New Scientist
Fundamental law of physics demonstrated using quan...
The principle of least action has been a key law of physics since the 18th century, but has only now...
Bat guano has been sculpting caves in Brazil for t...
Due to the corrosive effect of their faeces, bats have engineered larger caves in the iron-rich eart...
Naked mole rats' hyaluronic acid genes can give mi...
Naked mole rats’ secret to a long life is an abundance of hyaluronic acid, and new research shows th...
Rare plant turns carnivorous when it is low on a k...
The West African liana Triphyophyllum peltatum can grow special leaves that trap insects, but we now...
US states agree to use less from Colorado River to...
After months of negotiations, California, Nevada and Arizona have agreed to reduce the water they ta...
Ozone layer treaty pushed back ice-free Arctic sum...
A 1987 treaty to ban ozone-destroying gases helped delay the first Arctic summer with no ice, which ...
How talking to your future self can improve your h...
From meeting an older version of yourself in virtual reality to writing letters from the future, the...
Hundreds of species new to science discovered in S...
A WWF report catalogues a cornucopia of plants and animals newly identified in the Greater Mekong re...
Chronic pain linked to distinctive patterns of bra...
Better understanding the brain patterns linked to persistent pain could open the door to new treatme...
Covid-19 booster vaccines should leave out origina...
The first covid-19 vaccines were based on the spike protein from the original virus, but including t...
Tonga volcano eruption disrupted satellites halfwa...
A link between volcanic activity and rising bubbles of low pressure in the ionosphere has now been p...
Memcomputer chips could solve tasks that defeat co...
An alternative form of computer chip called a memcomputer could offer benefits over existing machine...
Bowhead whales may resist cancer thanks to superio...
The cells of bowhead whales seem to be better at repairing DNA than those of humans or mice, and thi...
Software update for world’s wind farms could power...
An AI that predicts wind changes could boost wind turbine efficiency by 0.3 per cent, which globally...
Why a blurred background makes objects in photos l...
Photographs with a shallow depth of field trick the brain into assuming that the subject is small an...
Ancient mass extinction may have driven millipedes...
The mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period wiped out many plants. Fossils of millipedes fr...
CRISPR-edited cells could help people survive chro...
Injecting gene-edited heart cells into rats with damaged hearts kept more of them alive and had them...
The hunt for the South Island kōkako, New Zealand’...
The last accepted sighting of the South Island kōkako was in 1967, and it was declared extinct in 20...
