New Scientist - Features 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/2509117-what-if-the-idea-of-the-autism-spectrum-is-completely-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features 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/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=features 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=features 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=features 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=features 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/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=features 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/2507988-the-century-long-hunt-for-the-gigantic-meteorite-that-vanished/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features 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/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=features 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/2507009-the-essential-guide-to-proving-weve-found-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features 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/2506241-how-to-extend-and-improve-your-life-by-getting-more-creative/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 23 Dec 2025 16:00:40 +0000 Growing evidence reveals that creativity is one of the best-kept secrets for boosting your health. From live theatre to a quick crafting break, here’s how to harness the power of art in your everyday life 2506241-how-to-extend-and-improve-your-life-by-getting-more-creative|2506241 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2506992-how-lab-grown-lichen-could-help-us-to-build-habitations-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:00:43 +0000 Scientists cultivating partnerships of fungi and algae believe their invention has far-out implications for how we create the buildings of the future 2506992-how-lab-grown-lichen-could-help-us-to-build-habitations-on-mars|2506992 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502000-how-3-imaginary-physics-demons-tore-up-the-laws-of-nature/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:06 +0000 Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today? 2502000-how-3-imaginary-physics-demons-tore-up-the-laws-of-nature|2502000 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494268-weve-finally-cracked-how-to-make-truly-random-numbers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 09 Dec 2025 10:00:48 +0000 From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are surprisingly hard to find. Now quantum mechanics has supplied the answer 2494268-weve-finally-cracked-how-to-make-truly-random-numbers|2494268 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501758-did-ancient-humans-start-farming-so-they-could-drink-more-beer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:00:06 +0000 New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread? 2501758-did-ancient-humans-start-farming-so-they-could-drink-more-beer|2501758 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497162-why-we-only-recently-discovered-space-is-dark-not-bright/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 10:00:55 +0000 For centuries, Europeans thought that eternal daylight saturated the cosmos. The shift to a dark universe has had a profound psychological impact upon us 2497162-why-we-only-recently-discovered-space-is-dark-not-bright|2497162 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496622-what-the-family-drama-of-interbreeding-polar-and-grizzly-bears-reveals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 08 Dec 2025 16:00:21 +0000 A hybrid grolar bear saga is unfolding in the Arctic, and the tale of this strange family has much to tell us about nature on our changing planet 2496622-what-the-family-drama-of-interbreeding-polar-and-grizzly-bears-reveals|2496622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495956-test-your-brain-on-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 18:00:13 +0000 A bizarre Christmas dinner invitation, some mysterious carol singers and even a spot of charades. Can you solve all 12 of our unique festive riddles? 2495956-test-your-brain-on-these-mind-bending-scientific-riddles|2495956 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501960-inside-the-wild-experiments-physicists-would-do-with-zero-limits/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 16:00:27 +0000 From a particle smasher encircling the moon to an “impossible” laser, five scientists reveal the experiments they would run in a world powered purely by imagination 2501960-inside-the-wild-experiments-physicists-would-do-with-zero-limits|2501960 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502335-what-the-evolution-of-tickling-tells-us-about-being-human/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:19 +0000 From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains 2502335-what-the-evolution-of-tickling-tells-us-about-being-human|2502335 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497719-the-surprising-longevity-lessons-from-the-worlds-oldest-animal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:47 +0000 Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long and what can we learn from it? 2497719-the-surprising-longevity-lessons-from-the-worlds-oldest-animal|2497719 