Some gut bacteria recycle discarded sex hormones, like oestrogens, back into the body. The level of these bacteria seems to ...

Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New Scientist has gained exclusive access to learn how vital work to decontaminate t ...

Removing CO2 from the atmosphere by capturing the carbon from burning biomass is supposed to save the planet, but it looks ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Chernobyl lay on the path to the capital Kyiv. When the plant was occupied by Russian ...

A small comet has been spotted slowing down and then speeding up again – but in the opposite direction, which we have never ...

If the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation shut down, the knock-on effects could release hundreds of billions of ...

While Earth’s climate has changed many times in history, there is unequivocal scientific consensus that our world is now heating up at an unprecedented pace, driven by human activities such as the ...