New Scientist
Why are we so suspicious of do-gooders?
A growing body of research shows that we tend to discount a person’s good deeds if they stand to ben...
The race to solve the biggest problem in quantum c...
The errors that quantum computers make are holding the technology back. But recent progress in quant...
We don’t know if AI-powered toys are safe, but the...
Toys powered by AI show a worrying lack of emotional understanding. But we need to understand the ri...
How worried should you be about your BMI?
Body mass index (BMI) is used as a global standard for measuring health, but does it actually tell y...
Can species evolve fast enough to survive as the p...
The story of a wildflower that adapted to a severe drought in California raises hopes that evolution...
Chemistry may not be the 'killer app' for quantum ...
Two popular quantum computing algorithms for problems in chemistry may have very limited use even as...
Why drug overdose deaths have suddenly plummeted i...
Fentanyl-related overdose deaths fell by nearly 30 per cent in the space of a year in the US, which ...
Rumours of a Firefly reboot abound, but should the...
Star Nathan Fillion is stoking rumours that cult western-in-space television series Firefly could be...
Undisclosed ads on TikTok skirt ban on profiling m...
Teenagers are being bombarded with highly targeted commercial content on TikTok, despite an EU law t...
A miniature magnet rivals behemoths in strength fo...
Strong magnets tend to be large and power-hungry, but a new design has produced a powerful magnet th...
King penguins are thriving in a warmer climate, bu...
Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the peng...
Why a Peruvian mountain is becoming an 'impossible...
Deep canyons in the Andes are the perfect location to catch the most energetic particles in the univ...
Why the world's militaries are scrambling to creat...
The reliable internet connections provided by Starlink offer a huge advantage on the battlefield. Bu...
Parkinson's disease may reduce enjoyment of pleasa...
The "world smells different" for people with Parkinson's disease, a discovery that could help doctor...
Orcas may be to blame for some mass dolphin strand...
Two mass strandings involving hundreds of dolphins in Argentina probably happened because the pods w...
I was accused of killing over 100 million rabbits ...
New Scientist reporter James Woodford recalls his run-in with rabbits I was working a Sunday shift w...
Sharing genetic risk scores can unwittingly reveal...
Statistics that quantify a person’s predisposition to diseases such as diabetes and cancer can be re...
Startup is building the first data centre to use h...
Cortical Labs is building two data centres that will house its neuron-filled chips. The technology i...
