New Scientist
The best new science fiction books of May 2025
May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as well as war on an ali...
Housework robots are a step closer as they learn t...
Robots often struggle to carry out tasks in places where they haven’t been trained, but a new AI mod...
Drugs like Wegovy can be effective at treating fat...
Semaglutide, a drug commonly taken for weight loss, showed marked benefits for most patients in a tr...
Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes ...
Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have f...
Let's remember that extraordinary claims need extr...
Several recent scientific findings, including signs of life on an exoplanet and 'de-extinction' of t...
How a simple walk can bust stress, boost cognition...
We all know that walking is good for us, but growing evidence reveals that the right hike can expone...
Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s abili...
A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent thro...
Bitter argument breaks out over controversial theo...
Research aiming to answer the great mystery of how consciousness arises is continuing to spark debat...
Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection...
AI-powered deepfake videos with altered facial expressions can display realistic heartbeats through ...
Our wounds heal slower than the cuts and scrapes o...
Human wounds take almost three times as long to heal as those of other primates, which may come down...
Trump administration jeopardises key report on cli...
The Trump administration has dismissed all of the researchers working on the next installment of the...
Reddit users were subjected to AI-powered experime...
Users of the r/ChangeMyView subreddit have expressed outrage at the revelation that researchers at t...
How vanishing Y chromosomes could help explain men...
The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is reveali...
'Dark photon' theory of light aims to tear up a ce...
One of the most famous findings in physics could be wrong – the double-slit experiment was long thou...
Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more...
Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reduci...
US plans massive health database to study autism –...
The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understand...
A new version of the periodic table could change h...
An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that c...
The 'impossible' particle hinting at the universe'...
Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't ...
