New Scientist
Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded...
It can be difficult to figure out how to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another, but a trick fr...
Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more car...
Carbon storage calculations don’t always take into account the effects of animals – when they eat, d...
Songs that birds 'sing' in their dreams translated...
By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how ...
Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listen...
Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-...
Wind turbines based on condor wings could capture ...
Curved wing tips inspired by the world's heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind t...
Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,00...
A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hom...
Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back t...
Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can...
This cosy, charming puzzle game has you saving for...
Set in an English manor in 1890, Botany Manor is a video game that places you in the shoes of a bota...
Extreme heat in 2023 linked to drastic slump in gr...
Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, ...
Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome b...
Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective
Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that priori...
Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consumi...
Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the...
The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been...
Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for ...
Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically ac...
Quantum-proof encryption may not actually stop qua...
Cryptographers are scrambling to understand an algorithm that could undermine the mathematics behind...
Particles move in beautiful patterns when they hav...
A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path tw...
Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a ne...
In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – poss...
What is cloud seeding and did it cause the floods ...
Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian penins...
Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be th...
The jawbone of an ichthyosaur uncovered in south-west England has been identified as a new species, ...
