific papers, eclipsing the US.

Virus, which causes symptoms including fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches, is believed to have spread from animals to humans.

The scientist was best known for his theory that the Earth is a self-regulating community of organisms

Natural History Museum scientists seek to unlock mysteries of deep sea but some fear activity will disturb diversity of the depths

Move follows dispute over Northern Ireland protocol, as one academic says UK is going down a 'dark path'

With the Higgs boson already in the bag, the Large Hadron Collider begins another period of data collection

A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists - and the conflict may determine the future of biology

Researchers gauged responses to climate science versus scepticism and suggest facts bear repeating

Just a few years from now, herds of woolly 'mammoths' could be roaming the Siberian tundra. Are dodos and dinosaurs next for de-extinction?

The robotic spacecraft unravels the history of the our galaxy's evolution - and could identify habitable regions of the Milky Way