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A small study finds that individualized prehab can dampen harmful immune responses and may reduce complications after an operation.... Read more »

An HPV vaccine delivered into the nose can treat cervical tumors in mice. The vaccine targets a cancer protein produced by the virus.... Read more »

Canada has had more than a year of continuous measles transmission. The United States has until January to limit cases before losing status.... Read more »

As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.... Read more »

A microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the sounds of electrical discharges generated by dusty gusts.... Read more »

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.... Read more »

Like exercise, gratitude takes many forms. Finding the right practice, research shows, is up to the individual.... Read more »

Ancient collagen preserved in the bones of extinct Australian mammals is revealing their evolutionary relationships, leading to some surprises.... Read more »

Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.... Read more »

Colorful lichen living on dinosaur bones reflect infrared light that can be detected by drones, which might lead to finds in remote areas.... Read more »

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.... Read more »

The grisly infrared camera footage records a never-before-seen hunting tactic. It may have implications for bat conservation.... Read more »

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderate physical activity to a 3-to 7-year delay in cognitive symptoms.... Read more »

Nancy Shute, Editor in Chief, discusses big advances across science in 2025 as well as the assault on science by the Trump administration.... Read more »

More and more rockets are launching into space—the year 2025 is on track for an...... Read more »

A UK company specializing in electric powertrains has recently teamed up with a supersonic aerospace...... Read more »

China appears to be expanding its experimentation with directed-energy weapons at sea, after new images...... Read more »

Chinese researchers have mapped an enormous collection of unknown microbes hidden inside the animals that...... Read more »

Scientists in Australia have begun testing a new robotic system designed to help restore parts...... Read more »

Chinese robotics firm UBTECH Robotics has sparked global attention after releasing footage showing hundreds of...... Read more »

Ukraine says it has begun shooting down Russia’s newest high-speed attack drones with low-cost interceptors,...... Read more »

Researchers from Ben Gurion University in the Negev, Israel, have designed a reconfigurable crawling robot...... Read more »

Life has a strange way of thriving in the most extreme places. A peculiar dark-black...... Read more »

Experts warn that satellite launches and discarded spacecraft are creating an unsustainable burden on both Earth and orbit. They advocate for a circular space economy built on reusable materials, better design, debris recovery, and advanced digital tools. Environmental impact of rockets and space missions Each rocket launch consumes large amounts... Read more »

Groups of normal cbiells can sense far into their surroundings, helping explain cancer cell migration. Understanding this ability could lead to new ways to limit tumor spread. The tale of the princess and the pea describes someone so sensitive that she can detect a single pea beneath layers of bedding.... Read more »

Fat tissue stem cells have shown a remarkable ability to heal spinal fractures and restore bone strength in rats. The discovery could pave the way for safer, less invasive treatments for osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Fat-Derived Stem Cells Tested for Spinal Fracture Repair A research group at Osaka Metropolitan... Read more »

A TOR-targeting cancer drug unexpectedly extends yeast lifespan through a newly discovered metabolic feedback loop. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences have found that the new TOR inhibitor rapalink-1 can extend the chronological lifespan of simple fission yeast, which they used as a... Read more »

Breast cancer in younger women is more common—and more aggressive—than current screening guidelines suggest. Stable trends across 11 years show a need for earlier, personalized risk evaluation. A review of data from seven outpatient centers in the New York region shows that 20 to 24% of all breast cancers detected... Read more »

New findings show that transient killer whales living along the West Coast from British Columbia to California actually form two separate subpopulations, known as inner and outer coast transients. Drawing on 16 years of observations and more than 2,200 documented encounters, the study published in PLOS One challenges long-held views... Read more »

AI has revealed a hidden lion roar that adds a new dimension to how scientists identify and monitor big cats. The breakthrough could strengthen conservation efforts as wild lion populations continue to decline. Researchers Identify Two Types of Lion Roars A recent scientific investigation has revealed that African lions produce... Read more »

Long drought cycles reshaped settlement choices in the Indus region. These climate stresses likely contributed to its slow collapse. A series of severe droughts, each extending for more than 85 years, was likely a major contributor to the gradual decline of the Indus Valley Civilization, according to research published in... Read more »

Researchers discovered that when atoms interact and remain entangled with light, they emit stronger, more coordinated bursts of energy. This breakthrough could lead to faster, more efficient quantum devices and improved control over light-matter systems. Collective Light Behavior in Cavity Systems Light–matter systems bring many emitters (e.g., atoms) into a... Read more »

A large, long-term study of more than 96,000 adults reveals that the way we eat as we age can play a major role in whether we develop chronic constipation. Researchers found that Mediterranean and plant-based diets were linked to a noticeably lower risk, even though the benefits were not tied... Read more »

A new microneedle patch delivers IL-4 directly into damaged heart tissue, helping the heart rebuild after a heart attack. The treatment encourages immune cells to switch into a healing mode while improving communication between cells that control blood flow and repair. New Microneedle Patch Designed to Help the Heart Recover... Read more »

A new analysis finds that a low-fat vegan diet leads to greater weight loss than the Mediterranean diet, even when it includes foods labeled “unhealthful” in plant-based diet scoring systems. Eating a vegan diet leads people to consume a wider range of plant-based foods, including items labeled as “unhealthy” in... Read more »

Scientists have mapped the atomic interactions that make nanoscale catalysts so effective at converting propane into propylene. The discovery highlights a stabilizing oxide pattern that could guide improved industrial production methods. Propane’s Transformation Into Propylene Many everyday goods, including plastic squeeze bottles and outdoor furniture, depend on a chemical process... Read more »

UC Davis scientists created wheat that can partially fertilize itself by releasing a chemical that activates nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil. The modified plants use this microbial help to tap atmospheric nitrogen, reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers. This breakthrough could cut pollution, lower farm expenses, and improve crop growth... Read more »

From a new collection of shorter fiction by Brandon Sanderson to Simon Stålenhag’s new work, via a Stranger Things novel, December’s new sci-fi features some compelling and intriguing offerings... Read more »

Archaeologists have gathered evidence from hundreds of Bronze Age sites in western Turkey that could be remnants of a civilisation that has been largely overlooked... Read more »

Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up Australia. Now, a genetic study has edged us closer to understanding how and when they achieved this... Read more »

Google is reportedly in talks to sell its tensor processing units – a type of computer chip specially designed for AI – to other tech companies, a move that could unsettle the dominant chip-maker Nvidia... Read more »

Dental problems often arise or get worse during pregnancy, and a new study hints that rapid changes to the oral microbiome at this time could be at least partly to blame... Read more »

Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being  a carbon sink to a carbon source in 2010 to 2017... Read more »

Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment... Read more »

New Scientist Book Club members share their thoughts on our November read, Grace Chan's Every Version of You... Read more »

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Iain M. Banks's classic sci-fi novel The Player of Games. In this extract, we meet protagonist Gurgeh for the first time... Read more »

The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading the late Iain M. Banks’s Culture novel The Player of Games. Fellow science fiction author Bethany Jacobs reveals how his work inspired her... Read more »

Stars powered by dark matter instead of nuclear fusion could solve several mysteries of the early universe, and we may have spotted the first hints that they are real... Read more »

Domestic cats originated in North Africa and spread to Europe in the past 2000 years, according to DNA evidence, while in China a different species of cat lived alongside people much earlier... Read more »

Whether it is a cube of sugar or a chunk of a mineral, a mathematical analysis can identify how many fragments of each size any brittle object will break into... Read more »

Scientists sounded the alarm on the dire consequences of continued inaction at a briefing in London, warning that we could be heading for "unprecedented societal and ecological collapse"... Read more »

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