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Honey has been used as medicine for centuries – do...
It is appealing to think something as simple as honey could cure a cold or prevent hay fever, but is...
A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we kn...
A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark t...
Tiny frozen world unexpectedly appears to have an ...
A 500-kilometre-wide object in a similar orbit to Pluto challenges our assumptions about small bodie...
300-year-old experiment could become world's best ...
An update to an experiment run by Henry Cavendish in 1773 could be a cheaper and faster way to spot ...
The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you ...
To mark David Attenborough turning 100, New Scientist staff have been set a tricky task: pick your f...
Prebiotic chewing gum could be helpful for gum dis...
A small trial found that chewing gum containing nitrate can ease the symptoms of gum disease by favo...
Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tra...
A device you attach to your underwear reveals how often you really break wind – and it’s probably mo...
2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading s...
The second half of this year will almost certainly see the start of an El Niño phase that could lead...
NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hackin...
National Health Service rules state that all software created with public money should be publicly a...
The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to ...
Should you really be drinking eight glasses of water a day? What about reaching for a sports drink a...
Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry ca...
An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by t...
Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fos...
With progress at COP climate meetings stalling, 57 countries took part in the first of a new series ...
Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my...
Silvia Park, author of the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, reveals how a book that was ori...
Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park
In this extract from Luminous, the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet a mysterious ro...
The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thou...
Uranus’s outermost two rings are surprisingly dissimilar, which opens up a mystery about the tiny mo...
An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reve...
The implications of quantum mechanics suggest reality isn't as solid as we think it is, but physicis...
'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy t...
A cryptocurrency that aims to avoid the disastrous energy consumption of bitcoin is actually using 1...
Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liv...
An ambitious study has explored how the oral microbiome may affect our metabolic health, raising hop...
