New Scientist
The best new science fiction books of February 202...
From a new Jasper Fforde to post-apocalyptic hellscapes aplenty, February’s science fiction offers s...
Weird anglerfish mating strategy may have helped t...
Tiny male anglerfish fuse their bodies into the larger females, and this strange strategy may have h...
Why bioabundance is just as important as biodivers...
The abundance of wild birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and insects has drastically declined over th...
US Congress grilled Big Tech leaders on child onli...
Executives from Meta, TikTok and X were questioned by US lawmakers about the safety of children who ...
CRISPR gene therapy seems to cure dangerous inflam...
Nine out of ten people in a trial of a CRISPR treatment for potentially life-threatening inflammator...
Strap that tracks heart rate in pregnancy may pred...
A wrist-worn heart tracker called WHOOP detected changes in activity during pregnancy that may be li...
Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes...
Experiments with a replica suggest that a piece of mammoth ivory with carved holes found in a cave i...
Smart hat senses when traffic lights change and te...
Long-lasting hats, jumpers and watch straps that function as smart devices can be made thanks to a c...
Record broken for the coldest temperature reached ...
Four-atom molecules glued together by microwaves have broken the record for being the most complicat...
Modern humans were already in northern Europe 45,0...
DNA from bones found in a cave in Germany has been identified as from Homo sapiens, showing that our...
The gold hydrogen rush: Does Earth contain near-li...
Prospectors around the world are scrambling to find reserves of "gold hydrogen", a naturally occurri...
India's first snow leopard survey puts population ...
Officials set up almost 2000 camera traps covering 120,000 square kilometres to estimate the numbers...
Alice in Wonderland syndrome mapped in the brain t...
Scientists have mapped the brain circuit behind a form of Alice in Wonderland syndrome, when someone...
What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt ...
Scientists have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target in its search for bio...
What we know about the stars where NASA will hunt ...
Scientists have analysed the stars that an upcoming NASA telescope will target in its search for bio...
Watch parrots use their beaks for a newly identifi...
Not only can parrots fly and walk, they can also swing along branches using their beak, in a techniq...
Racial and ethnic disparities undermine dementia c...
A review of dementia research highlights unequal healthcare outcomes for Black and Hispanic people i...
A bold new take on quantum theory could reveal how...
At the smallest scales, everything is made out of a cloud of quantum possibilities. A new idea attem...
