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Low cloud cover has been expanding since 1979, reflecting more sunlight into space, but scientists expect that trend to reverse and accelerate global warming

Many centuries before the advent of agriculture in Norway, ancient people transported fish into mountain lakes to create a source of food, then built wooden traps to catch them

An experiment showed AI users had the most creative ideas when they used it in moderation not too much and not too little. Columnist David Robson puts the finding to the test, and explores what we lose when we over-rely on AI

A supplement comprised of dead bacteria seems to remove microplastics, and prevent their absorption into cells, by attracting them to the bacteria's rough surfaces

An open-source flight-control system found in consumer drones has been installed in Ukraines latest cruise missile, showing how cheap technology is making military hardware accessible to all

Experiments will take advantage of the solar eclipse in August to learn more about the sun and Earth at a relatively low cost

The mummified daughters of pharaohs who lived thousands of years ago have bone changes that suggest they fought with bows and daggers

Keith Thomas, 48, has paralysis, but brain stimulation gave him some feeling and movement in his hands and this was maintained even when the stimulation was turned off

A new kind of antibody drug that more efficiently enters the brain could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease with a much lower risk of dangerous side effects than existing therapies

A drone that spins 25 times a second can avoid being spotted by becoming nothing more than a vague blur though the creators admit that it can still be easily heard

The 2026 Tour de France has been the hottest ever. Norwegian-method pioneer and Uno-X Mobility coach Olav Aleksander Bu reveals how Nordic athletes have been learning to beat the heat

In this New Scientist CoLab podcast, experts from global life sciences leader Cytiva explain the hidden, high-stakes science of purification that is required to close the gap between drug discovery and the pharmacy shelf.

Low levels of replicating Epstein-Barr viruses might be the main driver of the autoimmune condition multiple sclerosis. This may mean that targeting them would be as effective as suppressing the immune system, with fewer side effects

A black colobus monkey from a remote part of the Congo Basin rainforest, known locally as likweli, is thought to be severely threatened by poaching

There is much to like in Janet Jones's look at horse language and the equine mind, A Horse's World, but beware unexpected issues, says Christa Lest-Lasserre

The impact of high humidity on top of high temperatures is often underappreciated, but most of us aren't prepared for such extreme conditions, which will become more common with global warming

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Feedback has been spending far too much time reading the latest output of entirely made-up research studies from the Journal of Imaginary Research

Some expert weigh in on this issue, which turns out to be much more complicated than it looks

A mathematical analysis suggests that the notion of agency, which is a prerequisite for consciousness, cannot be purely quantum in nature

Nicotine pouches aren't typically associated with the same health harms as similar products that also contain tobacco, but they have now been linked to receding gums and oral irritation

Cutting back on our use of energy and materials so that we live within Earths means can seem like an insurmountable challenge. But after a decade grappling with these problems, a historic Portuguese city is beginning to walk this tightrope

Marine bristle worms have jaws made from a mix of proteins and metal ions that may constitute a whole new kind of material, with possible applications in engineering

In some parts of the world, the probability of rain rises with every day it doesnt rain, and communities in these places are more likely to carry out rain-making rituals

Powerful artificial intelligence models built by Chinese companies have gone from inducing widespread panic to being met with a shrug of the shoulders what changed?

When considering what makes up a human body, a physicist drills down beyond the atomic level. Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explores the not-exactly-real particles that allow the stuff were made of to hang together

Hieroglyphs on the wall of a Maya building record calculations concerning the orbits of Earth, Mars and Venus, as well as the name of a mathematician who wrote the text around 1200 years ago