New Scientist - Home https://www.newscientist.com/ https://www.newscientist.com/build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png https://www.newscientist.com daily 1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510920-sinking-trees-in-arctic-ocean-could-remove-1-billion-tonnes-of-co2/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:00:52 +0000 Cutting down boreal forest and sinking the felled trees in the depths of the Arctic Ocean could remove up to 1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year – but it could come at a cost to the Arctic ecosystem 2510920-sinking-trees-in-arctic-ocean-could-remove-1-billion-tonnes-of-co2|2510920 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510937-nasa-is-performing-an-unprecedented-medical-evacuation-from-the-iss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:00:43 +0000 One of the astronauts aboard the International Space Station is undergoing a “medical situation”, forcing NASA to bring the crew home early for the first time ever 2510937-nasa-is-performing-an-unprecedented-medical-evacuation-from-the-iss|2510937 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510874-microbiome-study-hints-that-fibre-could-be-linked-to-better-sleep/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 18:00:15 +0000 Evidence is mounting that specific gut bacteria are linked to sleep conditions, which may open the doors to dietary recommendations aiming to boost the quality of our slumbers 2510874-microbiome-study-hints-that-fibre-could-be-linked-to-better-sleep|2510874 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509117-what-if-the-idea-of-the-autism-spectrum-is-completely-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:10:03 +0000 For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct types. The implications for how we support autistic people could be profound 2509117-what-if-the-idea-of-the-autism-spectrum-is-completely-wrong|2509117 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510896-why-does-the-united-states-want-to-buy-greenland/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:00:36 +0000 The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future 2510896-why-does-the-united-states-want-to-buy-greenland|2510896 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509710-quantum-neural-network-may-be-able-to-cheat-the-uncertainty-principle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 16:00:02 +0000 Calculations show that injecting randomness into a quantum neural network could help it determine properties of quantum objects that are otherwise fundamentally hard to access 2509710-quantum-neural-network-may-be-able-to-cheat-the-uncertainty-principle|2509710 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507511-you-can-upgrade-your-immune-system-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Dec 2025 12:00:57 +0000 From vitamin C to your microbiome and mindset, the latest science of immunity is often counterintuitive. Here's how to give your system a fighting chance to overcome infection 2507511-you-can-upgrade-your-immune-system-but-not-in-the-way-you-think|2507511 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503844-are-we-living-in-a-simulation-this-experiment-could-tell-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:00:13 +0000 The idea that we might be living in a simulated reality has worried us for centuries. Now physicists have found some tantalising clues – and devised an experiment that might reveal the truth 2503844-are-we-living-in-a-simulation-this-experiment-could-tell-us|2503844 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505167-a-sinister-deadly-brain-protein-could-reveal-the-origins-of-all-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Dec 2025 16:00:16 +0000 We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient 2505167-a-sinister-deadly-brain-protein-could-reveal-the-origins-of-all-life|2505167 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504149-a-new-understanding-of-causality-could-fix-quantum-theorys-fatal-flaw/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:00:39 +0000 Quantum theory fails to explain how the reality we experience emerges from the world of particles. A new take on quantum cause and effect could bridge the gap 2504149-a-new-understanding-of-causality-could-fix-quantum-theorys-fatal-flaw|2504149 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510789-man-whose-gut-made-its-own-alcohol-gets-relief-from-faecal-transplant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:00:54 +0000 A man with auto-brewery syndrome, a rare condition in which gut microbes produce intoxicating levels of alcohol, has been successfully treated with faeces from a super donor 2510789-man-whose-gut-made-its-own-alcohol-gets-relief-from-faecal-transplant|2510789 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510842-knitted-satellite-launching-to-monitor-earths-surface-with-radar/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:00:27 +0000 A standard industrial knitting machine has been modified to produce fabrics from tungsten wire coated in gold, which are used to form the dish on the CarbSAR satellite 2510842-knitted-satellite-launching-to-monitor-earths-surface-with-radar|2510842 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510702-city-sized-iceberg-has-turned-into-a-giant-swimming-pool/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 Jan 2026 15:00:09 +0000 Satellite photos show meltwater on the surface of iceberg A23a