X chromosome gene may reduce autism rates in women and girls

A radical new approach suggests some of quantum theory’s most bizarre and inexplicable effects might be down to physics failing to account properly for time

Unusually large handaxes weighing up to 3 kilograms have puzzled archaeologists because they are so unwieldy, but their function may have been purely symbolic

Exclusive: With only a handful of lowland Leadbeater’s possums left in Victorian forests, conservationists hope a bespoke sanctuary will help the acrobatic marsupials bounce back Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here With just 13 animals left, time was running out for the Leadbeater’s possums at Yellingbo conservation area. The critically endangered forest sprites have exacting habitat needs. They prefer cool, wet and dark forest, with large old

An experiment with ultracold potassium atoms has revealed details of a type of turbulence that only exists in the quantum realm and relies on odd tangles of stringy whirlpools