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More than half of humanity lives in cities, and the importance of nature has risen rapidly up the urban agenda in recent ...

Last year, I had the pleasure of seeing Kyoto at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK, a play about the ...

Suppressing a transcription factor induced energy burning in fat cells, offering therapeutic targets to treat obesity and ...

People consume various types and quantities of food. Studies indicate that the gut microbiome could be one of the drivers of ...

In the centenary of naturalist Gerald Durrell’s birth, a new memoir adds rich new layers to what we know about the man ...

Jeff Bezos’s space company is about to launch New Glenn, a reusable rocket intended to rival SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, for the ...

From Cory Doctorow to Nnedi Okorafor and from fancy space opera to elegantly written visions of a flooded future world, there ...

In the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, New Scientist published almost two ... beginning with our 8 February 2020 magazine (above), when it was still known only as “the novel ...

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A newly identified cartilage cell generates fat vacuoles and makes the surrounding tissues pliable. This helps keep the ear ...

A new type of crystal that absorbs heat when released from extreme pressure could lead to climate-friendly refrigerators and ...