The UK government says a proposed new coal mine in Cumbria will have a "broadly neutral" effect on greenhouse gas emissions, but its climate..
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Amino acids have been found in meteorites, and now an experiment shows how they might have been created by chemical reactions in these space..
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Lager originated in Europe but the wild yeast species that was first used for brewing the beer hadn’t been found there until now – it was lu..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350277-ancient-yeast-used-to-brew-the-first-lagers-discovered-in-ireland/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Whether you do the robot, shake your tail feather or go full ballroom, dancing has benefits that go way beyond having a good time
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Everyone needs great sleep, but this is tough in a world where other basic needs - like earning a living – jockey for position. Luckily, The..
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Damage to the spikes on the back of a fossil of a Zuul crurivastator suggest that these armoured dinosaurs didn’t use their tail clubs to fe..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350250-rare-fossil-reveals-destroyer-of-shins-dinosaurs-fought-each-other/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A prototype heat pump that uses water and sound to cool is three times as efficient as previous comparable designs
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The International Liquid Mirror Telescope, perched high in the Himalayas, has finally started making observations. If it succeeds, we could ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634160-100-what-the-worlds-largest-liquid-mirror-telescope-means-for-astronomy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

High winter sea levels in Venice are linked to warmer sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, and cooling in that ocean over c..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350173-venice-may-get-a-temporary-respite-from-rising-seas-by-2035/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Honeyguide birds lead humans to bees’ nests and get beeswax as a reward, but camera traps reveal that honey badgers, baboons and mongooses a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350160-a-surprising-number-of-african-animals-eat-beeswax/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New Scientist combines mixology with science fiction to produce recipes for the finest drinks in this – or any other – universe, from Bantha..
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A small quantum computer has been connected to Europe’s fastest supercomputer. This connection could help researchers work out how to best p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349980-europes-fastest-supercomputer-is-now-connected-to-a-quantum-computer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Archaeologists say they have found evidence that Homo naledi, an extinct human species with a tiny brain, used fire to cook and light up dar..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2350008-homo-naledi-may-have-used-fire-to-cook-and-navigate-230000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A drug that is approved for treating gallstones and liver conditions inhibits cells' ACE2 receptors, which the coronavirus' spike protein bi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349833-drug-that-targets-ace2-receptors-may-work-against-new-covid-variants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A technique that uses nanoscale structures to reproduce colour has been employed to make copies of famous paintings, and could also help fig..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349881-girl-with-a-pearl-earring-and-mona-lisa-recreated-with-nanotechnology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It took a lot of meat to feed even one species of large carnivorous dinosaur, so how did several survive side-by-side in the Jurassic and Cr..
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Mars has been viewed as a mostly geologically static world, but the planet may have an enormous underground plume of hot rocks slowly rising..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349663-mars-may-have-a-huge-plume-of-hot-rocks-rising-towards-its-surface/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Goal to “halt and reverse” biodiversity loss by 2030 – a headline aim of the COP15 biodiversity summit – could take 80 rather than eight yea..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349906-cop15-target-to-reverse-biodiversity-loss-by-2030-is-unrealistic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When shown their reflection, wild Adélie penguins can tell it isn't another penguin – but they may not fully connect their mirror image to t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349971-adelie-penguins-show-signs-of-self-awareness-on-the-mirror-test/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Orion capsule has made its closest pass above the surface of the moon and begun its journey back to Earth, capturing astonishing views o..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349943-amazing-image-of-crescent-earth-rising-over-the-moon-captured-by-orion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

From who will host to the last piece of cake, ‘tis the season to bicker like wild animals. Have yourself a merrier little Christmas with som..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23231040-700-no-more-drama-the-game-theory-guide-to-a-happy-family-holiday/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

