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Air pollution monitors have been accidentally harv...
DNA from plants’ and animals’ shed cells gets caught in air filters at pollution monitoring stations...
Underground fungi absorb up to a third of our foss...
Researchers estimate that plants transfer more than 13 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide each year to myc...
The unique promise of 'biological computers' made ...
Biologists are finally beginning to corral molecules, cells and whole organisms to carry out complex...
Planes could soon run on pig fat – but it won't re...
Airlines have plans to use biofuels made from animal fats to meet climate targets, but a report warn...
The nature of reality: Read our top quantum physic...
The quantum realm contains profound mysteries. Here, New Scientist editors have selected some of our...
Superbugs will struggle to evolve resistance to un...
A much-needed new kind of antibiotic can kill bacteria such as MRSA and works in a way that makes it...
Ovarian cancer test could detect disease earlier t...
A test based on seven chemicals found in uterine fluid outperformed the leading tool for diagnosing ...
City in Sierra Leone covers buildings in mirrors t...
People in Freetown, Sierra Leone, are increasingly exposed to extreme heat due to climate change and...
Compound found in octopus ink kills cancer cells b...
Ozopromide, which is found in octopus ink, could kill cancer cells but leave healthy ones intact. Th...
Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metr...
An oil company in China has started drilling a hole that would be the deepest in the country and amo...
Pneumatic computer uses pressure instead of electr...
A computer chip made of glass and silicone holds liquids that move from one side of the chip to the ...
First ever 'livestream' video from Mars will be br...
The European Space Agency is about to attempt the first ever livestream from another planet - althou...
Watch Mars ‘livestream’ by the European Space Agen...
The European Space Agency is about to attempt the first ever livestream from another planet - althou...
Hundreds of weird filaments of gas are hiding in o...
Astronomers have found strange strings of hot gas near the supermassive black hole at the centre of ...
Reports of an AI drone that 'killed' its operator ...
It has been widely reported that a US Air Force drone went rogue and "killed" its operator in a simu...
Wildfires across Canada have emitted record-breaki...
Carbon emissions from wildfires in Canada were the highest ever recorded in May, highlighting the gr...
Inside the huge London super sewer designed to fig...
A monstrous concrete pipe with a capacity of 1.6 million cubic metres is being built under London to...
Ancient humans may have risked their lives making ...
Modern flintknappers experience a wide variety of injuries that could have led to life-changing cons...
