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Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

Digital artwork showing a lone human figure standing among jagged, glowing purple peaks that resemble an abstract mountain range, representing the hidden quantum landscape inside a solid.

Physics

We鈥檝e glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

Building Blocks

Environment

Is Earth鈥檚 climate in a state of ‘termination shock’?

Two people's faces are shown, chin to chin, with their heads tilted back. A firefighter stands on the face of the person on the left, spraying a hose that is hooked up to the nose of the person on the right,

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Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

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Leaders

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Physics

Even in our digital world, materials still matter

Next to the flashy realm of AI, materials may seem quaint. But new quantum research could yield revolutionary breakthroughs, with the power to transform our world

News

Composite photo shows the moon moving (from L to R) during a total lunar eclipse above Tokyo in the early hours of Sept. 8, 2025. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

Space

Blood moon lunar eclipse wows the world

This incredible composite photo shows how the moon's colour changed as it traversed Earth's shadow during an eclipse earlier this week

Mind

First map of mammal brain activity may have shown intuition in action

Technology

Quantum router could speed up quantum computers

Space

Possible galaxy spotted by JWST could be the earliest we’ve ever seen

Chemistry

Sun-powered device extracts lithium without wrecking the environment

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A single dose of LSD seems to reduce anxiety

Life

Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

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Smartphone scrolling on the toilet could increase risk of haemorrhoids

Environment

We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought

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A modified hot glue gun can mend broken bones

Physics

We could spot a new type of black hole thanks to a mirror-wobbling AI

Life

Plant-based dog foods provide almost all the nutrients pets need

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Hepatitis B vaccine linked with a lower risk of developing diabetes

Life

Baby pterosaurs could fly right after hatching 鈥� but crashed in storms

Environment

Can we finally recycle all of the metal in scrap cars?

Technology

Liquid crystal lenses could make better bifocal glasses

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Just 1 minute of vigorous exercise a day could add years to your life

Technology

3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers

Life

Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey

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Rapamycin may extend lifespans by protecting against DNA damage

Analysis

Environment

Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods?

You can feast guilt-free on farmed oysters and mussels as their production can have environmental benefits 鈥� but those probably don't include capturing carbon

Aperture

Filipino fishermen unload catches of Yellowfin tuna, Bigeye tuna, and Blue Marlin, after being at sea for approximately one month, at General Santos fish port, the Philippines, on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. General Santos is known as the Philippines? tuna capital and hub for tuna fishing and exports of the products. The city hosts numerous processing facilities where the fish, primarily tuna, is packaged or canned for sale to the Filipino market and for export worldwide.

Life

Powerful images show dark side of South-East Asia鈥檚 fishing industry

Photographer Nicole Tung captures the tough world facing South-East Asia鈥檚 fishers and their families in this series of images, which won her the Carmignac Photojournalism Award for fieldwork

Features

Digital artwork showing a lone human figure standing among jagged, glowing purple peaks that resemble an abstract mountain range, representing the hidden quantum landscape inside a solid.

Physics

We鈥檝e glimpsed the secret quantum landscape inside all matter

A strange kind of geometry governs how particles move inside matter. Now, for the first time, physicists have uncovered its full shape 鈥� and it could transform how we design materials

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Can a strange new treatment finally relieve chronic sinus infections?

Environment

Is Earth鈥檚 climate in a state of ‘termination shock’?

Culture

Participants prepare kimchi, a traditional Korean dish of spicy fermented cabbage and radish, during a kimchi making festival held amid snowfall at the Jogyesa Temple in Seoul on November 27, 2024. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP) (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Tim Spector’s guide to fermentation is meticulous and persuasive

We know fermented foods do us good, but the ZOE founder's new book still surprises with fascinating facts - and avoids feeling like an ad for his gut supplements, says Helen Thomson

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Matt Richtel grapples with how modern life is warping adolescence

Mind

New Scientist recommends podcast Where the Wild Thoughts Are

Space

Alien: Earth adds surprisingly good TV dimension to veteran sci-fi

More

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Why your nose could be the perfect window into your mental state

Diagnosing mental health conditions like anxiety and depression can be difficult, but it turns out that your nose could help doctors understand when you are feeling the strain, says Gillian Forrester

Environment

Exciting new research shows ways to defuse the “green backlash”

Life

How to pick the right fertiliser for all your different plants

Tom Gauld on the hazards of resetting your password

Twisteddoodles goes to the dogs

Regulars

Comment

Telling incoming aliens from space rocks鈥� on a scale of 1 to 10!

Feedback is mystified by a new way to assess interstellar visitors and the risks they pose, be they lumps of ice or alien craft. Just pray they don鈥檛 top out on the Loeb Scale

This Week鈥檚 Letters

Are slow spinning “space ports” to create artificial gravity feasible?

Does a petrol lawnmower emit more carbon than the grass captures?

This week鈥檚 new questions

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