collecting in an unusual way, which may be a sign that the huge berg is about to break apart 2510702-city-sized-iceberg-has-turned-into-a-giant-swimming-pool|2510702 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935770-200-these-images-explore-a-utopic-village-built-for-teaching-maths/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 The Nesin Mathematics Village in western Turkey was dreamed up by award-winning mathematician Ali Nesin to engage his students mg26935770-200-these-images-explore-a-utopic-village-built-for-teaching-maths|2510019 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510731-tree-bark-microbiome-has-important-overlooked-role-in-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:00:18 +0000 Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species unknown to science, and they can either take up or emit gases that have a warming effect on the climate 2510731-tree-bark-microbiome-has-important-overlooked-role-in-climate|2510731 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509492-some-quantum-computers-might-need-more-power-than-supercomputers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:11 +0000 A preliminary analysis suggests that industrially useful quantum computers designs come with a broad spectrum of energy footprints, including some larger than the most powerful existing supercomputers 2509492-some-quantum-computers-might-need-more-power-than-supercomputers|2509492 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510396-hominin-fossils-from-morocco-may-be-close-ancestors-of-modern-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:00:50 +0000 The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a common ancestor of Homo sapiens, Neanderthals and Denisovans 2510396-hominin-fossils-from-morocco-may-be-close-ancestors-of-modern-humans|2510396 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935770-100-im-calling-it-2026-is-going-to-be-the-year-of-the-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 We are going to be getting a lot of exciting new information about galaxies in 2026, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, who can't wait to see what it can tell us mg26935770-100-im-calling-it-2026-is-going-to-be-the-year-of-the-galaxy|2510018 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510374-red-tattoo-ink-causes-man-to-lose-all-his-hair-and-stop-sweating/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:21 +0000 A man’s severe reaction to a tattoo, which made all his hair fall out and destroyed his sweat glands, has reignited concerns about the immune effects of some tattoo inks 2510374-red-tattoo-ink-causes-man-to-lose-all-his-hair-and-stop-sweating|2510374 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508261-passwords-will-be-on-the-way-out-in-2026-as-passkeys-take-over/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:00:46 +0000 The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is set to take over in 2026 2508261-passwords-will-be-on-the-way-out-in-2026-as-passkeys-take-over|2508261 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935773-600-why-connecting-with-nature-shouldnt-mean-disconnecting-from-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 There is a growing trend to see our relationship with nature as a spiritual thing. This is a mistake, argues Richard Smyth mg26935773-600-why-connecting-with-nature-shouldnt-mean-disconnecting-from-science|2510229 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935770-300-the-best-new-science-fiction-shows-of-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000 From Fallout and Gen Z Star Trek to the classic Neuromancer, you will be glued to the TV this year, says TV columnist Bethan Ackerley mg26935770-300-the-best-new-science-fiction-shows-of-2026|2510020 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510492-exercise-may-relieve-depression-as-effectively-as-antidepressants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:00:25 +0000 A comprehensive review confirms the benefits of exercise for treating depression, even if the exact reasons remain unclear 2510492-exercise-may-relieve-depression-as-effectively-as-antidepressants|2510492 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510549-weight-regain-seems-to-occur-within-2-years-of-stopping-obesity-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 23:30:56 +0000 Drugs like Ozempic have transformed how we treat obesity, but a review of almost 40 studies shows it doesn't take long for people to regain weight if they come off them 2510549-weight-regain-seems-to-occur-within-2-years-of-stopping-obesity-drugs|2510549 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510462-hunting-with-poison-arrows-may-have-begun-60000-years-ago-in-africa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:00:14 +0000 A collection of arrow points excavated in South Africa has provided the oldest direct evidence of hunters deploying plant-based poisons on their weapons, a practice that has continued into modern times in some traditional cultures 2510462-hunting-with-poison-arrows-may-have-begun-60000-years-ago-in-africa|2510462 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510539-super-low-density-worlds-reveal-how-common-planetary-systems-form/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 16:00:33 +0000 Most planetary systems contain worlds larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, and the low-density planets around one young star should help us understand how