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Uranus was probably tilted on its side by a giant impact when it was young, and a detailed new simulation of this process is a riot of swirling colours

Ants that grow fungi inside their nests also make their own landfills – and these release significant amounts of nitrous oxide

James Clarke, of Intel’s quantum computing research team, tells New Scientist about his ambitions to make the first device with a million qubits

The construction of a high-speed train line, HS2, is allowing archaeologists to search for Romans, plague victims and even mammoths

No one knew climate change would affect viruses that spread from person to person, but it does. For the eighth of our 12 Days of Culture we look at how disease may change

Farmed chickens often carry diseases like Campylobacter, which can cause food poisoning, but faecal transplants dramatically slow the spread of the bacteria

The Californian firm Alkahest has begun a trial to see if injections of an extract of younger adults’ blood can improve Parkinson’s symptoms in older people

Feed enough energy into a gas of ultracold atoms and it will create waves that produce a burst of quantum fireworks

A simple skin test appears to predict those most at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder - a finding that may help them get the support they need

If you’re thinking of taking up a new pursuit, vague, open goals may be better to help you do it than setting hard targets, we find on the seventh of our 12 Days of Culture