David Stock

Low-tech Kasaine fence reduces human-wildlife conflict in Kenya

The idea that Homo naledi may have intentionally placed their dead in South Africa’s Rising Star cave is fascinating, but are we reading too much into the evidence?

Cooling metal bars to near absolute zero, suspending microscopic gold beads, or searching for signs that gravity might be quantum: meet the scientists hunting for gravity's elusive nature Dashboard

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X

There's evidence that our ancestors almost went extinct. But is this true, and if so, what caused it?

The deeper mathematics goes, the stranger everything becomes. This is what the numbers actually show, and what it still cannot fully explain

Antarctica’s 'doomsday glacier' is starting to fail

Our heart, lungs, hands and genes are all relics of an evolutionary past, revealing our true animal nature

The human body evolved for an environment that no longer exists, and that has led to some of the greatest health challenges of our time