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From subconscious finger sniffing to rats driving cars, New Scientist staff have reported on many weird, wild or utterly bonkers discoveries and inventions in the 70 years since we began
From subconscious finger sniffing to rats driving cars, New Scientist staff have reported on many weird, wild or utterly bonkers discoveries and inventions in the 70 years since we began
In this extract from Chris Beckett’s Dark Eden, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet some of the inhabitants of a dark planet that drifts outside the Milky Way, descendants of two astronauts marooned there over a...
The New Scientist Book Club has been reading the Station Eleven author's latest speculative novel. While they found lots of things to praise, there were criticisms of the pace of this near-future-set story, says Alison Flood
A plant spotted by botanist Carlos Magdalena on social media has been identified as a new species of giant water lily after a search that ended with a pre-dawn boat journey through flooded Colombian rainforest. #waterlily #newspecies...
A giant water lily spotted on Instagram led to the discovery of a new species in Colombia, where researchers estimate just 30 to 50 plants exist in the wild.
A handful of soil holds a crowded world of bacteria, fungi and other organisms. Scientists can collect their DNA, but much of it remains difficult to identify. Now, researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and partner...
While solids, liquids, and gases make up the familiar world around us, scientists have now proposed a 'new state' of matter that is far, far stranger.
Researchers are exploring novel ways to treat, even prevent, the brain disease C.T.E. One of the most surprising: near-infrared light.
Scientists at the University of New Mexico have played a key role in identifying a rare, 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite that provides new evidence that the red planet may have once had a wetter, Earth-like environment....
Description This global map of Mars shows 13 locations that match the mineralogy and chemistry of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. While scientists can never know for sure...
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Oxford study shows Manx shearwaters lose direction when their body clocks get out of sync Seabirds returning from foraging trips can be thrown hundreds of miles off course by a form of jet lag that arises when their body clocks get out...
On fast flights across the Atlantic, the body clocks of Manx shearwaters get out of sync with local time, leading them to veer away from the most direct flight path
Parts of plants that are usually wasted, from kiwi skin to squash seeds, contain more fibre than the parts of the plant we do eat
Physics is generally built on observations, then the maths that supports them comes later. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes a look at an effort to reverse this and rebuild the laws of physics from the maths up
Forever chemicals are renowned for their durability and their non-stick properties, but they persist for years in the environment. An alternative inspired by plants doesn't have the same problem
Breathing out after birth switches off the ability of tissues to regenerate, a study in mice suggests. But the pathway seems to be reversible
Quantum mechanics stands out by being probabilistic and a new analysis suggests that this property can be traced unexpectedly deep into the theory’s mathematical foundations
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A spinal cord transplant happened in people for the first time during a surgery in Russia, but the evidence underpinning it is lacking
The King's Observatory in London, built on the orders of King George III so he could watch the 1769 transit of Venus, is up for sale. Feedback is interested – but not sure if our bank balance will stretch to the asking price
If aliens with technology similar to ours lived on a planet orbiting Proxima centauri (the next-nearest star), would we be able to see unmistakable signs of a technological civilisation? Of life? And what is the advantage of eggs over...
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say
A new study from Boston University looks at the rate of the brain disease CTE in former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023. A study of former NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023 estimates that 74.5% had CTE, accounting for...
A study of former NFL players who died from 2008 to 2023 estimates that 74.5% had CTE, accounting for bias in brain donations because the disease can be diagnosed only after death.
A new study suggests that chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) was present in the brains of roughly 75 percent of NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.
Even after accounting for brain donation bias, researchers find nearly 75% of former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023 likely had chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
A new study from Boston University looks at the rate of the brain disease CTE in former NFL players who died between 2008 and 2023.
Generali Stadium will have 71,500-seat capacity Inter fans protest the plans outside gala event Internazionale and Milan have unveiled plans for their new Generali Stadium, which will replace the shared San Siro venue from the 2031-32...
At one of Milan’s famous sites, Castello Sforzesco, the future of another historic monument was revealed as AC Milan and Inter Milan unveiled plans for their proposed new stadium
The stadium is expected to be ready for the 2031-2032 season and will replace the iconic San Siro
The two Italian giants have long looked to move on from their iconic home, with plans to destroy it initially put on hold until things got back on track recently and things are now in motion.
If you’re yet to grab a Switch 2, or are looking into it as a Christmas gift, Nintendo’s newest bundle may be its best offer yet.
Nintendo is selling a new Nintendo Switch 2 bundle in the UK that is now available on the UK Nintendo Store website. The bundle is priced at £459.99. If you were to purchase all the items separately it would cost...
Arizona reported its first case of New World screwworm on Wednesday, making it the third state to be impacted by the parasite. The confirmed case was found in a domestic dog in Cochise County, Ariz., which shares a border with Mexico,...
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A new James Bond series is out now with a Harry Potter star as the villain.
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Referring to the Jane Doe allegations as "horrifying," Hochul said: "Survivors should be able to trust the institutions responsible for protecting them. We cannot afford to let them down."
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The latest acceleration follows a pounding from tropical storm-fueled waves that chewed away at the coast.
A research team from Toyohashi University of Technology, the Institute for Molecular Science and the Institute of Science Tokyo, led by Yu Kinjo and professor Ryugo Tero of Toyohashi University of Technology, has developed a new method...