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Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be un...
The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building block...
Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory object...
Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-mak...
Common artificial sweetener makes you three times ...
The artificial sweetener sucralose increases brain activity in regions involved in appetite, suggest...
We could make solar panels on the moon by melting ...
Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventua...
Ozempic weight loss is deemed less praiseworthy th...
People seem to be less impressed when others lose weight with the drug Ozempic than when they achiev...
Extreme weather could disrupt China's renewable en...
As China’s vast electrical grid relies more on wind, solar and hydropower, it faces a growing risk o...
The best retro games console is the one you played...
Nostalgia for video games seems to be strongest for those played during childhood – at least for Nin...
Ice-monitoring drones set for first tests in the A...
High-speed drones will be put to the test in the extreme Arctic environment as part of a project to ...
It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender ga...
For decades, autistic women and girls have had to play "diagnostic bingo" before getting their true ...
The epic quest to redefine the second using the wo...
A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to ge...
Plant skin grafts could result in new kinds of veg...
A company in the Netherlands says it has perfected a way to create "graft chimeras" with the skin of...
The best new science fiction books of April 2025
From robot rights to ageing and climate change, this month’s science fiction squares up to the big t...
Weekend workouts can be as valuable as exercising ...
Squeezing exercise into one or two days a week seems to have similar health benefits as doing the sa...
US government fired researchers running a crucial ...
A termination letter obtained by New Scientist reveals that the Trump administration has gutted the ...
How nothing could destroy the universe
The concept of nothing once sparked a 1000-year-long war, today it might explain dark energy and not...
NASA cut $420 million for climate science, moon mo...
Under pressure from Elon Musk’s DOGE task force, NASA is cancelling grants and contracts for everyth...
The animals revealing why human culture isn't as s...
Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for ...
Do Ozempic and Wegovy really cause hair loss?
As semaglutide-based weight loss treatments, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, become more popular, new si...
