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New Scientist · Carissa WongBrain implant lets people with paralysis speak and gesture at the same time
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesJet-powered drones pose a new threat to Ukraine – can they be stopped?
New Scientist · Miriam FrankelWe’ve long thought that time has only one dimension. What if we’re wrong?
New Scientist · Alec LuhnScientists call for ‘emergency’ measures to save sea life from El Niño
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesWhy is everyone suddenly worried about the risks of AI?
New Scientist · Leah CraneTwo bizarre new forms of ice discovered that could exist deep inside planets
New Scientist · Leah CraneThe cosmic coincidences that made our universe – and us – possible
New Scientist · Madeleine CuffSpaceXAI data centre may have led to Mississippi air pollution spike
New Scientist · Christa Lesté-LasserreEarliest alligator flourished in the wake of the dinosaur extinction
New Scientist · Timothy RevellAI is both the best and worst thing to ever happen to mathematics
New Scientist · David RobsonHow to build powerful microhabits for your wellbeing – and keep them
New Scientist · Alec LuhnNatural feedbacks will warm world an extra 20 per cent this century
New Scientist · Alice KleinWe may finally know what kick-starts muscle contractions in childbirth
New Scientist · Matt von HippelGamma ray burst may have been two supernovae in one
New Scientist · Christa Lesté-LasserreExquisite 66-million-year-old bird feather preserved in dinosaur dropping
New Scientist · Karmela Padavic-CallaghanHere is how to understand OpenAI’s major mathematical breakthrough
New Scientist · Alec LuhnThe world’s biggest carbon sink may start emitting CO2 after net zero
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesWhat’s next for mathematics now that AI is upending the field?
New Scientist · Henry GommCracking the ageing code
New Scientist · Alec LuhnAugust was the joint hottest month on record
New Scientist · Michael MarshallWhy our common ancestor with chimpanzees keeps getting further away
New Scientist · Madeleine CuffHeat spikes over Tibet may help explain severe Californian flooding
New Scientist · Carissa WongBursts of ‘pink noise’ during sleep seem to help clear waste from brain
New Scientist · Alice KleinEarliest evidence of habitual drug use found in teeth in Indonesia
New Scientist · New ScientistTwisteddoodles on spies through the ages
New Scientist · New ScientistThis week’s new questions
New Scientist · New ScientistTom Gauld on an introduction to basic philosophical astronomy
New Scientist · New ScientistWhy do humans have a common sense of beauty for things like sunsets and do other animals share this appreciation?
New Scientist · Michael MarshallNew Scientist recommends a fascinating deep dive into the real Vikings
New Scientist · New ScientistAre anti-black holes possible, and how could we tell if we were looking at one?
New Scientist · New ScientistWhy don’t we sneeze when we are asleep? part 2
New Scientist · New ScientistWhat changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away? part 3
New Scientist · New ScientistUnexpected hints of dark matter should breathe life into particle physics
New Scientist · New ScientistWhy don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead? part 3
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesTerence Tao: AI companies are harming mathematics
New Scientist · Jonathan O’CallaghanNASA’s next major telescope might see alien oceans and rainbows
New Scientist · Michael MarshallDenisovan tools from cave in China shows how mysterious humans lived
New Scientist · Thomas LewtonLost quantum traces could reveal dark matter at the Large Hadron Collider
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesWhy is there controversy around OpenAI’s Millennium Prize maths breakthrough?
New Scientist · Michael Le PageCommon painkiller use in early pregnancy linked to smaller ovaries and testes
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesOpenAI has solved the Navier-Stokes Millennium problem using $15m of AI effort
New Scientist · Alec LuhnWhy growing seaweed isn’t a climate solution
New Scientist · Rachel MelegritoZapping the face could boost brain signalling and memory
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesMajor breakthrough made on famous Millennium maths problem
New Scientist · Bethan AckerleyAs Star Trek turns 60, it’s not too late to discover the seminal series
New Scientist · Chanda Prescod-WeinsteinThe danger of viewing the cosmos as a mirror that shows us ourselves
New Scientist · Madeleine CuffSuper El Niño set to cause ‘terribly dangerous’ drought in the Amazon
New Scientist · Matthew SparkesI made a free AI chatbot solve a decade-long maths problem in 13 minutes
New Scientist · Jon CartwrightWe’re on the verge of seeing the quantum vacuum for the first time
New Scientist · Liz ElseThe best new popular science books of September 2026