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Will an mRNA vaccine target the norovirus strain b...
A new type of norovirus is causing a very high number of cases in countries like England, just as a ...
NASA’s Mars helicopter was grounded in 2024 after ...
The Ingenuity autonomous helicopter surpassed all expectations to fly dozens of missions over severa...
Hundreds of small websites may shut down due to UK...
Hundreds of community websites run for fans of everything from cycling to Sunderland AFC may be forc...
Hairy ‘orangutan pitcher plant’ discovered in Born...
A newly described species of giant pitcher plant is one of the biggest ever found, with leaves cover...
Engaging new podcast asks what the big things are ...
Blazing the Trail, a new podcast from the Australian Museum, delves into topics from how language ev...
Our writers pick the 26 best science fiction short...
We asked New Scientist writers to pick their favourite sci-fi short story. From H.G. Wells’s The Tim...
Stonehenge may have been built to unify people of ...
Recent findings show that Stonehenge’s stones came from all over Britain – and this offers clues to ...
AI beats human experts at distinguishing American ...
Using descriptions of flavours or chemical data, artificial intelligence can tell apart whiskies fro...
The most inspiring conservation success stories in...
Endangered skates and kingfishers were brought back from the brink this year and scientists found a ...
Genetic tweak to three key crops massively boosts ...
A simple change to maize, sorghum and sugarcane that allows them to take advantage of rising CO2 lev...
Is AI finally ready to replace your doctor?
Advances in artificial intelligence mean that machines can now perform certain diagnostic tasks with...
How to make the biggest splash in a pool, accordin...
Analysing footage of what happens when people jump into water, and using a robot to mimic them, has ...
The best space images from 2024
This year has delivered some awe-inspiring imagery of space, from the James Webb Space Telescope’s s...
Swarms of tiny robots coordinate to achieve ant-li...
Small robots directed by magnetic fields can cooperatively lift heavy objects, form floating rafts a...
Ultra-thin diamond wafers for electronics made usi...
Electronics made using diamond-based chips would have many advantages, but have been hard to make – ...
Ancient hominin Lucy was a lousy runner, simulatio...
Researchers have tried to work out how fast Australopithecus afarensis could run by creating a 3D di...
Are quantum computers now advanced enough to need ...
Quantum computing hardware has been progressing rapidly in recent years – and quantum software is fo...
'Artificial tongue' can detect chemical makeup of ...
Biological nanopore technology revolutionised DNA sequencing – now it has been adapted for analysing...
