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Would aliens do physics, or is science a human inv...
Shaped by a different biology or culture, other intelligent civilisations – if they’re out there – m...
First drone passengers may be combat casualties an...
Drones aren't yet licensed to carry passengers, but some may already be airlifting wounded personnel...
A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions r...
Physicists are scrambling to understand why dark energy is weakening. In a surprising twist, we must...
The bombshell results that demand a new theory of ...
Last year, our most detailed map of the universe yet suggested our understanding of dark energy has ...
A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cos...
Black holes that turn matter into energy could explain dark energy and answer two other cosmic quest...
Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wron...
This is a New Scientist special package about shock results that have upended cosmology. What do the...
Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 bil...
Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but s...
Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn ...
Fungus-farming ants have evolved a remarkable solution to the danger of excess carbon dioxide inside...
People who eat a lot of fibre spend more time in d...
The most comprehensive study to date has revealed what we need to eat throughout the day to sleep we...
The best new science fiction books of March 2026
The latest in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series is out this month, along with a speculati...
Inside the company selling quantum entanglement
Cables underneath New York City are teeming with entangled quantum particles of light thanks to Qunn...
Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy an...
Magnesium has been called the “super mineral of the moment”, hailed for its supposed benefits for th...
NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getti...
As it faces yet another set of delays, NASA’s Artemis programme is being shaken up, delaying an actu...
Frailty can be eased with an infusion of stem cell...
Frailty can typically only be lessened through lifestyle changes, but a stem cell therapy seems to t...
Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom i...
Neuron-powered computer chips can now be easily programmed to play a first-person shooter game, brin...
Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of ha...
Pouring 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine removed up to 10 tonnes of carbon d...
How worried should you be about an asteroid smashi...
The dinosaurs were wiped out by an asteroid, but does that mean we risk suffering the same fate - an...
Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian cli...
The New Scientist Book Club enjoyed our February read, Tim Winton's far-future-set Juice. Head of bo...
