20 February 2025
A red supergiant star appears to have changed in just a few years – an astronomical blink of an eye – which suggests it may be getting ready to explode in a supernova
19 April 2023
Marine algae could replace plastic, massively cut our carbon emissions and help feed billions of people healthily, according to an excellent new book by Vincent Doumeizel
22 September 2022
Physicists have found that adding guar gum and glycerol to a detergent solution helped to create large, long-lasting soap bubbles
12 July 2022
Bees get all the good PR compared with wasps, but how do their talents measure up? New Scientist pits these insects against each other in eight different categories, from cognitive skills to stings, architecture to cunning
15 December 2021
Hop plants are largely what distinguish your dark ales from your refreshing pales, and each has its own “terroir”. With changing weather affecting how and where they grow, what does the future hold for brewing and beer?
5 February 2021
Chemical analysis supports the idea that the combination of local environment and winemaking practices gives wines a unique flavour – which could help prevent fraud
16 December 2020
The finest whiskies are left to mature, sometimes for decades, but several companies claim to be creating similarly delicious drams in the lab in just a few hours. We put one to the test
25 March 2020
A shrimp-like creature found 6 kilometres down in the Pacific Ocean’s deepest trench has been named Eurythenes plasticus after the microplastics found in its gut
5 February 2020
The worst invasion by desert locusts in decades has hit Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia. The swarms are destroying crops and could cost millions of dollars to contain
23 October 2019
This vibrant image is clearly of a turtle, but stereomicroscopy and fluorescence have turned it into something beautiful yet otherworldly
