Science
This mesmerising Cornish time-travel film is not to be missed
A seaside town is devastated when a small fishing boat, the Rose of Nevada, disappears at sea. Thirty years la...
Gravity's strength measured more reliably than ever before
Measuring the strength of gravity is extraordinarily difficult, and different experiments have always disagree...
Symptoms of early dementia reversed by bespoke treatment plans
People with cognitive decline or early-stage dementia saw their symptoms improve when given bespoke treatment...
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The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
QBox theory may offer glimpse of reality deeper than quantum realm
Physicists have long suspected that there is a layer of physical reality beneath quantum theory and a new math...
Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing?
A clinical trial to reverse age-related vision conditions using stem cell treatment could finally deliver on t...
Striking photo essay examines deadly spread of dengue fever in Nepal
Photographer Yuri Segalerba explores how dengue has spread to Nepal's Himalayan districts, and how locals are...
Largest-ever octopus was great white shark of invertebrate predators
During the Cretaceous, 19-metre-long predatory octopuses swam the seas, and evidence from their fossilised rem...
Do you need to worry about Mythos, Anthropic's computer-hacking AI?
A powerful AI kept from public access because of its ability to hack computers with impunity is making headlin...
Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs
Infecting mice with RSV, a common virus that causes cold-like symptoms, prevented breast cancer cells from rea...
Huge study reveals how Epstein-Barr virus may cause multiple sclerosis
The Epstein-Barr virus seems to affect gene expression and cell signalling in a way that causes the autoimmune...
How many dachshunds would it take to get to the moon?
Feedback, always on the hunt for absurd units of measurement, is delighted by recent attempts to convey the 40...
Can you slow ageing with your diet? A new book gives it a go
Discovering he is getting old before his time, David Cox tries to lower his biological age by changing his die...
98 per cent of meat and dairy sustainability pledges are greenwashing
The food industry has made big promises to reduce emissions and become more sustainable, but a review conclude...
We need more radioactive drugs. Can we make them from nuclear waste?
The rise of a new generation of radiotherapies means we will soon need much greater quantities of radioactive...
Table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming world champion
A robot built by Sony AI is rapidly learning how to beat the world's very best table tennis players
The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics
Some seemingly simple sequences of multiplication and addition grow so quickly that they question the very fou...
Exercise advice for long covid may be doing more harm than good
Exercise has been touted as a tool for managing and treating long covid, but much of the evidence has neglecte...