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How Europe can make its landscapes more fire-resilient
Paradoxically, suppressing wildfires has also made European countries more vulnerable to huge blazes like those seen in France and Spain this week. With global warming …
Climate change may help eliminate malaria from West and Central Africa
Global warming may make it too hot for malaria-carrying mosquitoes to survive in parts of Africa, but could also shift the problem to less affected …
Could eating less protein slow ageing?
Protein is everywhere, but studies – mostly in non-human animals – suggest that limiting our intake could extend our lifespan
Thousands of people in China have had banned Alzheimer’s surgery
Surgery that aims to enhance the clearance of Alzheimer's-associated proteins from the brain has been banned in China, but only after thousands of people had …
Where to watch the next total solar eclipse anywhere in the world
The total solar eclipse on 12 August will only be visible to a lucky few, but eclipses happen all over the world – here are …
Read an extract from The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
In this extract from Peter Heller’s novel, the August read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are introduced to pilot Hig, who lives alone …
How I wrote The Dog Stars, the novel behind Ridley Scott’s new …
Set in an empty world after a superflu pandemic wipes out most of humanity, Peter Heller's The Dog Stars - the August read for the …
Why full-fledged quantum computers might always be five years away
To predict when we’ll have a truly useful quantum computer, we need to know precisely what one is. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan finds that’s harder to …
Smallpox DNA in ancient Inca mummies shows virus came from Europe
The mummies of two people who lived in Chile more than 400 years ago carry DNA from smallpox, providing the first molecular evidence that the …
The genome of a long-extinct ancient human is hiding within us
We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we might be …
Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female
Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with …
Origami-inspired sensor could continuously monitor our vital signs
A tiny sensor that unfolds within the body could continuously monitor our heart activity and breathing after showing promise in rats
Henrietta Lacks’s descendant on her legacy – and Rebecca Skloot’s book
Rebecca Skloot told the story of Henrietta Lacks and how her cells were taken without her permission in a bestselling book, The Immortal Life of …
Is district cooling the solution we need for extreme heat in cities?
Networks of pipes carrying chilled water have proven to be an efficient way to cool hospitals and universities. Now, they are expanding into cities as …
Quantum computers are starting to become useful as scientific tools
Three problems that are out of reach for conventional computers have been cracked by quantum computers and show how important the machines could become for …
First-of-kind Guillain-Barré drug switches off part of immune system
A treatment that turns off the bit of the immune system that goes haywire in Guillain-Barré syndrome may be the first targeted therapy approved for …
Why the most central law in cosmology may need to be broken
The cosmological principle is the foundation of modern cosmology – but its usefulness doesn’t necessarily make it true, says columnist Leah Crane
Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons
Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an analysis of ancient skulls from Italy reveals that this condition affected people in …
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile
A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous …
What changes will occur on Earth as the moon moves further away?
From tides to eclipses, the slow departure of our moon will affect life on Earth, say our correspondents
Why don’t dogs look up when a low-flying plane passes overhead?
One correspondent with a particularly intelligent dog begs to differ with this question, while another looks to deepen the mystery
Are flies following a strategy when they keep hitting windows? Part 3
An Australian reader with an abundance of flies in their locality tries to answer a question that has intrigued many of our readers
This week’s new questions
If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would life on Earth last, from humans and plants to subterranean bacteria? And why do humans so readily …
A handy guide to the science of super-long fingernails
Feedback is delighted by a deep dive into why people sometimes wear "artificially elongated fingernails". But does it do more than just scratch the surface?
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