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497631-the-audacious-quest-to-light-up-the-sky-with-artificial-auroras/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 09 Dec 2025 13:00:14 +0000 How a Finnish physicist named Karl Lemström once became obsessed with recreating the aurora borealis from scratch – and may have ended up creating something even more intriguing 2497631-the-audacious-quest-to-light-up-the-sky-with-artificial-auroras|2497631 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502370-too-busy-to-meditate-microdosing-mindfulness-has-big-health-benefits/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 08 Dec 2025 13:00:03 +0000 Small bursts of mindfulness practices lasting a minute or less can have unexpected benefits for those with busy lives - here’s how 2502370-too-busy-to-meditate-microdosing-mindfulness-has-big-health-benefits|2502370 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505159-how-deliberately-giving-people-illnesses-is-supercharging-medicine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:00:41 +0000 The covid-19 pandemic opened the door to once-controversial human challenge trials. Now, volunteers are willingly catching norovirus and influenza to reveal how our immune systems really fight back 2505159-how-deliberately-giving-people-illnesses-is-supercharging-medicine|2505159 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2505176-black-hole-entropy-hints-at-a-surprising-truth-about-our-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 02 Dec 2025 16:00:29 +0000 Two clashing ideas about disorder inside black holes now point to the same strange conclusions, and it could reshape the foundations of how we think about space and time 2505176-black-hole-entropy-hints-at-a-surprising-truth-about-our-universe|2505176 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501144-what-were-learning-about-consciousness-from-master-meditators-brains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 05 Nov 2025 16:00:12 +0000 Neuroscientist Matthew Sacchet is revealing how mastering meditation can not only enable transcendental states of bliss, but also reshape how we experience pain and emotion 2501144-what-were-learning-about-consciousness-from-master-meditators-brains|2501144 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504372-a-revolutionary-way-to-map-our-bodies-is-helping-cure-deadly-diseases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Nov 2025 16:00:29 +0000 New tools that create ultra-precise maps of our tissues are transforming our ability to diagnose and cure once-fatal illnesses 2504372-a-revolutionary-way-to-map-our-bodies-is-helping-cure-deadly-diseases|2504372 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2504250-the-long-overlooked-insects-that-could-save-our-crops/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 25 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Hoverflies, often mistaken for bees and wasps, pollinate three quarters of our crops. Now we’re discovering we can train them to be even more efficient 2504250-the-long-overlooked-insects-that-could-save-our-crops|2504250 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503289-why-quasicrystals-shouldnt-exist-but-are-turning-up-in-strange-places/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Nov 2025 16:00:35 +0000 Matter with “forbidden” symmetries was once thought to be confined to lab experiments, but is now being found in some of the world’s most extreme environments 2503289-why-quasicrystals-shouldnt-exist-but-are-turning-up-in-strange-places|2503289 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2503415-the-vital-overlooked-role-of-body-fat-in-shaping-your-health-and-mind/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:00:22 +0000 The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of how we view our bodies 2503415-the-vital-overlooked-role-of-body-fat-in-shaping-your-health-and-mind|2503415 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2502898-we-can-finally-hear-the-long-hidden-music-of-the-stone-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 18 Nov 2025 16:00:21 +0000 Ancient rock art was meant to be heard as well as seen and now acoustic archaeologists are bringing the sounds of prehistoric rituals to life 2502898-we-can-finally-hear-the-long-hidden-music-of-the-stone-age|2502898 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501447-women-have-supercharged-immune-systems-and-we-now-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 11 Nov 2025 16:00:38 +0000 Being born with two X chromosomes brings a host of health benefits, and recognising this could lead to personalised medical treatments for men and women 2501447-women-have-supercharged-immune-systems-and-we-now-know-why|2501447 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501075-is-a-deadly-asteroid-about-to-hit-earth-meet-the-man-who-can-tell-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 12 Nov 2025 16:00:37 +0000 When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in planetary defence 2501075-is-a-deadly-asteroid-about-to-hit-earth-meet-the-man-who-can-tell-you|2501075 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501420-why-giving-up-on-goals-is-good-for-you-and-how-to-know-which-to-ditch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:00:25 +0000 We admire grit and perseverance, but surprising research suggests that giving up on ambitions in the right way can actually improve our physical and mental health 2501420-why-giving-up-on-goals-is-good-for-you-and-how-to-know-which-to-ditch|2501420 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501634-ai-may-blunt-our-thinking-skills-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 10 Nov 2025 14:30:13 +0000 There is growing evidence that our reliance on generative AI tools is reducing our ability to think clearly and critically, but it doesn’t have to be that way 2501634-ai-may-blunt-our-thinking-skills-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it|2501634 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2501185-our-bodies-are-ageing-faster-than-ever-can-we-hit-the-brakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 03 Nov 2025 12:00:59 +0000 All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there are ways to turn back the clock on your biological age 2501185-our-bodies-are-ageing-faster-than-ever-can-we-hit-the-brakes|2501185 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500915-how-preppers-plan-to-save-us-if-the-whole-internet-collapses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:00:14 +0000 Recent outages have revealed how vulnerable the internet is, but there seems to be no official plan in the event of a catastrophic failure. Meet the team of hackers who are ready to jump into action 2500915-how-preppers-plan-to-save-us-if-the-whole-internet-collapses|2500915 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500833-does-the-family-tree-of-ancient-humans-need-a-drastic-rewrite/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the rules themselves are flawed 2500833-does-the-family-tree-of-ancient-humans-need-a-drastic-rewrite|2500833 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500060-how-a-surge-in-ancient-plagues-5000-years-ago-shaped-humanity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:00:31 +0000 Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing where they come from and how they changed history 2500060-how-a-surge-in-ancient-plagues-5000-years-ago-shaped-humanity|2500060 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500499-most-of-it-is-good-tim-berners-lee-on-the-state-of-the-web-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 29 Oct 2025 16:00:26 +0000 The man who invented the web is aware of the many issues it faces, from problematic social media use to the rise of unfettered AI. He also has a plan to remedy the situation 2500499-most-of-it-is-good-tim-berners-lee-on-the-state-of-the-web-now|2500499 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2500081-no-space-no-time-no-particles-a-radical-vision-of-quantum-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 27 Oct 2025 16:00:41 +0000 If we admit that quantum numbers are the true essence of reality – not particles, space or time – then a surprising and beautiful new vision of reality opens up to us 2500081-no-space-no-time-no-particles-a-radical-vision-of-quantum-reality|2500081 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499565-everything-is-perimenopause-now-but-what-if-its-not/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:00:54 +0100 Many of the signs of perimenopause can also be symptoms of other conditions, and some of these get increasingly dangerous if they’re misdiagnosed 2499565-everything-is-perimenopause-now-but-what-if-its-not|2499565 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498968-what-350-different-theories-of-consciousness-reveal-about-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 22 Oct 2025 17:00:39 +0100 There are hundreds of coherent theories attempting to explain the origins of experience. Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores what they reveal about free will, artificial intelligence and life after death 2498968-what-350-different-theories-of-consciousness-reveal-about-reality|2498968 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499326-how-worried-should-we-be-about-noxious-chemicals-from-dead-satellites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 21 Oct 2025 17:00:41 +0100 We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of air pollution. Evidence is now revealing what effects this could have and how to tackle it 2499326-how-worried-should-we-be-about-noxious-chemicals-from-dead-satellites|2499326 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2499831-the-extraordinary-influence-of-the-lymphatic-system-on-our-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:00:07 +0100 It has remained mysterious for millennia, but we’re finally uncovering the profound role the lymphatic system plays in everything from preventing dementia to fighting cancer 2499831-the-extraordinary-influence-of-the-lymphatic-system-on-our-health|2499831 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498245-were-finally-reading-the-secrets-of-herculaneums-lost-library/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:00:39 +0100 A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius. Nearly 2000 years later, we can at last read these lost treasures 2498245-were-finally-reading-the-secrets-of-herculaneums-lost-library|2498245 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498830-a-radical-rethink-of-what-makes-your-diet-healthy-or-bad-for-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 13 Oct 2025 17:00:43 +0100 