New Scientist
We finally know why live music makes us so emotion...
Hearing live music tugs at our heartstrings more than a recording, probably because it increases act...
How one of the smallest fish makes a sound as loud...
The drumming sound of the 12-millimetre-long fish Danionella cerebrum can hit 140 decibels – now sci...
Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyru...
Ancient and fragile papyrus samples are at risk of being damaged by fungi, but a wasabi-based treatm...
Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eati...
Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star with a patch of metal near one of its magnetic poles, wh...
Hard-to-digest starch supplements may help people ...
A small trial has strengthened the idea that foods containing the special form of starch could lead ...
Where are all the exomoons? The hunt for worlds or...
Moons circling exoplanets would be some of the most promising places to look for life outside our so...
Mathematicians discover 'soft cell' shapes behind ...
The mathematical study of how repeating tiles fit together usually involves pointed shapes like tria...
Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm ...
It may soon be possible to recreate the persona of someone who has died by training an artificial in...
Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluste...
Astronomers have spotted a gargantuan protocluster – the primordial beginnings of a galaxy cluster –...
Why science relies too much on mathematics
Mathematics is at the heart of modern science but we shouldn’t forget other ways to reason, says aut...
Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs f...
Last year, the world's oceans broke many warming records. Environment reporter James Dinneen went to...
Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean...
Adding alkaline chemicals to the huge volumes of wastewater discharged into the oceans each year cou...
Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quan...
A device that measures minuscule gravitational forces could help us understand how gravity works on ...
Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune ...
Astronomers have found a new moon around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune – the first moons discovere...
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early c...
Newly released emails have revealed that the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin was aware of concerns o...
Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong...
A mimic of Martian soil can be turned into strong fibres. Such a material could be used to help buil...
A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg...
Four-legged robots typically need an arm to open doors or pick up objects, but this mechanical canid...
Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word '...
Biochemist Casimir Funk realised that certain compounds in our diet are essential for keeping us hea...