With more groups and organisations exploring space than ever before, we will all benefit from a diverse range of people and views in low Ear..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634153-000-growing-off-world-diversity-is-making-space-for-everyone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Marine seabirds known as razorbills are usually found in cold, northern waters, but hundreds of them have been turning up underfed in Italy,..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349797-hundreds-of-razorbills-have-been-turning-up-far-from-home-in-italy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A rare lunar occultation of Mars will be visible from parts of the world this month. Abigail Beall explains how to spot it
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634152-900-how-to-see-mars-disappear-behind-the-moon-this-december/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Children are savvier than we thought, so why do so many of them believe in Father Christmas? Answering that question reveals a lot about chi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24833132-600-the-surprising-truth-about-why-adults-make-children-believe-in-santa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The fad of privately recording your gratitude in a journal was all the rage, but it turns out if you actually pass on your thanks to others,..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032090-500-cheers-saying-thanks-is-good-for-you-and-those-around-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Of more than 140,000 Twitter users who announced they were moving to Mastodon, just 1.6 per cent have actually quit Elon Musk’s social media..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349641-most-people-who-threatened-to-quit-twitter-for-mastodon-havent-left/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Hundreds of cement pillars with hooks have been deployed in the Gulf of California to snag fishing nets that threaten endangered porpoises, ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349684-mexicos-latest-plan-to-save-endangered-vaquitas-could-backfire/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Down Under, season two of Zac Efron's Down to Earth series, pulls off the trick he was after in the first season - making the pursuit of a g..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634152-800-down-to-earth-with-zac-efron-review-eco-doc-series-makes-green-sexy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A complete map of the neurons inside the brain of a fruit fly larva is the largest example of a whole-brain "connectome", and is a stepping ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349650-the-3013-neurons-in-the-brain-of-a-fly-larva-have-been-mapped-in-full/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Buried nuts would quickly rot in the tropical rainforests of Hainan Island, so flying squirrels have taught themselves carpentry instead
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348850-flying-squirrels-carve-nuts-to-store-them-securely-in-tree-branches/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A faecal-transplant therapy called Rebyota has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. A single dose can prevent a type of rec..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349578-first-faecal-transplant-treatment-approved-for-use-in-the-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An AI has learned to deceive human opponents in the war-themed board game Stratego, which involves imperfect information and a huge number o..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349484-deepmind-ai-uses-deception-to-beat-human-players-in-war-game-stratego/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An experimental HIV vaccine led to antibodies against the virus in 35 out of 36 volunteers, but whether this offers protection against the i..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349475-vaccine-prompts-hiv-antibodies-in-97-per-cent-of-people-in-small-study/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Keck Observatory in Hawaii have watched clouds changing shape in the sky of Titan, Saturn’s largest m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349546-jwst-has-taken-pictures-of-clouds-on-saturns-moon-titan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Slate plaques from about 5000 years ago engraved with images of what look like owls may have been children’s artwork rather than funeral off..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349509-owl-like-engravings-from-copper-age-may-have-been-made-by-children/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of a fossil has revealed a new species of dinosaur named Natovenator polydontus. It was semi-aqautic, looked a bit like a duck a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349496-newly-discovered-dinosaur-has-a-streamlined-body-like-a-diving-bird/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

If you celebrate Christmas, it doesn't have to be a feast of rampant consumerism and devastating gluttony. Read our guide to cleaning up you..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24032061-100-green-christmas-how-to-have-an-ethical-and-guilt-free-festive-season/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

There is more melted rock under Yellowstone Caldera – a volcano in Wyoming – than was previously estimated, but that doesn’t change the like..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349550-yellowstone-supervolcano-contains-twice-as-much-melted-rock-as-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Before Mars dried up, an asteroid slammed into one of its oceans and caused a colossal megatsunami, and now researchers have found the crate..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349415-ancient-megatsunami-on-mars-traced-to-the-crater-where-it-began/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Superconductivity, fractional charges and magnetic vortices are just some of the weird quantum phenomena lurking in materials like graphene ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634150-600-the-exotic-quantum-effects-found-hiding-inside-ultra-thin-materials/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Almost 200 species of bacteria, including one that can cause food poisoning, were found on microfibre particles from the Mediterranean Sea
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349356-microfibres-that-pollute-the-seas-are-floating-homes-for-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A skull bone from 67 million years ago reveals that ancestors of modern birds had jointed beaks, not immobile ones as biologists have long t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349337-ancient-bird-with-a-movable-beak-rewrites-the-story-of-avian-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A simple device made of plastic and rubber can be controlled using ripples in water to move around obstacles
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349123-plastic-pac-man-moves-using-water-ripples/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers have used Google's Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece of quantum i..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349118-a-quantum-computer-has-simulated-a-wormhole-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A gel that has prevented almost all of 1 billion sperm getting past the cervix in sheep could become an alternative to hormonal birth contro..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2348907-sperm-blocking-vaginal-gel-could-be-a-reliable-contraceptive-method/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After a two-year delay, the COP15 summit will convene in Montreal to hammer out an agreement to address the biodiversity crisis
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349121-cop15-what-to-expect-at-the-biggest-biodiversity-summit-in-a-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A star orbiting a supermassive black hole at the centre of a distant galaxy was ripped apart in a tidal disruption event, the furthest ever ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349352-star-ripped-up-by-black-hole-is-one-of-the-brightest-things-ever-seen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Superconductivity, fractional charges and magnetic vortices are just some of the weird quantum phenomena lurking in materials like graphene ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634150-600-the-strange-quantum-effects-of-twisted-graphene-like-materials/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Several species of ant have been observed producing a liquid while in a pupal stage that is consumed by ant larvae and adults, and this is l..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2349378-ant-pupae-produce-a-nourishing-liquid-food-for-larvae-and-adults/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home