New Scientist
Are tech firms giving up on policing their platfor...
Social media companies have long struggled with moderating the behaviour of billions of users, and n...
The neuroscientist using music to help treat Alzhe...
We have long suspected that music has restorative qualities, but Daniel Levitin is now providing rig...
Batteries made from industrial waste could store r...
Industrial waste can make rudimentary batteries. That's likely no good in electric cars etc, but cou...
AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-w...
Whether AI can assist in cancer detection has been subject to much debate, but now a real-world test...
Genetically modified toxic semen could suppress tr...
Male flies have been genetically engineered to produce poisonous proteins in their seminal fluid, a ...
US reports first human death related to bird flu
A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N1 in December has pa...
Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drink...
Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” to raise concentratio...
Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have ...
Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by p...
AI uses throat vibrations to work out what someone...
Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be anal...
The problems with Dry January – and what you could...
Many people decide to give up alcohol during January. But is this actually helpful in the long-term ...
Pluto may have captured its moon Charon with a bri...
Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before...
Secrets of velvet ant's venom explain what makes i...
A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molec...
How a quantum innovation may quash the idea of the...
The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics invokes alternative realities to keep everything...
5 graphs that show how the world suddenly changed ...
From carbon emissions to the share prize of videoconferencing firm Zoom, these graphs tell the story...
The best new science fiction books of January 2025...
From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a fl...
Permafrost thaw beneath Arctic lakes poses surpris...
Deep sediments under Arctic lakes could release large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, adding ...
Electric fields could mine rare earth metals with ...
Smartphones, electric vehicles and wind turbines rely on environmentally destructive rare earth mini...
Global treaty is failing to curb ultra-potent gree...
Countries have pledged to phase out HFC-23, a powerful greenhouse gas, but atmospheric data shows th...
