After grey wolf numbers grew in the US, they were taken off the Endangered Species List, which has made them eligible for more hunting – spa..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342636-grey-wolves-are-rebounding-but-its-making-it-hard-for-them-to-survive/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In a laboratory study, human epithelial cells were treated with the lubricant before being exposed to HIV or a herpes virus, with subsequent..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342535-personal-lubricant-made-from-cow-mucus-may-protect-against-hiv/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A southern sunfish (Mola alexandrini) found dead off the coast of Faial Island in the Azores has broken the record for the world's heaviest ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342526-worlds-heaviest-bony-fish-weighs-in-at-a-whopping-2744-kilograms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New Scientist's flagship event returns after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Here is our pick of the show, from a robot dog to Astronomer Royal M..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634083-600-new-scientist-live-photographs-from-the-show-floor/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The UK government has missed chances to maximise vaccine manufacturing capacity and has no strategic plan for research that could help preve..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342508-uk-isnt-prepared-for-the-next-pandemic-says-ex-vaccine-chief/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In this informative book, Patrick House explores interpretations of consciousness through the story of a teenager who laughed during brain s..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341951-nineteen-ways-of-looking-at-consciousness-review-complex-and-engaging/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341963-dont-miss-in-plain-sight-an-exhibition-about-visual-perception/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

One week after DeepMind revealed an algorithm for multiplying numbers more efficiently, researchers have an even better way to carry out the..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341965-humans-beat-deepmind-ai-in-creating-algorithm-to-multiply-numbers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A small remote-controlled vehicle proved effective at keeping cows away from overgrazed areas, and the animals showed few signs of fear or a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342409-a-remote-controlled-car-with-a-flag-on-a-pole-can-herd-cattle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Double-whammy approach uses chemical catalysts to break down mixed plastic waste so bacteria can convert what’s left into desirable compounds
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342438-bacteria-and-catalysts-recycle-waste-plastic-into-useful-chemicals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lac..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341920-the-success-of-text-to-image-ais-raises-major-ethical-issues/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As Elon Musk becomes wealthier and more powerful, we need to know more about the man whose projects are transforming the world. But as a new..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342446-the-elon-musk-show-review-searching-for-the-man-who-is-elon-musk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Astronomers have found barium floating high in the atmospheres of two sweltering exoplanets, and they don’t know how such a heavy element en..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342386-two-exoplanets-have-a-strangely-heavy-element-floating-in-their-skies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A pair of merging black holes show extreme signs of gravity-induced orbital precession, or wobbling, as predicted by Albert Einstein's theor..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342011-black-holes-wobbling-three-times-a-second-have-proved-einstein-right/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Over 12,000 genetic variants play a role in height differences among people with European ancestry, though these variants have a much smalle..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/12000-12000-genetic-variants-affect-height-in-people-with-european-ancestry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The cartoonist and engineer reveals what percentage of all humans who have ever lived are your ancestors, and what might happen if you pumpe..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342007-randall-munroe-on-answering-the-strangest-scientific-questions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The ability to fine-tune a robotic exoskeleton boot while you are walking around could make such devices more affordable and practical
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341275-exoskeleton-boots-learn-how-you-walk-to-help-improve-your-gait/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An optical illusion created by the relative positions of Earth and a pair of colliding neutron stars makes it seem like a jet of radiation i..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342191-jet-from-neutron-stars-seems-to-travel-seven-times-the-speed-of-light/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A strange star system with concentric rings of dust blowing out into space has been imaged in unprecedented detail by the James Webb Space T..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342315-jwst-has-spotted-bizarre-rings-of-dust-around-a-dying-star/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A morphable limb design allows this robot to flip between a sea turtle-like limb for swimming in water to a tortoise’s style for travel on l..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341273-transforming-turtle-robot-can-walk-on-land-and-swim-through-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Curiosity can boost memory and creativity for sharper thinking, yet it can also lead to distraction and procrastination. The trick is to kno..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634080-200-how-curiosity-can-supercharge-your-brain-and-boost-your-success/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers propose that rats with human neurons derived from stem cells implanted into their brains could be used to test new psychiatric d..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342138-human-neurons-transplanted-into-a-rats-brain-influence-its-behaviour/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A battery that includes tiny heaters inside it can be charged to 70 per cent, the equivalent to a range of more than 300 kilometres for an e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341398-car-batteries-with-tiny-heaters-could-charge-in-just-11-minutes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After the Double Asteroid Redirect Test mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos, it was pushed closer to its larger host asteroid, Didym..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342066-nasas-dart-mission-moved-an-asteroids-orbit-by-smashing-into-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Mounting evidence suggests that humans may have the biological hardware to benefit from some aspects of hibernation. Switching on these mech..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634080-400-human-hibernation-is-a-real-possibility-this-is-how-it-might-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Nord Stream breach released between 56,000 and 155,000 tonnes of methane into the atmosphere, making it among the largest methane emissi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342081-nord-stream-leak-may-have-been-largest-methane-emission-ever-recorded/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A fossil previously categorised as a hyena-like mammal is actually an early member of a group of sabre-toothed carnivores called nimravids. ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341892-cat-like-sabre-toothed-carnivore-evolved-faster-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Countries aren't taking the threat from extreme weather to energy security seriously enough, the World Meteorological Organization warns
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341877-extreme-weather-threat-to-energy-security-is-as-serious-as-ukraine-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A sticky, biodegradable gel made from okra can stem bleeding in injured organs in dogs and rabbits
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2342040-gel-made-from-okra-stops-bleeding-in-damaged-hearts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Eating insects containing chlorpyrifos, an insecticide banned in the European Union but still used elsewhere, seems to make it more difficul..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341835-common-insecticide-may-impair-navigation-in-big-brown-bats/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A group of robot-makers led by Boston Dynamics has pledged to push back on any attempts to add weapons to their creations, but other compani..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341411-boston-dynamics-leads-call-to-stop-arming-robots-will-anyone-listen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Physicist Carlo Rovelli explains the strange principles of relational quantum mechanics - which says objects don't exist in their own right ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634080-300-carlo-rovelli-on-the-bizarre-world-of-relational-quantum-mechanics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341791-monkeys-and-lemurs-are-coming-down-from-the-trees-as-climate-warms-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The world's greatest festival of science brought us entertainment and education – it also revealed the noises gorillas make when they eat, t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341635-9-surprising-things-we-learned-at-new-scientist-live-2022/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Brazil has cleared large parts of the Amazon rainforest for use as farmland, encouraging economic growth but causing environmental harm. Now..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341812-intensive-farming-of-cleared-land-could-save-rest-of-amazon-rainforest/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Captive macaques with a higher social rank tend to get more overweight, even though they don’t appear to consume more calories
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341524-high-ranking-monkeys-are-more-prone-to-gain-weight-in-captivity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Regardless of how much you are eating, constant snacking could be playing havoc with your metabolism. It is time to go back to proper meals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-even-healthy-snacks-could-be-causing-hidden-damage-to-your-body/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A battery whose critical components can be harvested from seaweed could one day help replace lithium batteries, which rely on mining rare ma..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341170-battery-made-using-seaweed-still-works-after-charging-1000-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

