New Scientist
We may finally know why gold stays so shiny
Gold is chemically inert and so doesn't tarnish, but exactly why had been a mystery
How a radical new view of life could reveal its or...
We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individu...
Space storms could switch signals and cause seriou...
Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which ...
Space storms could switch train signals and cause ...
Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which ...
Earliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese ...
Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a h...
Will lab-grown sperm let infertile men have childr...
Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now...
Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as...
Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur di...
Does gravity create reality? A shocking path to a ...
A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physi...
Mars astronauts may do laundry by blasting clothes...
There is currently no good way for astronauts in space to do laundry, but researchers may have final...
Why your brain needs plenty of “Aha!” moments
In the age of AI, instant answers to our questions are readily available. But columnist Helen Thomso...
Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected wate...
Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now...
Experimental mRNA vaccine may protect against mult...
Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of...
Political anger affects the body differently to ot...
We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodil...
Australia is battling its largest diphtheria outbr...
Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soa...
How ageing on Earth mimics the effects of space tr...
Life on the International Space Station may feel distant, but columnist Graham Lawton finds that stu...
Mathematicians stunned by AI's biggest breakthroug...
Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul Erdős, which ma...
Epic dreaming is leaving people exhausted and dist...
Some people experience vivid, incessant dreams that leave them feeling exhausted the next day, with ...
Women’s better memories may delay Alzheimer’s diag...
Women appear cognitively normal for almost three years longer than men after their brains start to d...
