Male mason wasps have no sting, but they have spines on their genitals that can cause a pricking pain, and these are effective at deterring ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350186-male-wasps-use-spiky-genitals-to-defend-themselves-from-predators/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of the wind energy available on Mars finds that one well-placed turbine could enable a group of six people to live near the pole..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352328-mars-has-enough-wind-to-power-bases-near-the-poles-all-year-round/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs, which resembled whales and dolphins, seem to have gathered to give birth in a quiet ocean area with no ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352138-ichthyosaurs-used-a-barren-region-of-the-ocean-as-an-ancient-nursery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Nations have pledged to "reverse biodiversity loss" by 2030 at the COP15 summit, but campaigners say the deal doesn't do enough to ensure ac..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352273-countries-agree-landmark-deal-to-halt-global-decline-in-nature-by-2030/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers unveiled a picture of humanity’s genealogy based on 3601 modern genomes and eight ancient genomes going back 2 million years
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634174-900-a-family-tree-of-humanity-released-in-2022-shows-how-were-all-related/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

This year, there were the lows of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, soaring prices and extreme weather, and the highs of an accelerating shift t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-2022-the-year-of-rolling-polycrisis-but-with-a-few-glimmers-of-hope/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

There are plenty of opportunities for birdwatchers to contribute to conservation science this December and January, says Layal Liverpool
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634172-100-join-the-christmas-bird-count-and-contribute-to-conservation-research/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An ephemeral ecosystem of tunnels in the snow is home to insects, frogs, rodents and even flowering plants. But as the climate changes, is i
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634170-900-subnivium-the-secret-ecosystem-hidden-beneath-the-snow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Biologists who track animals often find there is one individual that sits around doing nothing for days at a time. How do these slackers sur
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634171-800-some-individual-animals-are-really-lazy-how-do-they-get-away-with-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As well as being caused by eating an indulgent diet, gout has been linked to hundreds of genetic variants in the largest study of its kind
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352160-gout-linked-to-376-genetic-variants-in-a-study-of-2-6-million-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Several high-income countries have made pledges at COP15 to fund programmes to protect biodiversity but so far they amount to a small fracti..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352270-cop15-how-much-money-do-we-need-to-stop-biodiversity-loss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Weird things happen down at -273°C, the coldest possible temperature. Now we're building quantum fridges, which could make things even weird..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634171-900-the-strange-physics-of-absolute-zero-and-what-it-takes-to-get-there/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Under the 30 by 30 biodiversity target, countries would pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and sea, but that may not be enough to reduce ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352266-cop15-what-is-the-30-by-30-biodiversity-target-and-is-it-enough/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A vaccine for strep A may not be very profitable for pharmaceutical companies and there are technical challenges that make such vaccines dif..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351602-strep-a-kills-500000-people-a-year-so-why-isnt-there-a-vaccine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Nuclear fusion, infectious diseases and an incredible new space telescope were ongoing stories in 2022, but what were some of the other big
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352093-biggest-science-news-stories-of-2022-as-chosen-by-new-scientist/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Christopher Ison's photo of Storm Eunice and Zhenhuan Zhou’s shot of Niagara Falls covered in ice have taken the top prizes in the Royal Met..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634170-600-wintry-scenes-top-weather-photographer-of-the-year-competition/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Geese chased out of a park in Chicago returned to the area twice as quickly on days when they were harassed, compared with days when they le..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351985-canada-geese-return-twice-as-quickly-if-you-try-to-shoo-them-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The question of how best to share revenues from products developed using genetic data from plants and animals has emerged as a make or break..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352090-cop15-countries-debate-how-to-share-profits-from-earths-genetic-data/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A pair of twin planets called Kepler-138 c and d appear to be water worlds, with steamy atmospheres and oceans that take up half their total..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352076-twin-planets-orbiting-a-distant-star-may-be-half-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A talon-like claw with sharp ends and a softer middle helps this flying robot grasp onto thin perches just like a bird
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351996-watch-this-robot-bird-use-a-talon-like-claw-to-land-safely-on-a-perch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Negotiations at the COP15 biodiversity summit in Montreal broke down over how to fund new agreements to safeguard nature
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2352065-cop15-china-calls-for-action-as-biodiversity-talks-break-down/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Fancy a posh meal without the climate hangover? Work out what luxury really means and you can create gourmet, guilt-free dining
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634171-000-inside-the-decadent-but-still-ethical-world-of-vegan-fine-dining/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In a future where climate change has devastated Florence’s iris fields, a perfumer makes a hard choice in the Hugo award-winning novelist Ar..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634170-300-read-orris-an-exclusive-sci-fi-short-story-from-arkady-martine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Logged forests in Borneo have more abundant birds and mammals than pristine forests, showing that conservationists should still try to prote..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351651-tropical-forests-ravaged-by-logging-can-still-have-thriving-ecosystems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A 9-kilometre fibre-optic cable that captured the sounds of melting ice across an entire glacier could improve how researchers measure ice l..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351534-melting-sounds-of-an-entire-glacier-recorded-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers used MRI scans and an algorithm to measure the stiffness and resilience to pressure of the brain in living people
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351525-the-human-brain-can-be-squished-10-times-as-easily-as-polystyrene-foam/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It has long been believed that PTSD increases the risk for excess drinking, but in some cases it may actually be the other way around
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351458-drinking-more-alcohol-after-a-traumatic-event-may-increase-ptsd-risk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

