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Mountain warming means there will be more disasters like the Nepal flood
Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers together
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The best new science-fiction books of September 2026
From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi novels out thi
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How our bodies adapt to extreme temperatures – until it gets too hot
No matter where you’re from, there are things you can do to cope better with extreme temperatures. But it takes work to stop our bodies’ ada
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Should we all be taking low doses of lithium to prevent Alzheimer’s?
Animal studies have shown that lithium orotate could help stave off dementia, and a human trial is about to start to see if the effects hold
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Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator
Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism
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NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, b
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Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy
A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could make bafflingly difficu
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Where and when to see 2027’s ‘solar eclipse of the century’
The total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is due to be the longest one until the year 2114, and researchers, eclipse chasers and tourists ali
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A baby echidna has been born in a university for the first time
Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve our understanding o
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Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right
What even is time? Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation
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Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time
The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at t
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‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time,
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Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El Niños
Coral records from the Galapagos Islands indicate El Niños have been gathering strength over the past 40 years, in line with rising global t
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Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of Greenland
The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a profound experience
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Octopuses released into Adriatic Sea to tackle invasive crabs
Atlantic blue crabs have moved into the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, where they are a problem both for ecosystems and local economies, b
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Exercise may create new neurons by making other brain cells contract
Physical activity causes a type of brain cell called astrocytes to contract, which then leads to the formation of new neurons, according to
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Driving data can predict crash black spots before accidents happen
An analysis of data collected from hundreds of thousands of cars in Australia offers an insight into driving behaviour that can be used to i
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Huge progress made in attempt to upgrade standard model of particles
A challenging mathematical effort undertaken by a team of undergraduates has put bounds on a promising set of ways to break and upgrade the
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Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss
Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice av
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Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated
Decades after it has been posited as a foundational principle of quantum physics, Richard Feynman’s “path integral” has been directly measur
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Tom Gauld on picking the right staff
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
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Can ‘quantum musical agents’ really make a melody better?
Feedback wonders if a bum note is being struck in a new paper exploring "quantum teleportation in multi-agent systems for interactive music”
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This week’s new questions
Is there such a thing as an olfactory illusion, and what forces make a particle of fluid start spiralling down a pipe instead of flowing smo
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Are there plants that could survive as a food source on the moon? Part 2
Fresh answers are questioning the broader applicability of the Wardian case – and note the importance of where on the moon the plants are gr
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