Leader news, articles and features | Page 4 | New Scientist

Skip to content

Isolated hand with green four leaf clover, sign of luck, sign of great fortune. closeup Clover four; Shutterstock ID 2025931979; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Humans

Luck may influence us more than nurture, so let's give parents a break

Emerging research suggests that, alongside genes and environment, much of who we become is down to chance occurrences in the developing brain. Does that mean parents are off the hook?

Leader

View of Moon limb with Earth rising on the horizon. Footprints as an evidence of people being there or great forgery. Collage. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.; Shutterstock ID 1454730908; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Space

Why we should go back to the moon – and this time to build a home

Leader

2A36MXE Battery Icon in digital background, battery Supply Concept Background, Energy Efficiency Concept, alternative energy background

Environment

We should pursue speculative climate solutions like quantum batteries

Leader

^BHormone replacement therapy.^b Close-up of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) pills in a circular dispenser. HRT pills are synthetic hormones used to treat menopausal women. They counteract the hormone deficiency that occurs at menopause. These pills contain oestrogen, and often progestogen, drugs. HRT helps to prevent ^Iosteoporosis,^i ^Iatherosclerosis^i and ^Iatrophic vaginitis^i (where the vagina becomes thin and dry). Pills are taken daily on a monthly basis to coincide with the menstrual cycle. Adverse effects include nausea, tenderness of the breasts, fluid retention and leg cramps.

Health

Outdated research on HRT is letting people down

Leader

Spring sprout image; Shutterstock ID 1041152059; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Life

Does your houseplant have feelings?

Leader

Scientists hands experimenting with water quality at wastewater treatment system. select focus; Shutterstock ID 1520973440; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

Health

The promise – and pitfalls – of monitoring our excrement

Leader

2JHKK31 Manchester, UK. 19th July, 2022. Aerial photo taken on July 19, 2022 shows the partially empty Woodhead Reservoir near Manchester, Britain. A recent report by the European Commission's Joint Research Center showed that almost half of the European Union's (EU) territory and Britain are at risk of drought in July. Drought conditions and water scarcity are affecting energy production and reducing crop yield. Credit: Jon Super/Xinhua/Alamy Live News

Environment

Climate change will intensify UK droughts so we must take action now

Leader

Untangling life's molecular mysteries using AI is a welcome advance

Humans

Untangling life's molecular mysteries using AI is a welcome advance

Leader

UMD Dental 08/20/10 10:39 6500 7.0 80.0 Imaging #10-041-21 #0882 Necropsy PBMC's Colorized transmission electron micrograph of monkeypox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. C -757.99464 -316.911008 0.07 XpixCal=685.711 YpixCal=685.711 Unit=micron ##fv3

Health

Monkeypox failings show world hasn't learned lessons of the pandemic

Leader

The sun rises on what is set to be a day of extreme heat with temperatures expected to reach to 40 degrees. Seasonal weather, Dunsden, Oxfordshire, UK - 18 Jul 2022

Environment

The recent heatwave should act as a wake-up call about climate action

We have the tools to rapidly cut emissions. The recent deadly European heat should give political leaders the mandate they need to use them

Leader

We can curb surging covid-19 cases – but we can't do it without data

Leader

Space

The James Webb Space Telescope heralds a new era for astronomy

Leader

Health

How readily should we swallow the idea of diets that delay ageing?

Leader

Health

Vaccines could usher in a precise and kinder era of cancer treatment

Leader