New Scientist
Exotic cosmic objects in string theory may look li...
Physicists have simulated strange objects from string theory to determine what they look like – if t...
We finally know why bubbles rise in a straight lin...
In carbonated drinks, the wake from rising bubbles can disturb other bubbles. But when the molecules...
Why saving Britain's rivers means more than cleani...
Researchers at the UK’s annual River Restoration conference say that policy-makers and the general p...
Psychedelics may increase entropy in the brain's v...
Computer simulations of a human brain under the influence of LSD show that entropy increases the mos...
Doctors are hypnotising people before surgery to h...
The professional body for anaesthetists in the UK has produced hypnosis recordings for patients to l...
Balto's genome reveals famed sledge dog was a mutt...
Balto had a varied ancestry, sharing genes with Siberian huskies, Greenland sledge dogs, Vietnamese ...
Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a cor...
California blackworms gather together in tangled-up balls to preserve moisture during droughts, but ...
Evolutionary oddball has seven genomes inside a si...
DNA analysis has revealed that a single-celled alga has a strange conglomeration of different organi...
Hyenas seen sharing their dens with porcupines and...
Camera traps at two dens in Kenya have captured evidence of porcupines and warthogs occupying dens a...
Watch a weird robot wiggle and flap like a seal mo...
A four-legged robot has been designed to imitate the bouncing and lunging motion of a seal on land, ...
We mess up when the stakes are high due to a disru...
A brain mechanism that enables us to carry out tasks to achieve a certain reward may get disrupted w...
We now know why we mess up when the stakes are hig...
A brain mechanism that enables us to carry out tasks to achieve a certain reward may get disrupted w...
One star being eaten by another will take revenge ...
Astronomers have found one huge star eating another, but the smaller star is predicted to eventually...
Bird flu has killed 20 critically endangered Calif...
A recent outbreak of avian flu has killed 15 per cent of the wild population of California condors, ...
Pill that zaps stomach cells could treat nausea an...
A capsule that electrically stimulates stomach cells has been tested in pigs, and could one day help...
Electric vehicles are rapidly taking off – but is ...
One in five cars sold worldwide in 2023 will be electric, but a mass shift away from the internal co...
Your essential guide to the many breathtaking wond...
An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to su...
Detailed image of supermassive black hole shows it...
An image of a black hole called M87* shows never-before-seen details of matter falling into its cent...