such systems form 2510539-super-low-density-worlds-reveal-how-common-planetary-systems-form|2510539 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510274-early-humans-may-have-begun-butchering-elephants-1-8-million-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:00:57 +0000 A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest known evidence of butchery of the giant herbivores 2510274-early-humans-may-have-begun-butchering-elephants-1-8-million-years-ago|2510274 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510065-ai-chatbots-miss-urgent-issues-in-queries-about-womens-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:00:34 +0000 AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini fail to give adequate advice for 60 per cent of queries relating to women’s health in a test created by medical professionals 2510065-ai-chatbots-miss-urgent-issues-in-queries-about-womens-health|2510065 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510062-car-t-cell-therapy-makes-ageing-guts-heal-themselves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:11 +0000 Immune cells are most commonly engineered to kill cancers, but now, scientists have shown the technique makes the gut lining of older mice resemble that of younger mice, raising hopes that the same approach could work in people 2510062-car-t-cell-therapy-makes-ageing-guts-heal-themselves|2510062 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509769-the-first-quantum-fluctuations-set-into-motion-a-huge-cosmic-mystery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:00:44 +0000 The earliest acoustic vibrations in the cosmos weren’t exactly sound – they travelled at half the speed of light and there was nobody around to hear them anyway. But Jim Baggott says from the first moments, the universe was singing 2509769-the-first-quantum-fluctuations-set-into-motion-a-huge-cosmic-mystery|2509769 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509909-jellyfish-sleep-about-as-much-as-humans-do-and-nap-like-us-too/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:30 +0000 The benefits of sleep may be more universal than we thought. We know it helps clear waste from the brain in humans, and now it seems that even creatures without brains like ours get similar benefits 2509909-jellyfish-sleep-about-as-much-as-humans-do-and-nap-like-us-too|2509909 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509494-the-first-commercial-space-stations-will-start-orbiting-earth-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:42 +0000 For nearly three decades, the International Space Station has been the only destination in low Earth orbit, but that will change this year. Could it be the start of a thriving economy in space? 2509494-the-first-commercial-space-stations-will-start-orbiting-earth-in-2026|2509494 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509789-us-will-need-both-carrots-and-sticks-to-reach-net-zero/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:22 +0000 Modelling suggests both carbon taxes and green subsidies will be necessary to decarbonise the US economy, but the inconsistent policies of successive presidents are the "worst case" scenario 2509789-us-will-need-both-carrots-and-sticks-to-reach-net-zero|2509789 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508106-bepicolombo-mission-will-start-to-unpick-mercurys-secrets-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:29 +0000 The BepiColombo mission has been on its way to Mercury since 2018 and will finally start orbiting the planet and taking X-ray images in the second half of 2026 2508106-bepicolombo-mission-will-start-to-unpick-mercurys-secrets-in-2026|2508106 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2510205-northern-greenland-ice-dome-melted-before-and-could-melt-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 18:30:55 +0000 The Prudhoe ice dome disappeared during a warm period 7000 years ago. Global warming could cause similar temperatures by 2100, showing the Greenland ice sheet’s vulnerability 2510205-northern-greenland-ice-dome-melted-before-and-could-melt-again|2510205 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509976-weird-clump-in-the-early-universe-is-piping-hot-and-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:00:51 +0000 A galaxy cluster in the early universe is 10 times hotter than it ought to be, which may reshape how we think these enormous structures formed 2509976-weird-clump-in-the-early-universe-is-piping-hot-and-we-dont-know-why|2509976 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509775-el-nino-was-linked-to-famines-in-europe-in-the-early-modern-period/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:00:19 +0000 A study of 160 European famines between 1500 and 1800 shows that El Niño weather events led to the onset of some famines and extended the duration of others 2509775-el-nino-was-linked-to-famines-in-europe-in-the-early-modern-period|2509775 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509326-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-january-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 15:00:17 +0000 A host of new science books are due to hit shelves in January, by authors including Claudia Hammond, Deborah Cohen and Daisy Fancourt 2509326-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-january-2026|2509326 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508922-2026-will-shed-light-on-whether-a-little-known-drug-helps-with-autism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 