Physicists may have solved a 30-year mystery over missing neutrinos
Since the 1990s, researchers have wondered if unexpected results from gallium-based neutrino detectors are a sign of a…
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Britain’s only desalination plant remains idle during drought
Water flow in the river Thames has dropped low enough to warrant the use of England’s only large-scale desalination…
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Why many women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly controlled by their hormones
People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts. Psychiatrists have started to pay attention, creating…
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Our blood’s body clock may be causing anaemia cases to be missed
Blood tests may give different results depending on when in the day, or the year, they are taken, which could result in…
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The best new science-fiction novels of August 2026
Fascist empires and deadly sea monsters are on offer in the science fiction out this month, says Alison Flood
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How Europe can make its landscapes more fire-resilient
Paradoxically, suppressing wildfires has also made European countries more vulnerable to huge blazes like those seen in…
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Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa
Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift…
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Could eating less protein slow ageing?
Protein is everywhere, but studies – mostly in non-human animals – suggest that limiting our intake could extend our…
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Thousands of people in China have had banned Alzheimer’s surgery
Surgery that aims to enhance the clearance of Alzheimer's-associated proteins from the brain has been banned in China,…
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Where to watch the next total solar eclipse anywhere in the world
The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world – here…
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Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
In this extract from Peter Heller’s novel, the August read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to pilot…
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How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new film
Set in an empty world after a superflu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, Peter Heller's The Dog Stars - the August…
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Why full-fledged quantum computers might always be five years away
To predict when we’ll have a truly useful quantum computer, we need to know precisely what one is. Columnist Karmela…
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The genome of a long-extinct ancient human is hiding within us
We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together,…
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Smallpox DNA in ancient Inca mummies shows virus came from Europe
The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first…
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Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female
Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died…
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Origami-inspired sensor could continuously monitor our vital signs
A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing…
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Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book
Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling…
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Is district cooling the solution we need for extreme heat in cities?
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now,…
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First-of-kind Guillain-Barré drug switches off part of immune system
A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first…
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Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools
Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how…
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Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons
Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy…
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Why the most central law in cosmology may need to be broken
The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true,…
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Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like…
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Our verdict on Claire North’s space opera Slow Gods: a big thumbs-up
There was unusual consensus amongst New Scientist Book Club members about our read for July, with readers falling over…
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Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget your own diet
Measures like bans on advertising junk food to children are essential for instilling healthy eating at a young age, but…
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A handy guide to the science of super-long fingernails
Feedback is delighted by a deep dive into why people sometimes wear "artificially elongated fingernails". But does it…
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Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 3
An Australian reader with an abundance of flies in their locality tries to answer a question that has intrigued many of…
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Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead?
One correspondent with a particularly intelligent dog begs to differ with this question, while another looks to deepen…
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What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away?
From tides to eclipses, the slow departure of our moon will affect life on Earth, say our correspondents
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Did NASA’s Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book
Steven Benner’s Meet The Neighbors is an intriguing tale of misunderstood planetary biochemistry. Paul Marks is…
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Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon
The asteroid (44) Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but only now are we finally figuring out its weird…
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Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people
Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger than previously thought, building tens of…
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Jupiter’s deepest mysteries were hidden in shadow. Now we can see them
NASA researcher Heidi Becker has photographed sublime sights around Jupiter that have never been seen before, from its…
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