For people with mild cognitive impairment, stretching or other light exercise for just 2 hours a week can prevent further cognitive decline
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2332198-mild-exercise-halts-cognitive-decline-in-people-at-risk-of-alzheimers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Being continuously exposed to 4°C (39°F) for 20 days inhibited tumour growth and improved the survival of mice with five different types of ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2332095-cold-exposure-stops-tumour-growth-in-mice-by-hijacking-glucose-stores/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A robot that can untangle long cables with just two simple grippers may be useful in aircraft and car manufacturing or as a household assist..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2329463-robot-unties-knotted-cables-but-cant-pick-them-up-off-the-floor/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take the most detailed image yet of Earendel, the most distant individual star we ha..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331900-jwst-captures-the-most-distant-star-ever-seen-in-incredible-detail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Geologist Ludovic Ferrière travels the world in search of undiscovered impact craters left behind by asteroids and comets striking Earth. He..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533981-500-the-hunt-for-hidden-impact-craters-that-could-reveal-earths-deep-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A fire weather index, which estimates how conducive weather conditions are for wildfires, was at its highest ever level as grass fires raged..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331818-record-weather-conditions-made-the-uks-destructive-wildfires-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Regardless of disease severity, people who have lingering smell loss after covid-19 are more likely to have cognitive problems than those wh..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331890-memory-problems-after-covid-19-more-common-in-people-with-smell-loss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest favelas, local children raising mosquitoes infected with Wolbachia bacteria in margarine tubs are a key p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533981-600-how-kids-are-winning-the-fight-against-dengue-fever-in-a-rio-favela/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken a picture of the Cartwheel galaxy, which got its weird wheel-like shape when a smaller galaxy crash..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331880-jwst-has-released-a-striking-new-image-of-the-strange-cartwheel-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It may be possible to use the brightest events in the universe, gamma ray bursts, to measure cosmic distances – which could help researchers..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331727-gamma-ray-bursts-could-help-unravel-how-fast-the-universe-is-expanding/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The best way to mix together two liquids – like milk and coffee – is by moving two pentagonal stirrers in a jagged motion
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331729-strange-pentagon-is-the-best-shape-for-stirring-two-liquids-together/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An experimental vaccine warded off the respiratory syncytial virus, the most common cause of the chest infection bronchiolitis, in newborn m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331669-rsv-vaccine-that-may-protect-against-bronchiolitis-has-promise-in-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Galaxies in the distant universe are expected to have fewer heavy elements than nearby ones, but the James Webb Space Telescope has found a ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331611-jwst-has-spotted-a-weird-distant-galaxy-with-almost-no-heavy-elements/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of fossils suggests changes in the shape of the braincase during human evolution were linked to alterations in the face, rather ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331652-shape-of-human-brain-has-barely-changed-in-past-160000-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

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A study of Facebook friend networks has shown that people from low-income households are more like to grow up to make a higher salary if the..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331613-having-rich-childhood-friends-is-linked-to-a-higher-salary-as-an-adult/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Only 7 of 24 of biodiversity indicators will be published this year, and many of those being omitted show a deterioriating natural environme..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331542-uk-government-to-hold-back-data-on-state-of-biodiversity-in-england/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

That another virus has sparked a global health emergency so soon after covid-19 is an indictment of the Western world's long-running complac..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533973-300-monkeypox-failings-show-world-hasnt-learned-lessons-of-the-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Homemade science "experiments" are full of spectacle, but often miss the joy of true discovery. Alom Shaha offers a simple solution with his..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533974-500-reimagined-bicarb-volcano-could-spark-your-childrens-love-for-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In Emmi Itäranta's The Moonday Letters, humans have adapted to live off-world. But central to this genre-crashing thrill ride is a reminder ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533972-500-the-moonday-letters-review-genre-busting-sci-fi-extols-hope-as-a-duty/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Pressing gelatin onto fingerprints then exposing it to a special vapour can determine when the prints were made
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331401-forensic-fingerprinting-technique-could-help-spot-document-fraud/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Observing the surface of an exoplanet is tricky, but a study analysing data from the Spitzer space telescope suggests it should be feasible ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331584-jwst-could-soon-tell-us-what-exoplanets-surfaces-are-made-of/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Mayor of London also hits out at "vested interests" in motoring lobby backlash against his plans to expand clean air zone to outer London in..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331525-sadiq-khan-urges-uk-parliament-to-pass-ellas-law-for-clean-air/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Small and cheap batteries could enable a host of electronic devices such as parcel trackers, environmental monitors and sensors used in heal..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330693-disposable-paper-battery-is-activated-by-a-drop-of-tap-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The James Webb Space Telescope has begun peering into the early universe, spotting more and more of the very first galaxies that formed afte..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331265-jwst-keeps-breaking-its-own-record-for-the-most-distant-galaxy-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Investigators in the US found they could acquire enough radioactive material to build a "dirty bomb" by using fake companies and fraudulent ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331420-fraudsters-able-to-get-material-for-a-dirty-bomb-finds-us-watchdog/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