What you eat has a surprising impact on the pH of your body with wide ranging impacts on your health. But getting the balance right isn’t as simple as eating fewer acidic foods 2498830-a-radical-rethink-of-what-makes-your-diet-healthy-or-bad-for-you|2498830 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2498236-the-30-year-fight-over-how-many-numbers-we-need-to-describe-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 15 Oct 2025 17:00:10 +0100 In 1992, three physicists began an argument about how many numbers we need to fully describe the universe. Their surprisingly long-running quarrel takes us to the heart of what’s truly real 2498236-the-30-year-fight-over-how-many-numbers-we-need-to-describe-reality|2498236 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497596-why-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-your-immune-system-is-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:00:09 +0100 Immunologist Daniel Davis wants to eradicate long-held myths and replace them with wonder at the complexity of the body’s defence system 2497596-why-everything-you-thought-you-knew-about-your-immune-system-is-wrong|2497596 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497724-one-of-earths-most-vital-carbon-sinks-is-faltering-can-we-save-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:00:11 +0100 For decades, forest, grasslands and other land ecosystems have collectively absorbed up to a third of the carbon dioxide we emit each year - but this climate buffer may be collapsing far sooner than anyone expected 2497724-one-of-earths-most-vital-carbon-sinks-is-faltering-can-we-save-it|2497724 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2497851-whats-my-alzheimers-risk-and-can-i-really-do-anything-to-change-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 06 Oct 2025 17:00:12 +0100 Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him 2497851-whats-my-alzheimers-risk-and-can-i-really-do-anything-to-change-it|2497851 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496031-do-black-holes-exist-and-if-not-what-have-we-really-been-looking-at/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:00:19 +0100 Black holes are so strange that physicists have long wondered if they are quite what they seem. Now we are set to find out if they are instead gravastars, fuzzballs or something else entirely 2496031-do-black-holes-exist-and-if-not-what-have-we-really-been-looking-at|2496031 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496986-the-exceptionally-tasty-new-fermented-foods-being-cooked-up-in-the-lab/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 30 Sep 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Fermented foods make up a third of what we eat and were mostly discovered by accident centuries ago. Now a fermentation revolution is promising extraordinary new flavours and novel ways to boost gut health 2496986-the-exceptionally-tasty-new-fermented-foods-being-cooked-up-in-the-lab|2496986 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495980-were-precipitating-an-extermination-rather-than-an-extinction-event/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 01 Oct 2025 17:00:33 +0100 Broadcaster and campaigner Chris Packham is on a mission to cut overconsumption, take on fossil fuel giants and create a fairer world 2495980-were-precipitating-an-extermination-rather-than-an-extinction-event|2495980 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496324-the-truth-about-narcissists-how-to-handle-them-and-can-they-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 23 Sep 2025 17:00:23 +0100 Although narcissistic personality disorder is rarer than you might think, psychological research suggests it can come in two different types, one of which may be underdiagnosed 2496324-the-truth-about-narcissists-how-to-handle-them-and-can-they-change|2496324 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2496240-a-deeper-understanding-of-endometriosis-is-suggesting-new-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 22 Sep 2025 17:00:29 +0100 The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and poorly understood condition 2496240-a-deeper-understanding-of-endometriosis-is-suggesting-new-treatments|2496240 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495828-how-faster-than-light-explosions-could-reveal-the-universes-secrets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:00:24 +0100 Some things we see in space appear to outpace light. Now we are learning to harness these bizarre optical illusions to understand the mysteries of neutron stars, gamma ray bursts and more 2495828-how-faster-than-light-explosions-could-reveal-the-universes-secrets|2495828 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495108-how-to-nurture-the-right-mindset-for-living-to-100/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:13 +0100 It’s not just diet and exercise that governs how well you age. Your mindset, social connections and sense of purpose make a big difference, and it’s never too late to start working on them 2495108-how-to-nurture-the-right-mindset-for-living-to-100|2495108 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494953-the-science-revealing-how-the-right-diet-can-add-a-decade-to-your-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:57 +0100 Evidence shows that eating a longevity diet can dramatically lengthen your lifespan – and the sooner you start, the more of a difference it makes 2494953-the-science-revealing-how-the-right-diet-can-add-a-decade-to-your-life|2494953 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495156-the-real-scientific-insights-from-bryan-johnsons-immortality-quest/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:01 +0100 Tech millionaire turned longevity pioneer Bryan Johnson devotes more than 6 hours a day to trialling different methods to turn back the clock. Can the rest of us learn anything from his radical approach? 