New Scientist
The best new science fiction books of January 2024...
From Machine Vendetta by Alastair Reynolds to Tlotlo Tsamaase’s Womb City and Ali Millar’s Ava Anna ...
Probiotics help treat recurring urinary tract infe...
Taking a vaginal probiotic, either on its own or with an oral probiotic, for four months reduced the...
In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid...
NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the European Space Agency is se...
AI learns to recognise objects with the efficiency...
Shortly after hatching, chicks quickly learn to recognise moving objects with only a few examples – ...
Get ready to see a total solar eclipse in 2024 – h...
The moon will cover the sun on 8 April 2024 for people in parts of the US, Canada and Mexico, creati...
Encryption upgrade in 2024 will keep data safe fro...
We probably don't need to worry about quantum computers being able to break encryption in 2024, but ...
Headset delivers electric current to ease depressi...
A headset that can be worn at home relieves symptoms of depression to a similar degree as antidepres...
Quantum state of matter made with 'dipolar' molecu...
A quantum state of matter comprising molecules with opposite charges at each end has been made for t...
Aloe vera plants turned into energy-storing superc...
A battery-like device known as a supercapacitor can be created from different parts of aloe vera pla...
2024 could finally see greenhouse gas emissions st...
If governments step up support for renewable energy and other efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emiss...
CRISPR engineered viruses could render other virus...
A virus engineered using CRISPR technology spread its DNA to other viruses in mice, causing them to ...
People’s ‘speed of sight’ varies and this may expl...
There is significant variation in people’s ability to visually track fast-moving objects, which migh...
Radio bursts from space are exhibiting a strange ‘...
Astronomers have spotted a set of 35 mysterious flashes of radio waves from space that seem to show ...
Springs made from rusty metallic glass could power...
Most metals oxidise, or rust, when exposed to air, which normally weakens them, but a kind of metall...
Europe plans to build the world’s fastest supercom...
Europe will get its first exascale supercomputer next year, called JUPITER, and it should allow simu...
Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in ...
The Martian Moons eXploration mission is slated to launch for Phobos in September 2024 – once it get...
Human cells have a resonant frequency – and it’s j...
Like a tuning fork, living human cells have frequencies at which they naturally vibrate – and now we...
Slower arm speed may be why older people fall more...
Younger people move their arms more quickly than their older counterparts when they slip, helping th...
