David Hambling is a freelance science and technology journalist and author based in South London. His non-fiction books include Weapons Grade, Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world ...

Chris Stokel-Walker is a freelance technology journalist and author of YouTubers: How YouTube shook up TV and created a new generation of stars and TikTok Boom: China's dynamite app and the superpower ...

In Antarctica, two giant rifts, known as Chasm 1 and Halloween Crack, split across the Brunt Ice Shelf. The implications of ...

Zombie, or senescent, cells accumulate in our body with age, when we become less able to clear them. But a study in mice ...

Experiments will take advantage of the solar eclipse in August to learn more about the sun and Earth at a relatively low cost ...

An open-source flight-control system found in consumer drones has been installed in Ukraine’s latest cruise missile, showing ...

The 2026 Tour de France has been the hottest ever. Norwegian-method pioneer and Uno-X Mobility coach Olav Aleksander Bu ...

Just 30 minutes of exercise every morning may be as effective as medication at lowering blood pressure for the rest of the day. A study found that a short burst of treadmill walking each morning had ...

Tom Leslie has been a subeditor at New Scientist since 2022. Sometimes seen posing as a writer, he has an interest in anything to do with organic molecules, microorganisms and cell biology. Tom is ...

A new kind of antibody drug that more efficiently enters the brain could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease with a ...

Metallic hydrogen has been created in the lab for the first time, by squeezing a sample of the element to pressures beyond what exists at the centre of the Earth. The creation of a substance first ...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is an associate professor of physics and astronomy, and a core faculty member in women's studies at the University of New Hampshire. Her research in theoretical physics ...