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Plant biology provides inspiration for PFAS replacement
Forever chemicals are renowned for their durability and their non-stick properties, but they persist for years in the environment. An altern
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Birds can get jet lag on long, fast flights and then fly off course
On fast flights across the Atlantic, the body clocks of Manx shearwaters get out of sync with local time, leading them to veer away from the
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Inhaling CO2 may rescue nerves’ ability to regrow
Breathing out after birth switches off the ability of tissues to regenerate, a study in mice suggests. But the pathway seems to be reversibl
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Key oddity of quantum physics may run even deeper than anticipated
Quantum mechanics stands out by being probabilistic and a new analysis suggests that this property can be traced unexpectedly deep into the
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Twisteddoodles on scientists in horror movies
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
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Can tiny microbes pack a mighty punch in the climate battle?
Ecologist Steven Allison argues for the importance of microbes in fighting climate change in a convincing and hopeful book, The Age of Micro
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Why do dogs usually follow instructions, but cats largely ignore them?
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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Why can’t we cool water as quickly as we can heat it? part 3
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Her
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This week’s new questions
If aliens with technology similar to ours lived on a planet orbiting Proxima centauri (the next-nearest star), would we be able to see unmis
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Blue Planet III is the best yet from the BBC and David Attenborough
The BBC has another game-changing hit in Blue Planet III, says Michael Le Page, with David Attenborough narrating and a smart dolphin
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Why the world’s first spinal cord transplant is so controversial
A spinal cord transplant happened in people for the first time during a surgery in Russia, but the evidence underpinning it is lacking
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Tom Gauld on how to scare a scientist
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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The King’s Observatory could be yours for the low, low price of £18 million
The King's Observatory in London, built on the orders of King George III so he could watch the 1769 transit of Venus, is up for sale. Feedba
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Our verdict on Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel: Not her best book
The New Scientist Book Club has been reading the Station Eleven author's latest speculative novel. While they found lots of things to praise
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There may be a new dwarf planet just beyond Pluto
Astronomers spotted what appears to be a dwarf planet in the outer solar system using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – if confirmed, it joins
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Access to stone rather than water governed where early humans lived
The sands of the Arabian peninsula were once dotted with lakes that teemed with life, but early humans avoided them unless they came with ea
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Does Sabrina Pasterski’s holographic theory make her the next Einstein?
Often described as a genius, physicist Sabrina Pasterski built and flew her own plane by the age of 16 and is now developing a mind-bending
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You Can See Everything review: Elizabeth Holmes film is absurd but captivating
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s look at the disgraced founder of Theranos, You Can See Everything, had Grace Wade on the edge of her se
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Transplanted ovaries adjust to the recipient’s biological age
Ovaries from older mice, which were no longer able to reproduce, seemed to become active again when transplanted into younger animals, sugge
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Hannah Fry: I lost my dad to Alzheimer’s. New research into its origins is amazing
My lovely father died of Alzheimer's last year, and since then, I've been digging into the disease to try to understand what happened to him
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Super-insulating solid may soon help historical homes reach net-zero goals
Millions of old homes across the UK and Europe need insulating under net-zero strategies, and promising start-ups believe materials called a
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The most important part of AI chatbots is being ignored
AI firms can increase the power of their chatbots without updating to new models. Columnist Jacob Aron explains how a simple bit of software
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The understanding that even bees have feelings is changing our view of consciousness
From jays that seem to say "sorry" to insects that play, signs of emotional inner life across the animal kingdom are giving us new perspecti
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AI refutes 30-year-old mathematical assumption in computer science
A central tenet in computer science has apparently been disproven by OpenAI, a result that will force textbooks to be rewritten if it is con
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