First estimate of extreme heat's impact suggests more than half of the deaths are expected to have been for people aged 85 and older
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331349-40c-heatwave-may-have-killed-1000-people-in-england-and-wales/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A patch the size of a postage stamp can continuously deliver ultrasound imaging for 48 hours, and it has been used to see changes in the lun..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330941-ultrasound-stickers-could-continuously-image-internal-organs-for-days/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Unlike existing treatments that focus on rehabilitation or reducing the risk of an additional stroke, the experimental drug targets the "sti..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331333-stroke-drug-improves-memory-and-repairs-injured-brain-tissue-in-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The estimate is thought to be on the low side, because climate models are not doing a good job of reproducing how fast temperatures have ris..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331290-climate-change-made-uk-40c-heatwave-at-least-10-times-more-likely/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Networks of nanoscale resistors that work in a similar way to nerve cells in the body could offer advantages over digital machine learning
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331368-artificial-synapse-could-make-neural-networks-work-more-like-brains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Penis swelling and rectal pain don't normally occur with monkeypox, but a study of around 200 men in London suggests the symptoms may be com..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331407-monkeypox-linked-to-penis-swelling-and-rectal-pain-in-ongoing-outbreak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Small crustaceans carry sperm-like bodies from male to female members of the red seaweed Gracilaria gracilis, hinting that pollination could..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331419-small-woodlouse-like-crustacean-pollinates-red-seaweed-with-its-legs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Is our universe one of a myriad? How hard is it to be a woman in science? Beyond the Big Bang and The Elephant in the Universe explore these..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533972-200-two-smart-books-probe-multiverses-dark-matter-and-sexual-politics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An abridged inventory of everything there is in the universe – from rogue planets and exomoons to supernovae, supermassive black holes and t
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533970-300-your-essential-guide-to-the-many-breathtaking-wonders-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Long thought to be silent, two species of stingrays have now been shown to make strange clicking noises, which could be because they feel th..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331029-watch-stingrays-make-odd-clicking-sounds-as-they-glide-through-the-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

At the Rushton Woods Preserve outside of Philadelphia, birds are being outfitted with tiny radio trackers that give us unprecedented insight..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330907-birds-wearing-tiny-trackers-reveal-migration-routes-in-amazing-detail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A device can eavesdrop on someone talking near a fibre-optic cable, even if there is a large distance between them
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330763-fibre-optic-cables-could-be-used-to-spy-on-people-a-kilometre-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

By using 3D-printed models and dropping them into a tank, researchers have found the maximum heights people can dive from before they will e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330947-physicists-calculate-highest-dives-most-humans-can-safely-withstand/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An 8-gram actuator - a device that converts energy and signals into movement - that operates as artificial muscles lifted 8 kilograms while ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330987-flexible-robot-hand-with-precise-grip-lifts-1000-times-its-own-weight/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A Home Office report on supposed scientific methods for estimating ages is likely to recommend the use of dental X-rays, among other techniq..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331096-dental-x-rays-likely-to-be-used-to-assess-asylum-seeker-ages-in-uk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

About 11 to 15 per cent of women seem to have issues with smell and taste at least six months after developing covid-19 if they had initial ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331238-women-more-likely-to-have-lasting-taste-issues-after-covid-19-than-men/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Archaeological and genetic evidence casts doubt on the idea that the ability to digest lactose after infancy evolved gradually
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2331213-evolution-of-lactose-tolerance-probably-driven-by-famine-and-disease/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Time-lapse cameras are uncovering how crucial night-time visits from moths are for pollinating red clover, a valuable forage crop
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330973-moths-are-more-important-for-pollination-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Murujuga in Western Australia holds more than 2 million engravings that have been added over at least 50,000 years - and may provide a glimp..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330754-ancient-aboriginal-rock-art-may-reveal-how-australias-climate-changed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The majority of Earth’s volcanoes could see heavier rainfall due to climate change which could increase eruptions and mud slides
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330931-climate-change-could-cause-heavier-rainfall-on-volcanoes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Feeding robot works out when people are ready for their next mouthful by watching for social signs, which could make it easier to socialise ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330657-robot-that-learns-social-cues-could-feed-people-with-tetraplegia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Study of 29 lakes in Scandinavia finds that leachate from plastic bags boosts the productivity of bacteria, but that's not necessarily good ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330593-chemicals-from-plastic-bag-pollution-could-unbalance-ecology-of-lakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

White-tailed deer in the Guanacaste Conservation Area in Costa Rica have been spotted regularly chewing on sea turtle bones. The behaviour m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330912-deer-in-costa-rica-gnaw-on-sea-turtle-bones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Coastal habitats offer many opportunities for nature spotting, from marine mammals like whales and dolphins, to breeding seabirds and rare w..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2330692-how-to-spot-wildlife-at-the-beach-and-how-not-to-disturb-or-harm-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home