2495156-the-real-scientific-insights-from-bryan-johnsons-immortality-quest|2495156 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494852-the-exercises-you-need-to-do-to-reach-100-in-great-shape/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:55 +0100 To be truly fit in older age, you need to work on specific aspects of your fitness – and research shows that it’s never too late to reap the benefits 2494852-the-exercises-you-need-to-do-to-reach-100-in-great-shape|2494852 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2495136-whats-the-secret-to-living-well-beyond-the-average-life-expectancy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:11 +0100 Many of us know people who live into their 90s, but hardly anyone makes it to 100. Studies are now revealing that factors that really make a difference 2495136-whats-the-secret-to-living-well-beyond-the-average-life-expectancy|2495136 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494981-why-caring-for-your-microbiome-is-crucial-if-you-want-to-live-to-100/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:00:48 +0100 Our friendly – and not so friendly – gut bacteria lie at the core of healthy ageing. Research is now revealing what it takes to maintain a youthful microbiome 2494981-why-caring-for-your-microbiome-is-crucial-if-you-want-to-live-to-100|2494981 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2493944-what-its-like-to-run-the-worlds-best-dark-matter-detector/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 15 Sep 2025 17:00:42 +0100 Chamkaur Ghag is on a mission to find the 85 per cent of the universe’s matter that we haven’t yet identified. He details his hopes for the major scientific experiment – and what the future could hold 2493944-what-its-like-to-run-the-worlds-best-dark-matter-detector|2493944 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2493005-which-perimenopause-treatments-actually-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 10 Sep 2025 17:00:34 +0100 For women going through perimenopause, there is no shortage of advice on how to deal with the symptoms – but which strategies show real results, and which are social media hype? 2493005-which-perimenopause-treatments-actually-work|2493005 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494508-weve-glimpsed-the-secret-quantum-landscape-inside-all-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 08 Sep 2025 15:00:16 +0100 A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its full shape – and it could transform how we design materials 2494508-weve-glimpsed-the-secret-quantum-landscape-inside-all-matter|2494508 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494279-is-earths-climate-in-a-state-of-termination-shock/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:00:31 +0100 Cleaning up air pollution has saved millions of lives, but it has also given us an inadvertent taste of a nightmare climate scenario. The race is on to understand how bad it could be – and how to swerve the worst effects 2494279-is-earths-climate-in-a-state-of-termination-shock|2494279 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2494362-can-a-strange-new-treatment-finally-relieve-chronic-sinus-infections/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:00:19 +0100 Constant loss of smell, facial pain and a blocked nose are a reality for the 10 per cent of people living with chronic rhinosinusitis, a disease long-neglected by research. Targeting the nasal microbiome, though, is offering hope 2494362-can-a-strange-new-treatment-finally-relieve-chronic-sinus-infections|2494362 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492875-the-futuristic-new-tech-that-could-bridge-broken-nerves-and-mend-minds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 03 Sep 2025 17:00:07 +0100 From flexible implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from paralysis to hearing and vision loss 2492875-the-futuristic-new-tech-that-could-bridge-broken-nerves-and-mend-minds|2492875 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2493651-the-crucial-role-of-chaos-in-our-brains-most-extraordinary-functions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 01 Sep 2025 17:00:26 +0100 That the human mind treads a delicate line between order and disorder is a radical idea that’s gaining traction - and is changing our understanding of intelligence, consciousness and creativity 2493651-the-crucial-role-of-chaos-in-our-brains-most-extraordinary-functions|2493651 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2493864-the-deadliest-mushroom-the-death-cap-is-still-concocting-new-poisons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:00:31 +0100 Surprising discoveries about the species responsible for 90 per cent of mushroom-related deaths is revealing the fungi kingdom to