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Most STEM salaries are on the rise – but inequalities are worsening

Most STEM salaries are on the rise – but inequalities are worsening

6 April 2022

The 2022 New Scientist Jobs Global Recruitment Report in association with science recruitment specialists SRG has found that salaries across STEM industries have fared well despite the pandemic, but women and people of colour are still experiencing discrimination


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Here are the Astronomy Photographer of the Year winners

16 September 2021

These images of the sun, the moon and the planets of the solar system took some of the top prizes in this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition


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Amazing astronomy images shortlisted for photo prize

30 June 2021

This spellbinding selection of images are among the shortlisted entries for this year’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition


Discrimination is still a problem in STEM

Discrimination is still a problem in STEM

5 May 2021

Harassment and discrimination based on gender, age and ethnicity continue to be major issues in the workplace that affect a significant proportion of STEM industry workers, according to the 2021 New Scientist Jobs/SRG survey. Gege Li reports


Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

Jellyfish push off a pocket of water under their bell to swim faster

6 January 2021

As they swim, jellyfish make a pocket of high-pressure water under their bell, which serves as a kind of wall to push off to help them swim faster


Eyes

Your eyes can reveal your decisions before you've even made them

19 November 2020

Deciding whether to complete a task that requires physical effort can trigger a change in your pupil size and brain activity, and these signals can reveal your ultimate choice


Newly discovered form of carbon is more resilient than diamond

Newly discovered form of carbon is more resilient than diamond

2 July 2020

A computer simulation found a pentagon-shaped carbon molecule that would be as hard as diamond and could tolerate temperatures of almost 4000°C without breaking down


Accumulating fewer genetic mutations linked to living a longer life

Accumulating fewer genetic mutations linked to living a longer life

24 June 2020

People who accumulate genetic mutations more slowly than others live longer and have children later in their life – which could mean we can predict lifespan using these mutations


We can make robots from gelatine and other edible ingredients

We can make robots from gelatine and other edible ingredients

15 June 2020

Soft, edible and biodegradable robots made from gelatine could be used to deliver drugs to animals or make safer children's toys


An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

An asteroid strike may have popped the surface of Mars

6 April 2020

An unusually round and symmetrical deposit on Mars may be the result of an impact that popped the surface of the planet, causing a volcanic eruption less than 200,000 years ago


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