New Scientist

Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela
Read an extract from time-travel novel The Ministry of Time
'Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative'
First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle
Leprosy was in the Americas long before the arrival of Europeans
Will SpaceX’s Starship rocket ever work - and what if it doesn’t?
Amazing images reveal new details in the sun's atmosphere
Qubit breakthrough could make it easier to build quantum computers
Dark chocolate is rich in flavanols. Does that make it a health food?
Before the Great Wall, Chinese rulers built a shallow ditch
We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains
Massive glacier collapse triggers landslide that buries Swiss village
How your whole imagination is conjured up from three brain processes
Can imagining a better future really make it come true?
Do we have free will? Quantum experiments may soon reveal the answer
How visualisation sets you up for success by changing your cognition
Fossils show puzzling lack of evolution during last ice age peak
You can make fair dice from any shape you like

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