be even stranger than we had thought 2493864-the-deadliest-mushroom-the-death-cap-is-still-concocting-new-poisons|2493864 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435122-900-take-control-of-your-brains-master-switch-to-optimise-how-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The discovery that a small blue blob of neurons, the locus coeruleus, controls your mode of thinking suggests ways to increase learning, creativity, focus and alertness mg26435122-900-take-control-of-your-brains-master-switch-to-optimise-how-you-think|2450798 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492582-inside-the-revolutionary-idea-that-we-can-negotiate-with-cancer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:00:01 +0100 New research tapping into decades-old concepts is challenging the notion that the only way to treat cancer is to kill every last cancer cell. Instead, scientists suggest, we could try a little persuasion 2492582-inside-the-revolutionary-idea-that-we-can-negotiate-with-cancer|2492582 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492442-we-will-soon-be-able-to-talk-with-other-species-which-will-be-first/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 25 Aug 2025 17:00:49 +0100 Scientists have long and studiously avoided claiming that other animals have language. Now, using the power of AI, they are on the verge of deciphering one 2492442-we-will-soon-be-able-to-talk-with-other-species-which-will-be-first|2492442 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2492337-an-incredible-denisovan-skull-is-upending-the-story-of-human-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:00:38 +0100 An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives, redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X 2492337-an-incredible-denisovan-skull-is-upending-the-story-of-human-evolution|2492337 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479260-why-auroras-are-so-much-brighter-and-more-easily-visible-recently/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 27 Aug 2025 17:00:24 +0100 The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm 2479260-why-auroras-are-so-much-brighter-and-more-easily-visible-recently|2479260 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2491017-chronic-inflammation-messes-with-your-mind-heres-how-to-calm-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:00:45 +0100 From depression to dementia, we are now realising the profound impacts of long-term inflammation on the brain. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms is unlocking new treatments to protect our cognitive function and mental health 2491017-chronic-inflammation-messes-with-your-mind-heres-how-to-calm-it|2491017 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2491566-physicist-frank-wilczeks-unique-insights-on-the-nature-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 20 Aug 2025 17:00:55 +0100 Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time crystals among much else. Where is his curiosity taking him now? 2491566-physicist-frank-wilczeks-unique-insights-on-the-nature-of-reality|2491566 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2491628-mining-for-renewable-tech-inflicts-huge-damage-is-there-a-solution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:00:55 +0100 Collecting the materials needed for renewable technologies is causing enormous environmental damage and could soon extend to the deep sea and even asteroids. Innovative solutions are poised to turn the crisis around 2491628-mining-for-renewable-tech-inflicts-huge-damage-is-there-a-solution|2491628 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489666-a-new-measure-of-health-is-revolutionising-how-we-think-about-ageing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:00:42 +0100 Life expectancy has increased dramatically over the past century, but our years of good health appear not to have kept pace. Now, a new lens on what it means to age well is reshaping our view of our golden years 2489666-a-new-measure-of-health-is-revolutionising-how-we-think-about-ageing|2489666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2490570-6-of-the-most-fascinating-moments-in-the-life-of-our-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:00:42 +0100 Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient origins and glimpsing the destiny that awaits it in the distant future 2490570-6-of-the-most-fascinating-moments-in-the-life-of-our-solar-system|2490570 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2490598-how-ai-poisoning-is-fighting-bots-that-hoover-data-without-permission/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 12 Aug 2025 17:00:24 +0100 The web is awash with bots that scrape data without permission. Now content creators are poisoning the well of artificial intelligence – but similar technology can also be used to spread misinformation 2490598-how-ai-poisoning-is-fighting-bots-that-hoover-data-without-permission|2490598 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489014-why-constipation-isnt-just-painful-but-can-lead-to-serious-disease/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:00:38 +0100 Increasing evidence suggests chronic constipation can be a causal factor in illnesses including cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment. So what can you do to get moving again? 