There have been 120 suspected deaths from monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, and the virulent Clade I virus may be..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341569-monkeypox-a-dangerous-variant-circulating-in-the-drc-could-go-global/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An app is allowing thousands of people to upload their heart sounds, which could one day allow home diagnosis of heart conditions
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341665-smartphones-turned-into-electronic-stethoscopes-to-record-heartbeats/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Patrick Vallance, the UK’s Chief Scientific Advisor, says every government department needs to take science into consideration and invest mo..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341704-uk-needs-bigger-role-for-science-in-government-says-chief-scientist/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Today at New Scientist Live Patrick Vallance, the UK's chief scientific advisor, joins us to discuss the future of UK science and innovation
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341619-watch-now-patrick-vallance-speaking-at-new-scientist-live/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A triptych of meteor showers will pepper the sky this month: the Draconids, the Orionids and the Taurids. Here is how and when to spot them,..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634073-000-watch-out-for-three-meteor-showers-set-to-occur-in-october/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After discovering fossilised bamboo in the 11th century, Shen Kuo deduced that the climate in northern China had been different in the ancie..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341607-11th-century-polymath-was-the-first-to-recognise-past-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

5 Stages, 56 main stage talks, 80 exhibitors, one day for schools, one weekend for everyone, one amazing festival of ideas and discovery!
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341136-new-scientist-live-saturday-8th-october-timetable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

5 Stages, 56 main stage talks, 80 exhibitors, one day for schools, one weekend for everyone, one amazing festival of ideas and discovery!
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341139-new-scientist-live-sunday-9th-october-timetable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

HBO's Game of Thrones turned fantasy into a cultural phenomenon on the small screen; now, rival platforms are rushing to catch up. Are sci-f..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25634070-700-has-a-recent-glut-of-fantasy-shows-pushed-sci-fi-out-of-the-limelight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of different outdoor playing surfaces suggests that falls on artificial turf may pose a greater concussion risk than natural gra..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341481-athletes-may-have-higher-risk-of-concussion-on-artificial-grass/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Megadroughts are exceptionally severe, long-lasting or widespread relative to normally occurring dry stretches
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341023-what-is-megadrought-how-scientists-define-extreme-water-shortages/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Meta’s AudioGen text-to-audio artificial intelligence model could create sound for video games, film soundtracks or music production
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2341416-metas-text-to-audio-ai-can-create-common-sounds-and-generate-music/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home