New Scientist
A new life on Mars? Expect toxic dust, bad vibes a...
You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would...
This robot can build anything you ask for out of b...
An AI-assisted robot can listen to spoken commands and assemble 3D objects such as chairs and tables...
SpaceX targets Starship flight next week – just a ...
SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world's most powerful rocket. Next we...
Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse ...
Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in En...
How a single gopher restored a landscape devastate...
Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped b...
Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700...
Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established...
Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shar...
Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white shar...
Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time f...
Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space...
Is the climate change food crisis even worse than ...
Extreme weather and a growing population is driving a food security crisis. What can we do to break ...
Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and off...
Seven major datasets used to train audio-generating AI models are three times more likely to use the...
Any delay in reaching net zero will influence clim...
Reaching net-zero emissions is essential for halting climate change - but even after we achieve this...
AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world
Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics...
Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have...
An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spec...
Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – ...
Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to ...
Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is ...
Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incr...
Why does our universe have something instead of no...
In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types...
We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mar...
Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet...
Why hairy animals shake themselves dry
The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselves dry appears to ha...
