New Scientist - Environment

We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to ac...

A Peruvian farmer's case against energy giant RWE will be decided shortly. But i...

Drugs like Wegovy can be effective at treating fatty li...

Semaglutide, a drug commonly taken for weight loss, showed marked benefits for m...

Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes of ha...

Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it...

The best new science fiction books of May 2025

May’s new science fiction novels include a hot tip from our culture editor, as w...

Housework robots are a step closer as they learn to wor...

Robots often struggle to carry out tasks in places where they haven’t been train...

How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years without...

Greenland sharks show no signs of retinal degeneration despite living for up to ...

Key component of dark chocolate might have an anti-agei...

A chemical that is mainly found in dark chocolate seems to slow our rate of biol...

Hijacked cicadas play music like a cyborg loudspeaker

Cicadas can be turned into living speakers and made to play music such as Pachel...

Meta, Amazon and Google accused of 'distorting' key AI ...

A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology ...

Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model o...

‘Shocking’ results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the ...

Brain signals can change the gut microbiome in as littl...

We have known for years that the gut microbiome can alter brain function, but no...

Our cells can divide in a completely unexpected way

A different kind of human cell division could improve our understanding of cance...

Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat to UK ...

As climate change pushes summer temperatures to new highs, energy infrastructure...

Best evidence yet that dolphin whistles are like a shar...

While dolphins are known to transmit information in their whistles, until now it...

Disastrous back-to-back heatwaves and droughts surge ac...

Regions from Ukraine to Mongolia are seeing a spike in paired heatwave-drought e...

Tiny rewards can protect the grid from a surge in elect...

As the number of electric vehicles increases, their increased demand could strai...

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