14:00:49 +0000 The US government is approving the drug leucovorin to address rising rates of autism, despite limited evidence that it works. This year, results from the largest trial yet should give more insight into its potential 2508922-2026-will-shed-light-on-whether-a-little-known-drug-helps-with-autism|2508922 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509266-ghostly-particles-might-just-break-our-understanding-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:00:49 +0000 An analysis of several experiments aimed at detecting the mysterious neutrino has identified a hint of a crack in the standard model of particle physics 2509266-ghostly-particles-might-just-break-our-understanding-of-the-universe|2509266 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509667-a-strange-kind-of-quantumness-may-be-key-to-quantum-computers-success/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:00:59 +0000 Researchers at Google have used their Willow quantum computer to demonstrate that "quantum contextuality" may be a crucial ingredient for its computational prowess 2509667-a-strange-kind-of-quantumness-may-be-key-to-quantum-computers-success|2509667 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505589-controversial-satellites-launching-in-2026-will-reflect-light-to-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:56 +0000 Reflect Orbital plans to launch thousands of reflective mirrors to produce "sunlight on demand", but researchers are sceptical about whether the reflected light will be enough to generate electricity 2505589-controversial-satellites-launching-in-2026-will-reflect-light-to-earth|2505589 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508577-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-january-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:00:38 +0000 Big hitter Peter F. Hamilton has a new sci-fi novel out this month – and Booker winner George Saunders ventures into speculative fiction with his latest book, Vigil 2508577-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-january-2026|2508577 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935761-800-2026-is-set-to-be-an-even-bigger-year-for-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 GLP-1 agonists have already had an outsized influence on society, and with pill versions and more advanced formulations on the horizon, that looks set to continue mg26935761-800-2026-is-set-to-be-an-even-bigger-year-for-weight-loss-drugs|2509505 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935760-300-see-how-fire-has-changed-the-worlds-largest-wetland-the-pantanal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires mg26935760-300-see-how-fire-has-changed-the-worlds-largest-wetland-the-pantanal|2509341 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935760-900-why-stroking-seedlings-can-help-them-grow-big-and-strong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 The science behind why stroking your seedlings actually works. If you’re worried about your seedlings getting long and leggy, try a bit of home thigmomorphogenesis, advises James Wong mg26935760-900-why-stroking-seedlings-can-help-them-grow-big-and-strong|2509356 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935760-100-why-im-going-to-reap-the-mental-health-benefits-of-stargazing-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Navigating the night sky can have a positive effect on our well-being. This will be the year I learn the constellations, resolves Michael Brooks mg26935760-100-why-im-going-to-reap-the-mental-health-benefits-of-stargazing-in-2026|2509339 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509929-was-our-earliest-ancestor-a-knuckle-dragger-or-did-it-walk-upright/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 19:00:36 +0000 Did Sahelanthropus, which lived 7 million years ago, walk on two legs like a modern human? It's complicated 2509929-was-our-earliest-ancestor-a-knuckle-dragger-or-did-it-walk-upright|2509929 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504635-russia-us-nuclear-pact-is-about-to-end-and-we-wont-see-another/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:32 +0000 After the New START treaty expires in February, there will be no cap on the number of US and Russian nuclear weapons - but some are sceptical about whether the deal actually made the world safer 2504635-russia-us-nuclear-pact-is-about-to-end-and-we-wont-see-another|2504635 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509631-gargantuan-black-hole-may-be-a-remnant-from-the-dawn-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:00:18 +0000 Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope – now simulations suggest it could be a primordial black hole, something we have never seen before 2509631-gargantuan-black-hole-may-be-a-remnant-from-the-dawn-of-the-universe|2509631 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509800-chess-can-be-made-fairer-by-rearranging-the-pieces/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:00:10 +0000 Chess960 involves shuffling the pieces at the back of the board, and an analysis suggests doing so can increase the complexity of the game to favour white, black or neither player 2509800-chess-can-be-made-fairer-by-rearranging-the-pieces|2509800 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507549-the-cost-of-weight-loss-drugs-should-fall-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:12 +0000 The price of weight-loss