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Read an extract from Alex Foster’s sci-fi novel Ci...
In this passage from the opening of Circular Motion, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club...
Ozempic really could turn back the clock on your b...
When people were randomised to receive either a placebo or Ozempic, they became biologically younger...
Kamchatka earthquake response shows tsunami warnin...
After an 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula, early tsunami warni...
Vagus nerve stimulation receives US approval to tr...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill-sized device for treating rheumatoid arthrit...
Ageing in the brain may be caused by a breakdown i...
The discovery that brain ageing may be driven by jammed-up protein factories could lead to better wa...
E. coli genome has been remade with 101,000 change...
The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for...
US says CO2 emissions aren’t harmful – climate sci...
The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases don’t endanger people to reve...
Mystery of the potato's origins solved by genetics...
Around 8 million years ago, an ancestor of modern tomatoes in South America hydridised with a plant ...
Common artificial sweetener may interfere with can...
People who consume some artificial sweeteners are less likely to respond to certain cancer therapies...
Longest lightning ‘mega-flash’ sets a shocking new...
A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially...
Critics of de-extinction research hit by mystery s...
Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals ...
The best new science fiction books of August 2025
From a fresh take on Stephen King’s The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned...
Ancient Siberian ice mummy is covered in 'really s...
Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art o...
Human milk could help fight infections that endang...
The prebiotic properties of human milk could be harnessed to treat a bacterial strain known to cause...
Human trials point the way towards an mRNA vaccine...
We may be a step closer to a highly effective mRNA vaccine against HIV, but tests so far reveal that...
Let a breakthrough in measuring body clocks ease t...
New tests to gauge an individual's circadian rhythms could be put to good use helping night workers ...
Archaeologists are unearthing the most powerful wo...
Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehist...
How life thrives in one of the most hostile enviro...
Creatures that lurk more than 9000 metres deep in the Pacific Ocean get their nutrients from a surpr...
