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Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke

17 June 2026

Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them following a stroke


What would happen if the speed of light were half its value? part 2

What would happen if the speed of light were half its value? part 2

17 June 2026

A universe with half-speed light might never produce New Scientist readers capable of posing this question, notes one reader


New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

On the history of human inventions (1)

17 June 2026


New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Learning about DNA from Father Brown

17 June 2026


New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Experiencing a lifetime of epic dreams

17 June 2026


New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Why heat therapy works for Alzheimer's

17 June 2026


New Scientist. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine.

Tales of miniaturisation in science fiction

17 June 2026


The bigger the lizard, the bigger the Wiki page, discovers ecologist

The bigger the lizard, the bigger the Wiki page, discovers ecologist

17 June 2026

Feedback is delighted to explore research digging into the relationship between a reptile's body mass and the length of its Wikipedia entry – but would like to throw Godzilla into the mix


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Why are there no moons with natural satellites of their own?

17 June 2026

The planet a moon orbits exerts a stronger gravitational influence than the moon itself, explain our readers


TORONTO, ON - APRIL 30: Saudi Arabian citizen Humanoid Robot Sophia is seen during the Discovery exhibition on April 30, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Phoo by Yu Ruidong/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images)

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

17 June 2026

Sarah O'Connor's We Are Not Machines explores how we are contorting ourselves to fit AI into our working lives – and what to do about it, finds Tom Knowles


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