Mind
Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles
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Holiday long reads
The best of New Scientist's festive long reads, all in one place. Discover the wild experiments physicists would do if money were no object, what you can learn about ageing from the world's oldest animal, the fraught family trees created when grizzly and polar bears start interbreeding. All these and many more fascinating festive-long-reads are all waiting to be enjoyed.
Humans
What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human
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Space
Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright
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Humans
Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?
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Environment
The surprising longevity lessons from the world’s oldest animal
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Earth
The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras
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Mathematics
We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers
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Life
What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals
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Mind
Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits
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Physics
Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us
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Space
Is this the world’s toughest word search? We dare you to try it
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Physics
The wild physics that could actually be used to build a time machine
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