New Scientist - Environment

NASA has made the first radio telescope observations on...

The Odysseus spacecraft made a rough landing on the moon last year, toppling ove...

Classrooms decorated like woodlands seem to slow myopia...

Spending a lot of time outdoors may be the best way to prevent myopia, or delay ...

German company set for first commercial rocket launch f...

Isar Aerospace is preparing to launch its Spectrum rocket from a base in Norway,...

A radical new idea for how our ancestors invented stone...

Stone tools are considered the first form of technology devised by ancient human...

Relics in Tutankhamun’s tomb hint he invented elaborate...

Tutankhamun ruled ancient Egypt shortly after a period of religious instability,...

Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotami...

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burne...

Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and how ...

Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of th...

What happened when one woman set out to improve her per...

In the enjoyable and science-backed book Me, But Better, Olga Khazan embarks on ...

Why particle physicists are going wild for a record-bre...

Last month's discovery of the most energetic neutrino yet detected is incredibly...

We’re finally learning how perimenopause profoundly cha...

The hormonal upheaval in the run-up to menopause can cause cognitive difficultie...

Scientists push back against US attacks on science at p...

At the largest gathering of physicists in the world, the American Physical Socie...

Two-fingered dinosaur used its enormous claws to eat le...

A dinosaur fossil discovered in Mongolia boasts the largest ever complete claw, ...

AI can forecast the weather in seconds without needing ...

While earlier weather-forecasting AIs have replaced some tasks done by tradition...

Monkeys choose babysitters based on who has more parent...

Young female black-and-white snub-nosed monkeys often want to hold other females...

Nuclear fusion fuel could be made greener with new chem...

Lithium-6 is a crucial material for nuclear fusion reactors, but isolating it is...

An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is...

Improving our understanding of sudden climate shifts is welcome. But framing thi...

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