ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Features

Explore the most exciting new ideas and emerging concepts in science, health, technology and the environment with New Scientist’s exclusive in-depth articles, interviews and long reads.
Our brains have their first thoughts surprisingly early in life

Mind

Our brains have their first thoughts surprisingly early in life

By the time we’re born, our brains have all the hardware in place to form thoughts, and possibly even some conscious awareness

Features

3E68RG6 A Group Of Women In Art Deco Costume Sitting Down Eating Ice Cream At The Napier Art Deco Festival, Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Mind

The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age

Features

An Infinity Mirrored Room

Physics

A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp

Features

Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?

Life

Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?

Features

A spherical rocky body being destroyed in a collision.

Space

Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history

Features

Moorish idol (Zanclus cornutus) swimming past a reef covered with Coral sea fans including (Melithaea sp.) and (Pseudopterogorgia sp.), Soft corals (Dendronephthya sp), (Chironephthya sp.) and (Scleronephthya sp.) and Branching cup corals (Tubastraea micranthus). Many different sponges and tunicates are also seen, as are many coral reef fishes, including Anthias and Damselfish, Raja Ampat, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean

Environment

The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction

Features

What is a ‘normal’ memory slowdown, and when should I worry?

Mind

What is a ‘normal’ memory slowdown, and when should I worry?

Features

Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies

Features

A portrait of Mark Thomson - a middle-aged man in glasses, smiling - with a background collage. The collage contains particle sprays, the LHC, and road signs from the CERN campus

Physics

CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality

Features

Why you need to future-proof your brain in middle age and how to start

Mind

Why you need to future-proof your brain in middle age and how to start

Ages 40 to 65 see a period of turmoil in the brain that has previously been overlooked. But identifying problems during this time can protect your cognitive health for decades to come

Features

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Hearing loss is bad for the whole body – but new treatments are coming

Features

Mathematics

A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out

Features

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Embryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail

Features

Life

How a radical new view of life could reveal its origin – and aliens

Features

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop