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After months covering the shocking rise of AI mathematics, reporter Matthew Sparkes decided to put a free chatbot to the test – and was shocked at the speed at which it solved an outstanding problem www.newscientist.com/article/2587148-i-mad...
The El Niño phase now under way will be the most damaging on record for the Amazon, scientists warn, raising the risk of catastrophic wildfires www.newscientist.com/article/2587998-super...
The Edge of Space-Time, the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, is a dreamer’s book, full of curiosity, love, fun, art – and gloriously hard theoretical physics, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan www.newscientist.com/article/2587106-chand...
Bursts of electrical stimulation to a nerve in the face seem to improve signalling between neurons and people's performance on a memory test www.newscientist.com/article/2588180-zappi...
The more we learn about chimpanzees, the more they resemble us – but the further back in time our shared ancestor seems to be. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how both can be true www.newscientist.com/article/2588568-why-o...
A moon may once have been consumed by Venus, after existing alongside the planet for up to 1.7 billion years www.newscientist.com/article/2587329-venus...
Why do people appear younger and better-looking in a mirror than in a photograph? Are humans the only animals that cry? If so, why? www.newscientist.com/article/2587911-this-...
An isolated population of Neanderthals is shedding new light on their species’ final days. Palaeoanthropologist Ludovic Slimak takes us inside the cave where they lived and died www.newscientist.com/article/2584621-what-...
The Midnight Train, in which a character relives his life’s most important moments after he dies, is a novel that teeters on the edge of science fiction, finds Sophie Farrow www.newscientist.com/article/2585714-matt-...
Dive into new titles from major names including Carlo Rovelli, Maggie Aderin, Xand van Tulleken and Jim Al-Khalili, as well as a new biography of Stephen Hawking www.newscientist.com/article/2587859-the-b...
The stories we tell about the Vikings often say more about us than them. Archaeologist Neil Price's new book The Sea-King and the Sorceress tries to show the Norse as they were, says Michael Marshall www.newscientist.com/article/2587902-new-s...
One reader thinks the answer is yes, and gives ways we could spot them www.newscientist.com/article/2587906-are-a...
People are born old in their graves and get more robust over life, only to shrink into babies who are pushed into their mother’s womb. The ambitious Under Story conjures a disconcerting, “backwards” world, finds science fiction columnist Emily H. Wilson www.newscientist.com/article/2586949-ambit...
Readers offer different perspectives on the fate of life on Earth should the sun vanish – and there may be hope for some www.newscientist.com/article/2586955-if-th...
Although one reader thinks it would be virtually impossible to tell if animals have a sense of beauty, they give their two cents on why humans do www.newscientist.com/article/2587907-why-d...
Ecosystems like wetlands emit more carbon as temperatures rise. By 2100, such feedback loops will increase warming by 20 to 30 per cent more than anticipated www.newscientist.com/article/2588740-natur...
A reader thinks outside the box on ways to mitigate against this slow-forming issue www.newscientist.com/article/2587909-what-...
Famous and challenging problems in mathematics are falling to AI at a rapid pace. Where does this leave mathematicians, and what will the field look like in coming years? www.newscientist.com/article/2588333-whats...
A group of astronomers proposes that a series of events in a distant galaxy formed both a black hole and a pulsar, but other experts say the conclusion is premature www.newscientist.com/article/2588728-gamma...
One reader delves into whether or not fish can see air – and question if humans can strictly see water www.newscientist.com/article/2586956-human...
In Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi's The Ghost of the Mountains, the near-spiritual myth of the elusive snow leopard becomes a way of understanding all that we stand to lose from the forces of climate change www.newscientist.com/article/2586947-the-l...
A site in China is just the third to give us an insight into the way the enigmatic Denisovans lived. The archaeology at the site suggests the ancient humans were skilled hunters, although their stone tools were relatively simple www.newscientist.com/article/2588304-denis...
An influx of immune cells into the uterus may be what initiates childbirth. These grab on to muscle cells via tiny tubes and send across mitochondria to provide energy for contractions www.newscientist.com/article/2588577-immun...
The upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory should be able to spot the glint of water on habitable planets, and maybe more www.newscientist.com/article/2588439-nasas...
Particle collisions are inherently quantum, but much of that character is lost when we turn them into classical data. Sarah Alam Malik explores whether preserving more of it could help us spot signs of dark matter and other new physics.
Sarah Alam ... www.newscientist.com/article/2586285-lost-...
Since OpenAI announced its solution to one of the prestigious Millennium Prize Problems, mathematicians have been urgently trying to unpick what it means www.newscientist.com/article/2588781-here-...
A dinosaur, possibly a young Tyrannosaurus rex, excreted a bird 66 million years ago, and one of its feathers is exquisitely preserved in the fossilised dropping www.newscientist.com/article/2588673-exqui...
Readers continue to share their two cents on how best to keep your cocktail cool www.newscientist.com/article/2586957-what-...
If the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere declines, the Southern Ocean is likely to begin emitting more carbon than it absorbs, prolonging global warming www.newscientist.com/article/2588269-the-w...
Are these floating houses in Amsterdam’s IJburg district the shape of things to come? Check out Floating Futures, a new series by photojournalist Alessandro Gandolfi www.newscientist.com/article/2586946-desig...
8 September should have been an exciting day of celebration for mathematicians worldwide. Instead, it became a confusing, salacious and intriguing drama. Why was the solution to one of the world's toughest mathematical problems embroiled in controversy? www.newscientist.com/article/2588288-why-i...
The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins www.newscientist.com/article/2585736-read-...
Some have claimed cultivating seaweed could remove hundreds of millions of tonnes of CO2. But as warming waters kill off kelp, we need to refocus on preserving what we have, a study argues www.newscientist.com/article/2587723-why-g...
Empty space may not be empty at all. Physicists are preparing to smash together two immensely powerful laser beams to make the quantum vacuum visible – and any unexpected result could reveal new physics. www.newscientist.com/article/2586310-were-...
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon www.newscientist.com/article/2586783-tom-g...
This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles www.newscientist.com/article/2586786-twist...
From China Miéville to Brandon Sanderson via a tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin, there are some really huge names with new sci-fi novels out this month - as well as a new Doctor Who tale, says Alison Flood www.newscientist.com/article/2585976-the-b...
The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds www.newscientist.com/article/2585659-green...
Quantum theory says a vacuum isn’t truly empty, but proving it directly has remained out of reach. A new experiment using immensely powerful lasers could finally expose its hidden structure – and perhaps offer clues to dark matter www.newscientist.com/article/2586310-were-...
The James Webb Space Telescope seems to have discovered more ancient black holes than theory had predicted, and now we have a new way to explain why www.newscientist.com/article/2587559-not-q...
One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before www.newscientist.com/article/2588063-opena...
Is it possible we’re living in a virtual simulation? Professor Catherine Heymans, the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, does the maths on whether anything is actually real www.newscientist.com/article/2586590-are-y...
Critically endangered pygmy raccoons on Cozumel Island in Mexico have shown remarkable creativity by making balls out of rubbish at beach clubs www.newscientist.com/article/2587479-pygmy...
Invasive mosquitoes that can carry viruses like dengue, chikungunya and Zika have been found breeding in east London www.newscientist.com/article/2587789-how-w...
What even is time? Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation is both a physical phenomenon and a psychological one www.newscientist.com/article/2586888-einst...
Intense fires are already burning in Indonesia, and there could be much worse to come as the Super El Niño ramps up www.newscientist.com/article/2585948-super...
Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before it peaks www.newscientist.com/article/2586031-off-t...
Mountainous regions across the planet are warming especially fast, melting the ice that glues rocky slopes and glaciers together www.newscientist.com/article/2587073-mount...
Atlantic blue crabs have moved into the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, where they are a problem both for ecosystems and local economies, but octopuses might offer a solution www.newscientist.com/article/2586778-octop...