drugs like Wegovy put them out of reach for most people with obesity, but new arrivals and expiring patents should change that this year 2507549-the-cost-of-weight-loss-drugs-should-fall-in-2026|2507549 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509053-our-verdict-on-the-player-of-games-iain-m-banks-is-still-a-master/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:55:57 +0000 The New Scientist Book Club has just finished our December read, Iain M. Banks's sci-fi novel The Player of Games - and most of us were fans of this big-thinking Culture tale 2509053-our-verdict-on-the-player-of-games-iain-m-banks-is-still-a-master|2509053 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508525-the-challenges-of-writing-from-the-perspective-of-a-sex-robot/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:45:44 +0000 The author of the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the New Scientist Book Club, on how she created her startling protagonist 2508525-the-challenges-of-writing-from-the-perspective-of-a-sex-robot|2508525 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508555-read-an-extract-from-annie-bot-by-sierra-greer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:45:00 +0000 In this extract from the award-winning science fiction novel Annie Bot, the January read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to Sierra Greer's protagonist, a sex robot called Annie 2508555-read-an-extract-from-annie-bot-by-sierra-greer|2508555 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507675-murder-victim-discovered-to-have-two-sets-of-dna-due-to-rare-condition/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:00:32 +0000 A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of an extremely rare form of chimerism 2507675-murder-victim-discovered-to-have-two-sets-of-dna-due-to-rare-condition|2507675 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935760-400-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood mg26935760-400-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-2026|2509342 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935763-100-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie's latest, Neil Jordan's debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson mg26935763-100-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-2026|2509670 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509858-rare-saturn-sized-rogue-planet-is-first-to-have-its-mass-measured/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 01 Jan 2026 19:00:40 +0000 Researchers have confirmed the mass of a free-floating planet thanks to a lucky convergence of ground- and space-based telescopes 2509858-rare-saturn-sized-rogue-planet-is-first-to-have-its-mass-measured|2509858 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506884-worlds-first-subsea-desalination-facility-will-start-running-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:28 +0000 Flocean, a Norwegian company, is set to open the world’s first commercial-scale subsea desalination plant, an approach that could cut the cost and energy used to make seawater drinkable 2506884-worlds-first-subsea-desalination-facility-will-start-running-in-2026|2506884 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505029-2026-mars-mission-will-set-out-to-solve-the-mystery-of-its-moons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:10 +0000 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launching the Martian Moons eXploration mission next year, which should finally tell us how Mars acquired the moons Phobos and Deimos 2505029-2026-mars-mission-will-set-out-to-solve-the-mystery-of-its-moons|2505029 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26935760-200-could-james-and-the-giant-peach-inspire-the-future-of-food/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how to grow hybridised superplants to help feed the world mg26935760-200-could-james-and-the-giant-peach-inspire-the-future-of-food|2509340 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508531-the-weight-loss-drugs-on-trial-in-2026-may-trump-ozempic-and-zepbound/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:40 +0000 Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Zepbound have transformed how we treat obesity, but more effective treatments could be down the road 2508531-the-weight-loss-drugs-on-trial-in-2026-may-trump-ozempic-and-zepbound|2508531 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509720-the-3-things-you-should-do-this-new-year-to-foster-a-positive-mindset/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:00:29 +0000 Olivia Remes, a mental health researcher at the University of Cambridge, says these are the three things everyone should do this New Year to cultivate a more positive mindset 2509720-the-3-things-you-should-do-this-new-year-to-foster-a-positive-mindset|2509720 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508802-us-to-fire-up-small-reactors-in-2026-as-part-of-nuclear-renaissance/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 18:00:10 +0000 Eleven companies are working towards an ambitious goal as part of the US Department of Energy's plan to fast-track the development of advanced nuclear reactor technologies 2508802-us-to-fire-up-small-reactors-in-2026-as-part-of-nuclear-renaissance|2508802 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508645-could-2026-be-the-year-we-start-using-quantum-computers-for-chemistry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 31 Dec 2025 17:00:30 +0000 Understanding the chemical properties of a molecule is an inherently quantum problem, making quantum computers a good tool for the job – and we may start seeing this take off in 2026 2508645-could-2026-be-the-year-we-start-using-quantum-computers-for-chemistry|2508645 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507755-the-emotion-you-never-knew-you-had-and-how-to-feel-more-of-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:54 +0000 The warm and fuzzy emotion of kama muta underlies vital feel-good experiences like social connection and feeling part of something bigger. But are you getting enough of it? 2507755-the-emotion-you-never-knew-you-had-and-how-to-feel-more-of-it|2507755 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506852-eu-carbon-border-tax-will-force-others-to-cut-emissions-from-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:00:32 +0000 In 2026, the European Union will start charging a carbon-emissions-based tax on imported goods such as steel, cement and fertilisers – and countries including the UK are likely to follow 2506852-eu-carbon-border-tax-will-force-others-to-cut-emissions-from-2026|2506852 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509529-three-supermassive-black-holes-have-been-spotted-merging-into-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:00:27 +0000 Astronomers have found a system of three supermassive black holes, all actively feeding, that appear to be combining into a single system – a rare event that will help elucidate the physics of complex mergers 2509529-three-supermassive-black-holes-have-been-spotted-merging-into-one|2509529 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508723-well-learn-about-lsds-potential-for-treating-anxiety-in-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:46 +0000 Two later-stage trials investigating LSD for treating anxiety are due to conclude in 2026, which could lead to the drug being approved for the common mental health condition 2508723-well-learn-about-lsds-potential-for-treating-anxiety-in-2026|2508723 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508910-the-duo-kite-skiing-4000-kilometres-across-antarctica-for-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:57 +0000 An explorer and a glaciologist are kite-skiing across Antarctica with a ground-penetrating radar to gather data that will help understand the past and future of the ice sheet 2508910-the-duo-kite-skiing-4000-kilometres-across-antarctica-for-science|2508910 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509810-star-that-seemed-to-vanish-more-than-130-years-ago-is-found-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 19:00:44 +0000 In 1892, astronomer Edward Emerson Barnard thought he saw a bright star near Venus, but then it vanished. We may now know why 2509810-star-that-seemed-to-vanish-more-than-130-years-ago-is-found-again|2509810 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504572-physicists-stirred-up-controversy-with-scientific-cooking-tips-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:00:12 +0000 Cacio e pepe pasta and boiled eggs were the subjects of meticulous studies aiming to help cooks achieve perfection, but the reimagined recipes weren't always well-received 2504572-physicists-stirred-up-controversy-with-scientific-cooking-tips-in-2025|2504572 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507988-the-century-long-hunt-for-the-gigantic-meteorite-that-vanished/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:00:07 +0000 A soldier returned from the Sahara desert in 1916 with a wild story about a meteorite that dwarfed all others. Over 100 years of hunting yielded nothing – but now twin brothers think they have solved the puzzle 2507988-the-century-long-hunt-for-the-gigantic-meteorite-that-vanished|2507988 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504378-the-cassette-tape-made-a-comeback-in-2025-thanks-to-a-dna-upgrade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:00:38 +0000 With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the market within five years 2504378-the-cassette-tape-made-a-comeback-in-2025-thanks-to-a-dna-upgrade|2504378 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501142-the-best-and-most-ridiculous-robots-of-2025-in-pictures/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 14:00:19 +0000 Some of the world's most advanced robots showed off their skills at tech shows and sporting events, doing everything from cooking shrimp to running half marathons 2501142-the-best-and-most-ridiculous-robots-of-2025-in-pictures|2501142 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508704-a-controversial-experiment-threatened-to-kill-the-multiverse-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:00:08 +0000 A photon was apparently detected in two places at once in a twist on the classic double-slit experiment, but many physicists didn't accept the results 2508704-a-controversial-experiment-threatened-to-kill-the-multiverse-in-2025|2508704 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509211-benefits-of-mrna-cancer-vaccines-could-exceed-75-billion-in-us-alone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Dec 2025 08:00:48 +0000 An analysis of ongoing trials suggests that mRNA cancer vaccines have the potential to deliver health benefits worth $75 billion each year in the US alone 2509211-benefits-of-mrna-cancer-vaccines-could-exceed-75-billion-in-us-alone|2509211 