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.
Generation Covid: What the pandemic means for young people’s futures

ÎçÒ¹¸£Àû1000¼¯ºÏ

Generation Covid: What the pandemic means for young people’s futures

The long-term impact of the pandemic will be felt most by those growing up in its grasp. Generational analysis can tell us what we should expect, from education and income to mental health and the response to climate change

Features

Younger generations are the most fatalistic about climate change

Humans

Younger generations are the most fatalistic about climate change

Features

5 fruit and veg, 8 hours’ sleep: Should we trust daily health targets?

Humans

5 fruit and veg, 8 hours’ sleep: Should we trust daily health targets?

Features

The world is running out of microchips – here’s the solution

Technology

The world is running out of microchips – here’s the solution

Features

Stephon Alexander interview: Is the universe a self-learning AI?

Physics

Stephon Alexander interview: Is the universe a self-learning AI?

Features

The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them

Humans

The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them

Features

The hard problem of consciousness is already beginning to dissolve

Mind

The hard problem of consciousness is already beginning to dissolve

Features

Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world

Environment

Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world

Features

Quiz: Can you identify these UK birds from their songs?

Life

Quiz: Can you identify these UK birds from their songs?

Features

Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of chloroplasts from the yellow portion of a yellow/green variegated Coleus blumei plant. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis, the process that synthesises carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight. The structure of a variegated chloroplast is slightly different from that of a normal green chloroplast. The granal stacks, formed from parallel thylakoids (membranes, bright lines), that contain the chlorophyll pigments are less ordered in the variegated chloroplast. The pigments themselves are also slightly different. Magnification: x14,300 when printed at 10cm wide.

Physics

From photosynthesis to navigation, life may exploit quantum effects

There is tantalising evidence to suggest that photosynthesis in some bacteria depends on quantum coherence and birds’ amazing feats of navigation rely on entanglement

Features

Physics

Why it might be impossible to build a practical quantum computer

Features

Physics

What putting big things in quantum states can tell us about reality

Features

Physics

Is quantum theory really as random as it seems?

Features

Physics

Beyond quantum physics: The search for a more fundamental theory

Features

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop