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Read an extract from All Systems Red by Martha Wel...
In this dramatic opening to Martha Wells' All Systems Red, the latest pick for the New Scientist Boo...
Three years of high temperatures will mean we have...
The aim to limit global warming to 1.5°C is based on long-term average temperatures, but analysis sh...
Hot Atlantic sets the stage for extreme hurricane ...
This year could bring up to 25 named tropical storms, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administr...
Male birth control injection causes reversible inf...
Male mice injected with a molecule that affects sperm movement were temporarily unable to impregnate...
Ants learn faster on caffeine
A dose of caffeine helped ants locate a sweet reward 30 per cent faster, suggesting the drug boosts ...
Earth-like exoplanet found just 40 light years awa...
A nearby planet named Gliese 12 b has an estimated surface temperature of 42°C (108°F), making it a ...
El Niño is ending after a year of driving extreme ...
The warm El Niño pattern in the Pacific Ocean combined with global warming and other factors to crea...
Amazing new images of galaxies and nebulae caught ...
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has taken images of galaxies, galaxy clusters and...
Huge nose of male proboscis monkeys is key to mati...
Male proboscis monkeys use their enormous noses to make loud trumpeting sounds, and the organ’s size...
About 1 in 9 children in the US have been diagnose...
New survey data estimates that 7.1 million children in the US have been diagnosed with ADHD at some ...
Modern soldiers test ancient Greek armour to show ...
An experiment inspired by Homer’s description of combat in The Iliad tested the capabilities of the ...
Quantum to cosmos: Why scale is vital to our under...
From the vastness of the universe to the infinitesimal particles that comprise it, extremes of scale...
Food, sex, drugs and more – are we addicted to add...
New proposals for addictions seem to keep cropping up, but the reality is we don't truly understand ...
Ancient viruses in the human genome linked to ment...
People with higher genetic risk for depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are more likely t...
How quantum entanglement really works and why we a...
Subatomic particles can appear to instantly influence one another, no matter how far apart they are....
Source of the sun’s magnetic field may hide right ...
Scientists have long thought the source of the sun's magnetic field sat deep within the star, but it...
Mysterious element promethium finally reveals its ...
The highly unstable radioactive element promethium is hard to study in the lab, but chemists have no...
Could mental health conditions be 'transmitted' am...
The largest study yet looking at whether conditions such as depression and anxiety could spread betw...
