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Some countries will spend less on power by 2100, but middle-income countries in the tropics and subtropics will spend more to keep buildings cool

Faeces samples from an Iron Age salt mine have been genetically sequenced, revealing traces of fungi found in blue cheese and beer

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The mRNA technique used in covid-19 vaccines recruits our bodies to make their own medicines. That could revolutionise treatments for all manner of conditions – and make personalised therapies cheaper and easier

The US now has a 35 per cent global market share in bitcoin mining, the largest in the world – the electricity to produce the cryptocurrency may come mostly from coal

The International Energy Agency, a Paris-based energy watchdog, finds that a strong switch to renewables, energy efficiency and electric cars would cushion households against fossil fuel price shocks

African penguins identify each other using unique features of their physical appearance and vocal calls – making them the second group of birds after crows known to do so

South African penguins identify each other using unique features of their physical appearance and vocal calls – making them the second group of birds after crows known to do so

Quantum computers may one day break encryption, and security researchers say intelligence agencies may already be storing encrypted data with a plan to crack it in future

Ahead of the COP26 climate summit, New Scientist has assessed which countries are ahead when it comes to cutting carbon emissions

The oak processionary moth, a native of southern Europe that damages oak trees, is invasive in the UK and is now spreading more rapidly there – despite efforts to control it

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A source of radio waves, nicknamed "Andy's object", coming from the direction of the centre of the galaxy has left astronomers puzzled

Gut bacteria engineered to produce a signal when they eat chunks of DNA from cancer cells could form an early warning test for the disease, tests in mice suggest

Breadfruit – which is a bit like a potato that grows on trees – is projected to grow well throughout this century, even as staples like rice are hit by rising temperatures

A report by the UK's Health and Social Care Committee and Science and Technology Committee says the government made a "serious" error in not responding faster to the coronavirus pandemic

A sea cucumber called Chiridota heheva lives on deep-sea vents and cold seeps where there is little oxygen, and has evolved to survive in these toxic environments

Women with concussion are less likely to conceive in the two years after their head injury than women who injured another part of their body

Safer, an oil tanker in the Red Sea, has been abandoned and could unleash a catastrophic oil spill that would leave millions of people without food or clean water

Tobacco seeds discovered in the remains of an ancient fire suggest people have been using the plant for much longer than we thought