New Scientist - Environment

Largest all-electric flying machine begins sea trials

A 12-passenger “seaglider” that is part boat and part aircraft harnesses Cold Wa...

The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industria...

Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited...

Wood-eating beetles may make wildfires emit even more c...

When downed trees are attacked by beetles, the wood becomes more flammable, demo...

'Amazing' spinning needle proof unlocks a whole new wor...

What shapes are made by a spinning needle? This seemingly innocent problem has p...

Male octopus injects female with venom during sex to av...

Some male octopuses tend to get eaten by their sexual partners, but male blue-li...

Microsoft under fire for claiming it has a new quantum ...

Researchers have criticised Microsoft's new Majorana 1 quantum computer, saying ...

Blackbird deaths point to looming West Nile virus threa...

Mosquito-borne diseases like West Nile virus could become a growing concern in t...

Eerie image of a space-bound rocket among photo contest...

This photograph of a Soyuz rocket bathed in mist was selected as a finalist for ...

The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have ...

Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but...

Experts say US flights are safe now but flag warning si...

Flying commercially in the US remains low risk despite a recent mid-air collisio...

The US may start vaccinating chickens and cows against ...

The US Department of Agriculture announced it will allocate $100 million to deve...

Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 3...

Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time ca...

How Moore's law led us to a flawed vision of the future

Back in the 1960s, it seemed like better communications could solve all our prob...

Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar

In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by...

Scientists want to poke me where, with a what?

Feedback discovers that breasts have been "largely ignored" when it comes to tac...

Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying ac...

A supermassive black hole that doesn't appear to be where we would expect seems ...

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