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Puppy intelligence tests can predict how dogs will...
Puppies’ performance in cognitive tests at 3 to 7 months old can give a strong indication of their p...
Digital devices may help ward off cognitive declin...
Using smartphones, computers and the internet seems to slow cognitive decline in people aged over 50...
Inside the mouth-watering race to master lab-grown...
We’ve now figured out how to culture chocolate in the lab. The breakthrough could help with spiralli...
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea could be treated with a ...
An antibiotic that is commonly used for urinary tract infections effectively treated gonorrhoea, and...
Electrical synapses genetically engineered in mamm...
Scientists have used gene editing to produce artificial electrical synapses in mice, where they can ...
US military launches initiative to find the best q...
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to know which of the quantum computer...
Trump budget cuts would eliminate much of NOAA’s c...
Proposed cuts would wipe out NOAA’s Ocean and Atmospheric Research office among a raft of other redu...
Bronze naval ram from Roman battle recreated using...
Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle ...
Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landf...
Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up...
Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned sin...
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beaked common dolphins th...
Book Club: Readers admit they weren’t impressed wi...
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the book club’s thoughts on our latest read, the weird and wil...
Larry Niven on creating Ringworld, a “great gaudy ...
The author of the award-winning classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist...
Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven...
In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book C...
Inside the hunt for unknown minerals in super-deep...
Diamonds formed in Earth’s lower mantle contain tiny flecks of minerals that are helping us understa...
The evolution of easier births means slower walkin...
Wider hips may make childbirth easier, but increase the risk of other health issues
Denisovan fossil from Taiwan gives clue to mysteri...
A fossil jawbone found by fishers in the Taiwan Strait has extended the known range of ancient Denis...
Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s g...
Schrödinger called his metaphorical cat “quite ridiculous” but the quantum weirdness it represents h...
Should we give up on recycling plastic?
Globally, only 14 per cent of the plastic we use is recycled – but some countries achieve higher rat...