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502845-mathematicians-unified-key-laws-of-physics-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:00:38 +0000 It took 125 years, but in 2025 a team of mathematicians discovered the solution to a long-puzzling problem about the equations that govern the behaviour of particles in a fluid 2502845-mathematicians-unified-key-laws-of-physics-in-2025|2502845 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508430-low-on-energy-a-new-understanding-of-rest-could-help-revitalise-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 16:00:36 +0000 There is a state of relaxation that few of us spend much time in, but which comes with profound well-being benefits. With healthier ageing, reduced risk of disease and feeling more energised all on offer, here's how to get there 2508430-low-on-energy-a-new-understanding-of-rest-could-help-revitalise-you|2508430 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508876-human-plant-hybrid-cells-reveal-truth-about-dark-dna-in-our-genome/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:24 +0000 It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been used to show this activity is mostly random noise 2508876-human-plant-hybrid-cells-reveal-truth-about-dark-dna-in-our-genome|2508876 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508932-inside-worlds-ultimate-x-ray-machine-before-it-becomes-more-powerful/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:00:42 +0000 The Linac Coherent Light Source in California has been firing record-breaking X-ray pulses for years, but now it’s due for a shutdown and an upgrade. When it is turned back on, it will be even more powerful 2508932-inside-worlds-ultimate-x-ray-machine-before-it-becomes-more-powerful|2508932 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2508083-microsoft-made-a-splash-with-a-controversial-quantum-computer-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:00:41 +0000 The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics say the company has yet to prove it actually works despite a year of debate 2508083-microsoft-made-a-splash-with-a-controversial-quantum-computer-in-2025|2508083 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835752-400-new-years-resolutions-work-better-if-you-know-what-to-measure/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 From our immune systems to our microbiomes, if you're planning to make health improvements in the new year, having an eye on the numbers can help set you up for success mg26835752-400-new-years-resolutions-work-better-if-you-know-what-to-measure|2508786 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509499-gene-edited-babies-are-the-future-but-these-crispr-start-ups-arent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:30 +0000 Three start-ups are aiming to create gene-edited babies. Columnist Michael Le Page has no doubt that editing our offspring will one day become routine, but not like this 2509499-gene-edited-babies-are-the-future-but-these-crispr-start-ups-arent|2509499 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835750-700-why-we-all-need-a-little-festive-pedantry-when-it-comes-to-snowflakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply annoying mg26835750-700-why-we-all-need-a-little-festive-pedantry-when-it-comes-to-snowflakes|2508449 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507009-the-essential-guide-to-proving-weve-found-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Dec 2025 16:00:37 +0000 From mudstones on Mars to strange gases in exoplanet atmospheres, tentative evidence for extraterrestrial life is starting to come thick and fast. But when we've found it, how will we know for sure? 2507009-the-essential-guide-to-proving-weve-found-alien-life|2507009 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26835750-100-can-a-new-book-crack-one-of-neurosciences-hardest-problems-not-quite/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Dec 2025 18:00:00 +0000 The ideas presented in George Lakoff and Srini Narayanan's The Neural Mind are fascinating, but the writing is far less compelling mg26835750-100-can-a-new-book-crack-one-of-neurosciences-hardest-problems-not-quite|2508433 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2507465-mathematicians-spent-2025-exploring-the-edge-of-mathematics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 26 Dec 2025 17:00:04 +0000 Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and in 2025 we came a step closer to finding it 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2502714-was-2025-the-year-we-found-signs-of-past-life-on-mars|2502714 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2509259-spectacular-progress-has-been-made-towards-useful-quantum-computers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:00:07 +0000 At the Q2B Silicon Valley conference, scientific and business leaders of the quantum computing industry hailed "spectacular" progress being made towards practical devices – but said that challenges remain 2509259-spectacular-progress-has-been-made-towards-useful-quantum-computers|2509259 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502978-a-ghostly-glow-was-seen-emanating-from-living-things-in-2025/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 25 Dec 2025 17:00:38 +0000 The detection of mercurial particles of light emanating from mice led to a flurry of interest in biophotons, a mysterious phenomenon that could have applications in agriculture 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