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Activist angler, Jim Murray

Jim Murray: The 'activist angler' collecting data to improve rivers

17 July 2023

Meet Jim Murray, an 'activist angler' who is campaigning to improve Britain's waterways through the collective power, and data-collecting abilities of anglers up and down the country


RRS Sir David Attenborough

RRS Sir David Attenborough prepares for first Antarctic science voyage

14 July 2023

On board the RRS Sir David Attenborough as it undergoes sea trials ahead of its maiden Antarctic science voyage


Chris Packham talks to New Scientist

Chris Packham: We're precipitating a mass extermination event

11 July 2023

Chris Packham's new BBC series, Earth, looks at significant moments in Earth's history, including anthropogenic climate change and biodiversity loss, "It's not a sixth mass extinction event that we're precipitating," he says, "it's a mass extermination...


Justin Cronin

Justin Cronin on writing a book with a "holy hell" moment in it

28 June 2023

The Ferryman author talks through his mind-blowing plot twist - with plenty of spoiler warnings - and reveals his thoughts on everything from AI to how the actions of today's billionaires influenced his writing


The river Teifi at Cenarth falls, Wales

Welsh wetland under ecological threat from upstream river pollutants

26 June 2023

New scientist visits Teifi Marshes, a Welsh nature reserve at risk of ecological damage as upstream river pollutants accumulate in the wetlands


Mark Rylance discusses the character of Dr Semmelweis

Dr Semmelweis: Interview with creative team behind Mark Rylance play

25 June 2023

Actor Mark Rylance is Dr Semmelweis in a new play about the pioneering 19th-century obstetrician who discovered the importance of hand-washing for medical professionals. We talk to its creative team about scientific truths and Semmelweis's failure to...


The river Teifi at Cenarth falls, Wales

The river Teifi: How agricultural waste is destroying this Welsh river

22 June 2023

In this film, environment reporter Madeleine Cuff travels the length of the river Teifi in Wales to find out some of the issues that waterways like this are facing and what we can do to protect them


Cwmystwyth mines and the river Ystwyth in Wales, UK

Mine waste and rivers: The legacy toxins re-entering our waterways

18 June 2023

The UK is home to thousands of abandoned mines which, far from benign relics, are at the heart of a modern pollution problem that could threaten our rivers, our livestock, and even human health


Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring

Scans of Girl with a Pearl Earring reveal painting's hidden secrets

16 June 2023

Using the latest imaging technology, conservators have turned back time on Johannes Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, revealing the masterpiece's hidden secrets


The Search for Dark Matter

The Search for Dark Matter

15 June 2023

In this in-person and online subscriber only event, join a leading astrophysicist and a panel of New Scientist journalists for a deep dive into dark matter.


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