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Turkey has been hit by powerful thunderstorms and a fatal tornado this week with more heavy rain expected Heavy rain and strong winds will continue to affect parts of south-eastern Europe…
ScienceEx-energy secretary Ed Miliband’s agenda appears undermined as money is diverted from renewables to defence Britain is unlikely to hit its targets on green heating after the cuts announced…
ScienceTwin Travelers In 1977, NASA launched twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2, taking advantage of a once-every-175-year planetary alignment of the four largest planets in our solar system…
ScienceResearchers hope recursive self-improvement could tackle the skyrocketing costs of developing advanced AI models. But is it viable?
ScienceParts of plants that are usually wasted, from kiwi skin to squash seeds, contain more fibre than the parts of the plant we do eat
ScienceNearly two decades after winning a landmark court case against their forced removal from ancestral lands in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Indigenous San communities may finally…
ScienceIn this extract from Chris Beckett’s Dark Eden, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet some of the inhabitants of a dark planet that drifts outside the Milky Way…
ScienceDark Eden, the November read for the New Scientist Book Club, takes place on a rogue planet outside the Milky Way. Award-winning author Chris Beckett explains how he thought through the…
ScienceAfter UK’s hottest summer on record, Ardingly near Haywards Heath is just 19% full – and next-closest reservoir is unusable due to broken treatment works “You can see the water level at…
ScienceHappy Eco News Generates Clean Energy, Saves Land, Improves Fishing—What’s Not to Like? Ohio's Monroeville village installed one of the US's five largest floating solar arrays on a…
SciencePhysics is generally built on observations, then the maths that supports them comes later. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes a look at an effort to reverse this and rebuild the laws…
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ScienceHappy Eco News New Map Reveals Natural Forest Regeneration in Tropical Regions Could Absorb 23 Years of Global Emissions A new high-resolution map identifies 215 million hectares suited for…
ScienceHappy Eco News Funding for Indigenous-Led Forest Conservation Gets a New Global Platform Funding for Indigenous-led forest conservation gets easier through UNDP's Forest Guardians Invest…
ScienceFrom subconscious finger sniffing to rats driving cars, New Scientist staff have reported on many weird, wild or utterly bonkers discoveries and inventions in the 70 years since we began
ScienceRising disposable incomes, social media algorithms, and pop culture influences have led to a surge in demand for exotic pets in India, reports Mongabay India’s Arathi Menon. A recent report…
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ScienceBat Week, from Oct. 24-31, 2026, is a worldwide celebration of bats — a group that makes up 20% of all mammals. Bats live on all continents except for Antarctica, and provide major…
ScienceLoch Insh, Cairngorms: In my three decades in Scotland I’ve adjusted to the darkness of this time of year, and found glory in the quality of light It is the one clear day in a fortnight of…
ScienceAPOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 30 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day…
ScienceThe sight of an icy skull-like visage on the Antarctic island could make one’s blood run cold.
ScienceThe invasive species has increased in spread and numbers and is costing farmers millions of dollars Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast An unpublished government…
SciencePAMARAWAN, Philippines — For years, residents of Pamarawan barangay, or village, in the City of Malolos, had to live with floodwater inundating their streets as the southwest monsoon, known…
ScienceHaving passed away at 86, Stewart will be remembered as actor, dramaturge, Shakespearean exemplar, mutant professor, and distinguished Starfleet captain.
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