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14 October 2023

Issue 3460

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/Shutterstock (14130502e) People walk past an AI sign at the All In artificial intelligence conference Thursday, September 28, 2023 in Montreal. Que Ai Conference Trudeau, Montreal, Canada - 28 Sep 2023

Technology

How to balance energy-hungry AI with the drive towards decarbonisation

News
The quantum experiment that could help find evidence of the multiverse

Space

The quantum experiment that could help find evidence of the multiverse

Features
2J65BNY Growing microgreens on window Young raw sprouts of radishes and watercress in pots Healthy eating, lifestyle Superfood Indoor microgreen concept.

Health

Microgreens: The surprising truth about this trendy new ‘superfood’

Features
The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

Humans

The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

Features

Table of contents

Leaders

Mandatory Credit: Photo by Canadian Press/Shutterstock (14130502e) People walk past an AI sign at the All In artificial intelligence conference Thursday, September 28, 2023 in Montreal. Que Ai Conference Trudeau, Montreal, Canada - 28 Sep 2023

Technology

How to balance energy-hungry AI with the drive towards decarbonisation

Just as the power sector looks set to reach peak carbon emissions, the rise of AI use brings a new pressure on our energy requirements

News

News

Environment

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

Autonomous farm machinery may enable farmers to scale up the benefits of plant interactions, according to research presented at New Scientist Live

News

Technology

Fractal fingers could let robots securely grasp any shape

News

Life

Egg sex screening aims to stop slaughter of billions of male chicks

News

Technology

Starlink carbon footprint up to 30 times size of land-based internet

News

Mind

Psychedelic health claims may be promoting risky self-medication

News

Environment

Sea level rise is already leading to longer commutes in coastal US

News

Health

Hip pain linked to a dozen genetic variants

News

Health

Being vegetarian may be partly determined by your genes

News

Life

Scientists have only just figured out how cats purr

News

Humans

Humans lived on Spanish plateau during Earth's last cold snap

News

Environment

Global power sector has almost hit peak greenhouse gas emissions

News

Space

Amazon is launching its first internet satellites to rival Starlink

News

Space

JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born after the big bang

News

Mind

Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems linked to emotions

News

Health

Classical music synchronises the audience's heartbeats and sweating

News

Space

Astronomers spotted the highest energy light ever seen from a pulsar

News

Life

Pickled snake in museum is a new species – but may already be extinct

News

Life

Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due to warming

News

Space

Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago

News

Technology

Mathematician warns US spies may be weakening next-gen encryption

News

Environment

London's drying rivers threaten the city's drinking water supply

News

Analysis

Technology

Should we be worried about AI's growing energy use?

The expanding use of large AI models demands huge numbers of powerful servers, which could end up consuming as much energy as whole countries

News

Space

How the balloon analogy for an expanding universe is almost perfect

Comment

Technology

Let's stop making lab-grown meat weird

News

Aperture

New Scientist Live: Inside the world's best science and tech festival

New Scientist Live

New Scientist Live: Inside the world's best science and tech festival

From a huge revolving planet Mars to cuddles with a robot, as well as talks by Alice Roberts and Hamza Yassin, find out what went down at this year's New Scientist Live

Regulars

Features

2J65BNY Growing microgreens on window Young raw sprouts of radishes and watercress in pots Healthy eating, lifestyle Superfood Indoor microgreen concept.

Health

Microgreens: The surprising truth about this trendy new ‘superfood’

Microgreens are an increasingly popular hobby, and have gained a reputation as the superheroes of the nutrition world - are they actually good for you?

Features

Humans

The desire for legacy is a mental glitch but we can use it for good

Features

Space

The quantum experiment that could help find evidence of the multiverse

Features

Culture

Close-up Happy Asian girl influencer wear headphone with guitar record podcast onair online live streaming talk follower comment and audience on phone at home studio. Female podcaster, Audio podcast.

Comment

Extremely Online review: A vital look at the creator economy

Taylor Lorenz goes behind the scenes of the multibillion-dollar influencer industry to trace its meteoric rise in this fascinating book

Culture

Comment

New Scientist recommends: Children of Memory and They Cloned Tyrone

Culture

Comment

Julia review: A brilliant, devastating sequel to Nineteen Eighty-Four

Culture

Comment

Of Time and Turtles review: What can we learn from turtles?

Culture

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Health

Can a single therapy session nudge us towards better mental health?

A new book says that single-session interventions can reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, substance abuse and disordered eating. David Robson explores a new approach

Regulars

Puzzle #243: Help end the number-related chaos at my local shop

Regulars

Tom Gauld: The rewilding project has exceeded our expectations

Regulars

Twisteddoodles: After months of analysis, an answer is found

Regulars

Regulars

Too fast, too furious? Ocelot and sloth caught in highish-speed chase

Too fast, too furious? Ocelot and sloth caught in highish-speed chase

After a team of biologists capture on camera a "considerably high speed (for a sloth)" escape, Feedback ponders if the Fast & Furious action movies need to move aside

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Letters

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