New Scientist
We are finally improving prostate cancer diagnoses...
Cases of prostate cancer are surging alarmingly around the world. Thankfully, we are developing more...
Endangered skates saved from extinction by hatchin...
The Maugean skate (Zearaja maugeana) is only found in one habitat in Australia, which is under threa...
Ancient plant artefact reveals humanity's epic jou...
We know that modern humans took one of two routes to first reach Australia, and now an ancient chunk...
The JUICE spacecraft may be visible on a near-Eart...
On 19 and 20 August, the JUICE mission will make the first ever attempt to get a gravitational boost...
The climate impact of feeding ourselves is getting...
If we want to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from food production, we have to make it more effi...
We could make fuel and fertiliser by recycling was...
Wastewater, which is full of pollutants that contain nitrogen, can be directly fed into a new chemic...
Has the mystery of life’s 'handedness' finally bee...
All living creatures use only the left or right-handed forms of certain molecules, and now we might ...
Why overcoming your cynicism could be key to a hea...
Evidence suggests that cynicism is bad for your health. Neuroscientist Jamil Zaki describes the thre...
Covid variant JN.1 may have become dominant due to...
The covid-19 variant JN.1 may have been able to evade antibodies and spread globally due to one crit...
A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to...
In the centre of a distant galaxy, a supermassive black hole has swallowed up a star 9 times the sun...
The surprising wall pattern that could keep buildi...
A zigzag design can maximise how much heat walls radiate into space, while minimising heat absorptio...
How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravit...
A century ago, Albert Einstein suggested that the universe might contain ripples in space-time, know...
The Antarctic’s polar vortex could be about to spl...
A split in the southern vortex – not seen since 2002 – could lead to sudden warming of the Antarctic...
We now know how kestrels stay perfectly still whil...
Two nankeen kestrels have been filmed flying in a wind tunnel to learn how the raptors keep their he...
Existing quantum devices could be used to disrupt ...
Commercially available quantum technology could let stock traders coordinate decisions to buy or sel...
Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres ...
A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new ...
Uncovering recent hidden grave sites in Mexico wit...
Researchers in Mexico are using satellite data to find covert graves – these could hold the remains ...
Smartphone flaw allows hackers and governments to ...
A newly identified smartphone vulnerability can reveal the floor plans of where you are and what you...