2489014-why-constipation-isnt-just-painful-but-can-lead-to-serious-disease|2489014 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:25 +0100 Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to reframe the current biodiversity crisis 2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened|2481371 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:15 +0100 A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. But restoring our most neglected sense might not only reduce cognitive decline – studies also show it could even reverse it 2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age|2479542 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488077-weve-discovered-a-door-to-a-hidden-part-of-reality-whats-inside/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:00:07 +0100 Physicists would dearly love to find new particles, but there's no sign of them in colliders like the LHC. Now we have found a new way of accessing a tiny slice of reality where they might be hiding 2488077-weve-discovered-a-door-to-a-hidden-part-of-reality-whats-inside|2488077 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489648-your-pet-dogs-ancestor-was-a-fierce-wild-animal-how-was-it-tamed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 06 Aug 2025 17:00:38 +0100 Unexpected archaeological discoveries are rewriting the story of how the big, bad wolf became our first and most beloved pet 2489648-your-pet-dogs-ancestor-was-a-fierce-wild-animal-how-was-it-tamed|2489648 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489813-why-mathematicians-want-to-destroy-infinity-and-may-succeed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 04 Aug 2025 17:00:02 +0100 Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it 2489813-why-mathematicians-want-to-destroy-infinity-and-may-succeed|2489813 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2489064-how-to-harness-your-body-clock-for-a-longer-healthier-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 28 Jul 2025 17:00:46 +0100 Your circadian rhythm influences mood, metabolism and even how well you respond to medical treatment. Now we finally have the tools to harness it to help us live longer and feel better 2489064-how-to-harness-your-body-clock-for-a-longer-healthier-life|2489064 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488813-archaeologists-are-unearthing-the-most-powerful-women-who-ever-lived/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Jul 2025 17:00:59 +0100 Astonishing new archaeological finds and ancient DNA analysis leave no doubt that throughout prehistory women were rulers, warriors, hunters and shamans 2488813-archaeologists-are-unearthing-the-most-powerful-women-who-ever-lived|2488813 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2488701-is-gravity-a-new-type-of-force-that-arises-from-cosmic-entropy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 29 Jul 2025 17:00:27 +0100 Decades ago, a renegade physicist suggested that gravity isn't so much a force as just a byproduct of the universe's tendency to get more disordered. Now this idea might finally be testable 2488701-is-gravity-a-new-type-of-force-that-arises-from-cosmic-entropy|2488701 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487980-what-were-ancient-humans-thinking-when-they-began-to-bury-their-dead/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 23 Jul 2025 17:00:36 +0100 Claims that a small-brained hominin called Homo naledi buried its dead raise intriguing questions about ancient minds and why we engage in this peculiar practice 2487980-what-were-ancient-humans-thinking-when-they-began-to-bury-their-dead|2487980 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487555-how-regrowing-your-own-teeth-could-replace-dentures-and-implants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 22 Jul 2025 17:00:26 +0100 Losing a tooth as an adult is par for the course for many of us. The only option to replace them? Artificial substitutes. But an era of regrowing living teeth may now be almost upon us 2487555-how-regrowing-your-own-teeth-could-replace-dentures-and-implants|2487555 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:00:14 +0100 Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer 2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it|2487013 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2486422-the-truth-about-de-extinction-is-it-even-possible-and-why-do-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:00:34 +0100 Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation? 2486422-the-truth-about-de-extinction-is-it-even-possible-and-why-do-it|2486422 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2486715-the-anthropologist-who-says-shamanism-works-even-if-you-dont-believe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 16 Jul 2025 17:00:26 +0100 Shamanism is on the rise, both in practice and in popular culture. Manvir Singh has spent years exploring why it is so enduring, what we can learn from it and the surprising forms modern shamans take 2486715-the-anthropologist-who-says-shamanism-works-even-if-you-dont-believe|2486715 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2485338-rapid-bursts-of-ageing-are-causing-a-total-rethink-of-how-we-grow-old/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:00:08 +0100 Suddenly feeling old? 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