New Scientist
The best new science fiction books of March 2024
With a new Adrian Tchaikovsky, Mars-set romance from Natasha Pulley and a high-concept thriller from...
Sinking plankton poo could help store more carbon ...
When the faecal matter produced by plankton sinks, it carries carbon from shallow waters to long-ter...
Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine...
23andMe's DNA test was once named "invention of the year", but now the company is in dire financial ...
1 in 8 people worldwide has obesity
Between 1990 and 2022, obesity rates more than doubled among adults and quadrupled among children an...
El Niño will cause record-breaking heat across the...
A climate model has forecast where the most extreme heat will occur during the current El Niño phase...
Squid-like plant that lives mostly underground is ...
For the first time in nearly a century, a new genus of plant has been discovered in Japan, but it lo...
Keto diet helps people maintain weight loss after ...
In a small study, people with type 2 diabetes maintained their weight loss on the low-carbohydrate k...
How do you recycle a nuclear fusion reactor? We're...
The UK's JET nuclear fusion reactor has been shut down after 40 years, and now researchers hope to r...
Miso paste made in space opens a new frontier for ...
A fermentation experiment on the International Space Station produced miso paste with a flavour dist...
A simple trick can make a dog treat a stranger as ...
If an unfamiliar person spends 15 minutes following a dog, it tends to follow them back in a possibl...
AIs get better at maths if you tell them to preten...
Chatbots vary their answers depending on the exact wording used to prompt them, and now it seems tha...
Habitable ocean world K2-18b may actually be inhos...
An exoplanet called K2-18b has been suggested as a good place to look for alien life, but a new anal...
Benefits of hyaluronic acid in skincare products h...
Hyaluronic acid's skincare benefits are often attributed to its supposed ability to hold 1000 times ...
Does getting even mild covid-19 affect our cogniti...
A large UK study suggests people who had been infected with covid-19 experienced some cognitive decl...
We now know what makes oranges taste of oranges
Researchers have identified 26 chemical compounds responsible for the flavour of oranges, which coul...
What causes a total solar eclipse and how often do...
Ahead of the total solar eclipse in North America, here is everything you need to know about solar a...
Light and sound may slow Alzheimer’s by making the...
An experimental treatment for Alzheimer's disease involving sounds and flickering lights has shown p...
Battery breakthrough lets electric cars run longer...
A new formula for lithium-ion batteries could help electric vehicles drive farther and charge faster...
