New Scientist
Why did hominins like us evolve at all?
Animal life on Earth existed for over half a billion years before hominins hit the scene – a complex...
Huge jellyfish invasion could disrupt Arctic ecosy...
The Arctic could see a surge of jellyfish as climate change leads to warmer waters and less ice – a ...
One-day mental health workshop improves teenagers'...
The one-day courses were particularly beneficial to those pupils with worse mental health problems i...
Everything you need to know about semaglutide weig...
From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on new weight loss inje...
Flu vaccine for children linked to pneumonia risk ...
The nasal flu vaccine may reduce cases of pneumonia illness in population over the whole flu season ...
We are about to hear echoes in the fabric of space...
Gravitational waves can be lensed by massive galaxies so that they repeat, like an echo. Scientists ...
How could we give boring blobby galaxies a new, ex...
Galaxies could do with a few more arms or some decorative designs – on this episode of Dead Planets ...
Underwater data centres could be destroyed by loud...
Underwater data centres being installed off the coasts of China, the US and Europe could be disrupte...
Mystery of 'impossible' star resolved by three-bod...
A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers ...
Oldest known human viruses found hidden within Nea...
Genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons has uncovered the remnants of three viruse...
ChatGPT got an upgrade to make it seem more human
OpenAI's new ChatGPT model, called GPT-4o, provides more human-like interactions through a voice mod...
Ultrasound therapy could treat lung condition link...
Mice benefitted from ultrasound therapy for a rare lung condition – the treatment might work for com...
Sticky oil sprayed onto plants offers alternative ...
A sticky liquid made from vegetable oil could be sprayed onto plants to catch small pests such as th...
How an audacious sonic survey could help revive da...
The world’s largest "ecoacoustic" survey, listening to Costa Rican rainforests, could pave the way f...
Edible gel prevents and treats alcohol intoxicatio...
Mice given unlimited access to alcohol recovered faster after consuming a gel based on a milk protei...
Did humans evolve to chase down prey over long dis...
Outrunning prey over long distances is an efficient method of hunting for humans, and it was widely ...
Having more children protects parents’ brains from...
The brains of adults who have raised children appear younger later in life. Child-rearing seemed to ...
Watch a Möbius strip robot move and climb when hit...
When light strikes a soft robot made from a twisted strip of hydrogel sheets, it moves in a predicta...