World Health Organization research suggests that during just the first two years of the pandemic, 14.83 million more deaths occurred worldwi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351763-nearly-15-million-excess-deaths-occurred-globally-in-2020-and-2021/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A spike in the greenhouse gas methane in 2020 may be explained in part by a drop in nitrogen oxide emissions during the covid-19 pandemic
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351739-puzzling-methane-rise-in-2020-linked-to-pandemic-lockdown-effects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Can you match these pictures of poo to the animal responsible? This quiz from naturalist Chris Packham is a bit of fun - but you will learn ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634172-000-how-well-do-you-know-your-animal-poo-find-out-with-this-picture-quiz/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A study conducted in mice suggests certain gut bacteria can regulate motivation to exercise by increasing dopamine levels in the brain durin..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351527-your-gut-bacteria-may-influence-how-motivated-you-are-to-exercise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A drone equipped with lights and speakers can deter bats from wind farms to protect them from potentially deadly turbine blades
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2351482-a-noisy-flashing-drone-could-stop-bats-crashing-into-wind-turbines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The most insidious consequences of the festive meal are a lot more interesting than you think
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830520-500-farting-101-the-questions-youre-too-embarrassed-to-ask/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A computer that uses light rather than electricity to transmit and manipulate data could carry out the same tasks faster and using less power
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350015-light-based-computer-could-outpace-traditional-electrical-chip-designs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers hope producing embryos from adult cells in the lab could offer a way to save the northern white rhino, with only two females rem..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350818-endangered-white-rhinos-cells-turned-into-sperm-and-egg-stem-cells/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted the most distant galaxy ever definitively confirmed, which formed within about 325 million years ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350876-jwst-has-broken-the-record-for-most-distant-galaxy-ever-confirmed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A robot guided a flexible needle into the lungs of pigs, outperforming humans using straight needles
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350891-robot-guides-needle-into-lungs-more-accurately-than-human-doctors/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

If aliens were to make spacecraft as massive as Jupiter or ones that use warp drives, we might be able to detect them using the ripples they..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350874-ligo-may-be-able-to-detect-alien-warp-drives-using-gravitational-waves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Douglas Futuyma's new book on the rise of birds isn't easy going, but it shows why they were vital to evolutionary theory - and birders will..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634161-500-how-birds-evolve-review-in-depth-and-passionate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An implanted device that stimulates the vagus nerve reduced symptoms of multiple sclerosis in rats as effectively as standard medications
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350880-stimulating-the-vagus-nerve-may-reduce-symptoms-of-multiple-sclerosis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A 13-year-old girl whose leukaemia had not responded to other treatments now has no detectable cancer cells after receiving a dose of immune..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350806-experimental-crispr-technique-has-promise-against-aggressive-leukaemia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Hair of the dog? Wine before beer? Why everything you know about hangovers, and how to cure them, is wrong – or unproven
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231040-800-hung-over-what-science-says-about-why-you-feel-so-rough/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

With the platform looking a little the worse for wear after its recent acquisition by Elon Musk, Annalee Newitz tries the best alternatives,..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634160-900-leaving-twitter-heres-what-other-social-media-platforms-offer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

From a bone fragment of a mysterious new species to the latest on cave art, Paul Pettit's powerful new book shows how science is rewriting t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634161-200-homo-sapiens-rediscovered-review-hunting-human-origin-stories/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A century and a half after HMS Challenger embarked on the first global survey of the ocean, some ideas from the era still linger. They urgen..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634160-800-marine-sciences-must-cast-off-an-imperial-legacy-of-ocean-exploitation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When it comes to knowing yourself, your own perception of your personality doesn’t necessarily align with that of people around you. But whi
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634161-600-self-knowledge-how-to-know-your-true-personality-and-why-it-matters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Colorado has become the second US state to legalise psychedelic drugs for medicinal uses, but psychedelics research lags far behind studies ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350294-were-rushing-the-use-of-psychedelics-as-medicine-researchers-say/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Tantalising evidence hints that key human innovations including the wheel and weaving were the outcome of, quite literally, child's play
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032094-100-toys-are-us-how-childhood-objects-may-have-shaped-human-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Despite recent claims of vehicles having full automation, it is no more possible to buy a truly self-driving car now than it was 15 years ag
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349786-why-you-may-never-be-able-to-buy-your-own-self-driving-car/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A deepfake detector designed to identify unique facial expressions and hand gestures could spot manipulated videos of world leaders such as ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350644-deepfake-detector-spots-fake-videos-of-ukraines-president-zelenskyy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home