Policy-makers can use satellite data to quickly identify areas of the world in need of humanitarian aid, but it might contain bias against m..
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Could the next Japanese knotweed be growing in your garden? Help find potential invasive species by grassing up the plant bullies in your fl..
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The Perseverance Mars rover made its first sampling attempt on 6 August but the sample tube came up empty, so NASA scientists are figuring o..
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A decades-old theory to simplify silicon quantum processors has been shown to work, potentially paving the way for vastly more powerful quan..
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You are more likely to regularly participate in "phubbing", or looking at your phone while in the company of others, if you have anxious or ..
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An analysis of malicious apps discovered on the Google Play Store found that after being detected they remain available to users for 77 days..
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An electromagnetic rifle, a device that uses electromagnetic coils to push a steel projectile down its barrel, is now being offered for pre-..
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Researchers examined about 3000 of the best images we have of the planet Mercury, and only 14 of them contained boulders – far fewer big roc..
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A form of 3D-printed chain mail can alternate between being flexible and rigid as needed, meaning it could be used for more comfortable medi..
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Understand the spectacular result of positively and negatively charged particles within storm clouds separating and releasing their charge
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Here’s what the latest data says about the efficacy and side effects of the most-used covid-19 vaccines worldwide, including Oxford/AstraZen..
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Marburg, a virus similar to Ebola that causes a deadly haemorrhagic fever, has been detected in Guinea. Local health authorities are working..
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Apple will inspect photos uploaded to the cloud by iPhones in the US to detect images of child sexual abuse – a move praised by child welfar..
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Meteor showers dazzle the night sky, but the Perseids shower is special. It peaks on 12 August this year, and here's how to enjoy it, says A..
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Tamsin Edwards, a lead author of the landmark IPCC report on climate change, says that some climate changes are irreversible but we still ha..
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The time it takes to fall in love depends on a number of different factors
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A plant that grows in bogs along the west coast of North America has been spotted using its flowers to eat insects – until now, researchers ..
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Old, directed by The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan, is a stylish sci-fi horror film about a group of tourists stranded on a beach who age..
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By easing restrictions while many people are only partially protected from the coronavirus, the UK is giving the virus lots of opportunity t..
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People who live in dense urban areas, particularly those with closely packed apartments, are more likely to experience loneliness and isolat..
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Covert messages sent underwater can be camouflaged in the sounds of whales and dolphins, making them harder for others to detect
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Beetroot can lose its lovely hues when baked. The trick to stopping that is to understand the chemistry of the pigments that give it its vib..
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Mars Horizon is a fun simulator that lets you run a space agency with the goal of landing people on the Red Planet. Luckily, you can always ..
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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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The earliest humans known to have lived outside Africa shared their environment with hunting dogs – and may even have stolen food from them
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In lab tests where people are able to take money from groups of people, they nearly always do – but the same individuals tend to be fair whe..
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Countries which are partially vaccinated and have high rates of infection find themselves in a dangerous period in which immunity-escaping c..
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The preserved remains of sponges found in Canada suggest that animals may have originated 350 million years earlier than we thought
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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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Official figures suggest that UK coronavirus infections have fallen for seven days in a row, but there are many explanations as to why it ma..
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From spiders that rebuild their eyes daily to bats that use infrared to detect veins, Secret Worlds, a new book by Martin Stevens, reveals s..
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Michael Pollan's This is Your Mind on Plants explains how the psychoactive plants that produce opium, caffeine and mescaline fuelled innovat..
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Over the past century, tens of thousands of chemicals have been released into the environment, causing massive problems. It is time to devel..
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Some stars orbiting supermassive black holes are expected to move close to the speed of light, and when they collide they may release more e..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2285162-stars-sped-up-by-black-holes-may-outshine-supernovae-when-they-collide/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Red palm weevils are invasive insects known for damaging palm trees – affecting the date, coconut and palm oil industries – but a bit of clo..
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Digital stopwatches can make rounding errors of up to 0.11 seconds, which could be enough to change the winner of close races. Although the ..
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Deepmind's AlphaFold can predict the shapes of nearly all proteins in the human body, paving the way for the development of new drugs, and t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284733-deepminds-ai-uncovers-structure-of-98-5-per-cent-of-human-proteins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Caffeine, a naturally occurring chemical stimulant found in food and drink, is the world’s most widely consumed legal psychoactive drug
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As restrictions lift in England, cases of covid-19 are set to surge. What will England's "dangerous experiment" mean for daily life, and wha
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UK computer chip designer Arm has made a 32-bit bendable processor, which is a flexible plastic sheet with a circuit and other components pr..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2284533-flexible-computer-processor-is-the-most-powerful-plastic-chip-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Jeff Bezos, world’s wealthiest man and founder of the space company Blue Origin, has ridden his own firm’s New Shepard rocket into space on ..
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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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The different methods we use to measure the rate of expansion of the universe have been in disagreement for years, but a relatively new meth..
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will attempt to make history tomorrow when his space company Blue Origin launches its first crewed mission to spac..
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A fossil of a trilobite's head shows the animal had an eye injury that healed, suggesting it may have escaped the clutches of a gigantic pre..
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Taking a "natural herd immunity" approach to the coronavirus that sees people put at risk of infection to gain immunity is unethical – and t..
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There are many ways to help improve tree cover in towns and cities – even without a garden. Clare Wilson explains how
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Dubai police will be able to respond to an incident anywhere in the United Arab Emirates city within a minute, thanks to a network of pre-po..
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The weather events thought to be behind the extreme floods in western Europe are becoming more likely due to climate change, according to re..
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I've debunked the claim that food is getting less nutritious before, but when a new study turned up I had to investigate further, writes Jam..
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