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Blue Origin’s new moon lander just survived extreme space testing on Earth
A bold step toward returning humans to the Moon is underway with Blue Origin’s uncrewed MK1 “Endurance” lander, designed to test the technologies that future …
NASA just tested a powerful new thruster that could send humans to …
A powerful new electromagnetic thruster has taken a major step forward after a successful high-energy test at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Fueled by lithium vapor …
MIT scientists discover millions of “silent synapses” in the adult brain
MIT neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising secret hidden in the adult brain: millions of “silent synapses,” dormant connections that lie in wait until new learning …
Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know …
Research into dating has until now almost exclusively focused on younger people, but we’re finally beginning to investigate how romance changes in later life
New Scientist recommends Attenborough documentary Making Life on Earth
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
Former Soviet scientific megastructures captured in striking photos
Eric Lusito crossed the former Soviet Union to explore vast scientific sites, some of which have been deserted for years, for his new book
Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practice of making tools out of bone persisted even after the …
David Attenborough is one of a kind, for better or worse
People often ask who might replace the nature broadcaster, who turns 100 this week. The truth is that he’s irreplaceable, but a wide range of …
Less nostalgia, more pain: scientists study 1763 Eurovision songs
Feedback discovers that the prevailing themes of Eurovision songs may come and go, but the urge to win stays the same.
What to read this week: the excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson
Solving society's problems with evidence is a work in progress, argues a must-read new book. The process is surprisingly new – and riddled with complexities, …
Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims are overhyped, but evidence suggests …
Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destruction could unleash widespread rainforest dieback with as little as 1.5°C …
Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
When the slope of a mountain above Tracy Arm fjord, in Alaska, gave way on 10 August 2025, 64 million cubic metres of rock fell …
Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass is still an essential read
This 2013 book by an Indigenous botanist is a quietly urgent act of healing that forces Western science to look at the world in a …
Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award
Prize-winning young writer Hasset Kifle, 17, explores how the world of super-competitive running is being transformed by so-called “super shoes” – and what cost this …
New AI method tackles one of science’s hardest math problems
Penn researchers have developed a smarter AI method for solving notoriously difficult inverse equations, which help scientists uncover hidden causes behind observable effects. By introducing …
240-million-year-old giant “sand creeper” found hidden in retaining wall
A forgotten fossil hidden inside a garden wall has turned out to be one of Australia’s most remarkable prehistoric discoveries. Scientists have now identified the …
Colon cancer breakthrough keeps patients cancer-free for nearly 3 years
A short burst of immunotherapy before surgery is delivering surprisingly powerful results for a specific type of colorectal cancer. Patients in a UK-led trial who …
Common knee surgery found ineffective, may make things worse
A major 10-year clinical trial is turning one of the world’s most common knee surgeries on its head. Researchers found that trimming a damaged meniscus—a …
This common sleep habit could double your risk of heart attack
A chaotic sleep schedule in your 40s might be quietly setting the stage for heart trouble later. Researchers tracking thousands of people for over a …
Oak trees are delaying spring to starve caterpillars
Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily attacked one year, they delay leaf …
Webb space telescope reveals a scorching “super-Earth” that looks like Mercury
A scorching, airless world just 48 light-years away is offering scientists a rare glimpse into the geology of distant planets. Using the James Webb Space …
AI lets chemists design molecules by simply describing them
Creating complex molecules usually requires years of experience and countless decisions, but a new AI system is changing that. Synthegy lets chemists guide synthesis and …
Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western Australia
Fossils reveal that there were at least two kinds of koala when humans first arrived in Australia, but one died out about 30,000 years ago …
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