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Why do we have hair – on our heads and elsewhere? A …
Judy Wearing's Anxious and Hairy is an enthusiastic and curious dive into the evolution and culture of human hair. An initially sceptical Elle Hunt is …
A ‘unique opportunity’: is this the weirdest RightMove listing ever?
Feedback is a little saddened to discover that a historic scientific building is up for sale, and wonders if any readers fancy opening a museum
Why a modern approach to healthcare must consider more than illness
Pills and other medications may seem like the most rigorous way to treat illness, but we increasingly know that our health must revolve around the …
This week’s new questions
Why do dogs generally follow instructions, whereas cats largely ignore them? Will we ever build a space telescope that can see as far as the …
Our verdict on Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time: a wild ride
The September read for the New Scientist Book Club was a challenging trip to the edges of space-time with Chanda Prescod-Weinstein – but one which …
Tom Gauld on an audience with the great theoretical scientist
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Twisteddoodles on the discovery of a new cat species
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
The overlooked power of diet for improving your mental health
Therapy and drugs are the go-to options for improving mental health. But psychologist Kimberley Wilson argues that what we eat also has a crucial role …
Slashing sugar intake before antibiotics may save your microbiome
Antibiotics can reduce the diversity of microbes in your gut and lead to health problems, but a study in people with cancer has identified a …
‘Astonishing’ weight loss when GLP-1 drug used with second medication
Tirzepatide, sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound, is our most potent weight-loss drug, but it can have an even greater effect when combined with a complementary …
Cannabis users were twice as likely to commit violence, review finds
A review of more than 265,000 people found that cannabis use was associated with higher rates of both committing violence and becoming a victim of …
A record-breaking X-ray flash may reveal the birth of a magnetar
Astronomers have found strong evidence that some mysterious, minutes-long X-ray flashes are produced when two neutron stars collide and create a magnetar. One record-setting event …
Ocean heatwaves are hiding months of extra warming
Marine heatwaves may be only the most intense part of much longer warming events, with elevated temperatures sometimes lingering for months. Researchers found that conventional …
Mulberry may reshape gut bacteria and influence metabolism
Mulberry compounds may reshape the gut microbiome in ways that support intestinal health and metabolism, with some combinations showing especially strong effects in animal studies. …
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover finds groundwater, lakes, and hot fluids in one …
NASA’s Perseverance rover has uncovered a surprisingly complicated history of water in Jezero Crater. Scientists expected the crater’s Margin Unit to contain lake sediments, but …
Black hole jets may decide the fate of entire galaxies
Powerful jets from supermassive black holes can disturb star-forming gas far beyond a galaxy’s visible edge, leaving a glowing trail hundreds of thousands of light-years …
Pompeii’s 2,000-year-old eruption just gave scientists a better clock for Earth’s past
Mount Vesuvius’ famous 79 CE eruption has given scientists a remarkably precise benchmark for dating events deep in Earth’s past. The improved technique could sharpen …
The best new science-fiction books of October 2026
From Becky Chambers to Audrey Niffenegger, there are some heavy hitters with new sci-fi novels out this month – and a hefty dose of time …
Watch Live: NASA’s Crew-13 could make the fastest U.S. trip to the …
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission is scheduled to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on October 1. The Dragon could reach the orbiting laboratory …
Explainer: What is El Niño?
Every few years, a disturbance in the Pacific Ocean is amplified by feedback mechanisms in the atmosphere, unleashing heat and extreme weather around the globe
The astonishing collective impact of household energy shifts
A subtle change in household power habits could eliminate the need to build new gas power plants, say researchers studying energy usage
Bats may have first evolved in Europe 65 million years ago
A huge genomic and fossil study suggests bats first evolved in Europe around 65 to 60 million years ago before spreading across the globe. The …
NASA’s Curiosity rover just hit 5,000 days on Mars and sent back …
NASA’s Curiosity rover marked 5,000 Martian days by capturing morning and afternoon views that were blended into a striking Mars “postcard.” The panorama shows Curiosity, …
Sharks can hear nearly 250 feet away and pinpoint the source
Wild blacktip sharks can detect low-frequency sounds from nearly 250 feet away, according to experiments conducted off the Florida coast. The sharks not only heard …
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