Women with concussion are less likely to conceive in the two years after their head injury than women who injured another part of their body
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293252-women-are-less-likely-to-get-pregnant-for-two-years-after-a-concussion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Safer, an oil tanker in the Red Sea, has been abandoned and could unleash a catastrophic oil spill that would leave millions of people witho..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293245-decaying-oil-tanker-near-yemen-could-trigger-humanitarian-disaster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Hopes of developing artificial general intelligence and a truly useful quantum computer are looking less fanciful thanks to recent breakthro..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133553-200-a-new-dawn-in-ai-and-quantum-computing-now-looks-tantalisingly-close/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After a gruelling 107-day lockdown to curb a delta covid-19 outbreak, Sydneysiders are being let out and about again after reaching 70 per c..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293117-sydney-comes-out-of-4-month-lockdown-after-reaching-vaccination-target/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Fish faeces plays an important role in the carbon cycle of the ocean, but industrial fishing has lead to a lack of defecation
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293190-a-lack-of-fish-faeces-is-changing-the-flow-of-carbon-in-the-ocean/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

There are ways of keeping your garden growing that don't involve wasting huge quantities of water. Clare Wilson explains how
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133551-100-how-to-water-your-garden-in-a-more-environmentally-friendly-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Disney's Ron’s Gone Wrong is a familiar story about a child and a robotic friend, but it soon moves into more interesting territory about th..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293123-rons-gone-wrong-review-robot-friends-and-reasons-to-be-offline/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Archive footage from Scotland's industrial history tells a tale of people, landscape and environment as the nation prepares to host the COP2..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133550-700-living-proof-review-a-unique-take-on-scotlands-environmental-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $2 million to a team of quadruped and flying robots capable of exploring underg..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293061-team-of-underground-rescue-robots-wins-2-million-darpa-prize/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Circadian clocks help living things keep time, and one has now been assembled from scratch in the lab to find out more about how they work
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293101-circadian-clock-made-from-scratch-to-probe-how-biological-rhythms-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Mars used to have flowing water, which filled Jezero Crater with an enormous lake. Images of cliff faces taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2293108-ancient-mars-lake-had-fast-moving-floods-that-carried-huge-boulders/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Gigantic neural networks that write with remarkable fluency have led some experts to suggest that scaling up current technology will lead to..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133550-800-supersized-ais-are-truly-intelligent-machines-just-a-matter-of-scale/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Tardigrades, tough microscopic animals that can survive the vacuum of space, don’t fossilise well – a new specimen from ancient amber is jus..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292905-microscopic-tardigrade-fossil-found-in-16-million-year-old-amber/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Ivermectin has gained notoriety as an unproven drug for preventing or treating covid-19. Now people in the UK are trying to find ways to use..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133553-400-ivermectin-buyers-clubs-want-to-use-the-drug-to-treat-covid-19/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Dinosaur fossils found during the 1950s but then lost in London’s Natural History Museum for decades belong to the UK’s earliest known thero..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292438-chicken-sized-dinosaur-found-in-wales-is-uks-earliest-known-theropod/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A global search identified six Border Collies that can learn the names for new toys in a few days and remember them even if they don’t see t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292447-gifted-dogs-can-learn-12-words-in-a-week-and-remember-them-for-months/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Diamonds that change colour when heated or kept in the dark have been known since 1866, but now there is a third kind of chameleon gem
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292466-chameleon-diamonds-change-colour-when-chilled-in-liquid-nitrogen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A treatment for depression that involves putting electrodes into the brain to respond to unique neural patterns has seen success for a 36-ye..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292182-womans-depression-treated-by-an-implant-responding-to-brain-patterns/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Painful knee arthritis may occur when cartilage breaks down and increases friction in joints, but tests in rats suggest a synthetic lubricat..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292179-lubricating-arthritic-knees-with-synthetic-fluid-may-help-tissue-heal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The first demonstration of error correction on a quantum computer that doesn't lead to more mistakes is a step towards genuinely useful comp..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292140-quantum-computers-can-now-fix-their-own-mistakes-without-making-more/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

With its bright stars and distinctive shape, Cassiopeia is the perfect jumping-off point for exploring the night sky, says Abigail Beall
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133542-800-how-to-use-the-cassiopeia-constellation-to-spot-andromeda-and-pegasus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An unusual meteorite seems to help explain why the planets are in their odd present positions, but plenty of other mysteries remain about ou..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133542-900-our-cosmic-neighbourhood-has-so-many-more-secrets-for-us-to-reveal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-new-zealand-plans-to-phase-out-elimination-strategy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

What would happen if you could actually be sucked into Slack for good? Several People Are Typing is a Lovecraftian nightmare for the modern ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133540-600-several-people-are-typing-review-the-horrors-of-slack-and-modern-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Love letters that Marie Antoinette wrote to a Swedish count have been impossible to read because he added extra handwriting on top of hers –..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292130-marie-antoinettes-censored-love-letters-have-been-read-using-x-rays/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

People who stop taking antidepressants have a higher chance of relapsing into depression than those who continue using the medicines – but t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292040-coming-off-antidepressants-risks-relapse-but-so-does-staying-on-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Many people have a disproportionate impact on climate change – here’s how to harness that power for good, write Kimberly Nicholas and Kristi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291988-the-5-roles-you-may-have-to-affect-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Female cleaner fish deceive their male partners when the pair are cleaning a client fish, but only if the male is out of sight, suggesting t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2292064-female-cleaner-fish-can-judge-when-to-cheat-without-getting-caught/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

People aged 65 years or over who lost their homes in the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami typically saw an increase in their rate of cognit..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291905-japan-2011-earthquake-and-tsunami-linked-to-increased-risk-of-dementia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

While most riverbeds on Earth are formed via slow erosion by running water, many of Mars’s deepest canyons appear to have been carved by sud..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291632-the-deepest-canyons-on-mars-were-rapidly-formed-by-devastating-floods/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

AI software developed by DeepMind and the Met Office in the UK can predict whether it will rain within 90 minutes more accurately than curre..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291652-deepmind-ai-can-accurately-predict-if-it-will-rain-in-next-90-minutes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The hottest worlds in the universe may develop enormous, fast-moving storms in strange sets of four that violently stir up their planets’ at..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291483-some-hot-exoplanets-may-develop-strange-sets-of-four-colossal-storms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Astronomers have spotted hints of a planet that orbits a distant system of three stars – if confirmed, it will be the first time such a worl..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291710-exoplanet-in-a-triple-star-system-may-orbit-all-three-at-once/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Studies suggest that 1 in 8 people shared the womb with a twin who did not survive to term and a cheek swab test could reveal if that is the..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291665-dna-markers-reveal-if-you-shared-a-womb-with-twin-that-didnt-survive/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In parts of Africa up to 80 per cent of malaria parasites have evolved to evade detection by the rapid tests used to determine if people nee..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291463-parasite-evolution-is-making-it-harder-to-detect-and-treat-malaria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Against a backdrop of climate change protests across German cities, the centre-left Social Democratic party narrowly won the election and no..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291592-germanys-new-coalition-government-may-boost-climate-change-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Between 2015 and 2100, if the world follows a 1.5°C global warming trajectory instead of a 3.1°C one it would mean 1.8 billion fewer people ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291454-limiting-warming-to-1-5c-may-save-billions-from-tropical-storms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The gas crisis fatally undermines the argument that fossil fuels provide a stable, economically viable solution to satisfying our future ene..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133533-200-the-uk-energy-crisis-shows-why-it-is-time-to-look-beyond-fossil-fuels/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The US Army Corps of Engineers has developed technology that can 3D print buildings in disaster areas, and there are plans for the world’s f..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291494-us-army-to-3d-print-concrete-buildings-and-bridges-in-disaster-areas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and e..
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Cooking sous vide offers a route to perfection via precisely controlled temperatures. Here's how to do it at home, no gadgets necessary
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133533-100-how-to-sous-vide-steak-using-a-beer-cooler-box/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A tomato with higher levels of a nutrient linked to reduced stress can now be bought in Japan – it is the first CRISPR-edited food in the wo..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291194-tomato-is-first-crispr-edited-food-to-go-on-sale-in-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The European Union wants all smartphones and other portable devices to use USB-C chargers, but Apple says such a law would stifle innovation..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291448-usb-c-chargers-will-eu-law-cut-down-on-e-waste-or-just-anger-apple/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Why don't humans have tails? A comparison of the genomes of apes and monkeys has revealed the mutation that caused the ancestors of apes to ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291130-how-our-ape-ancestors-suddenly-lost-their-tails-25-million-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A return to old measurements, plus the best harbour from a comparison viewpoint and angler behaviour during the pandemic, in Feedback’s weir..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133534-900-the-uks-plan-to-measure-the-bendiness-of-a-banana-using-furlongs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Apple TV's adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series stays true to the big ideas, but sensibly nixes the 1940s sexism
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291342-foundation-review-isaac-asimov-tv-adaptation-is-imaginative-reworking/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Alok Sharma, president of the Glasgow COP26 climate summit due to start in November, says “ordinary people” now understand the need to tackl..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291320-alok-sharma-cop26-is-for-ordinary-people-not-just-climate-warriors/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

By studying DNA from people living in Polynesia, geneticists have worked out the order in which the islands – some thousands of kilometres a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291104-story-of-epic-human-voyages-across-polynesia-revealed-by-genetics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A 3D-printed material rolls itself up into a tube, becoming a ‘4D-printed’ robot that travels up hills when exposed to heat
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2291164-4d-printed-robot-self-assembles-into-a-tube-and-rolls-up-hills/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Millimetre-sized wireless sensors modelled after spinning or gliding seeds could be used to measure environmental factors such as pH
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2290707-tiny-sensors-inspired-by-gliding-seeds-could-monitor-the-environment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home