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Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

Drugs may be able to fix our romantic lives when things go wrong

12 February 2020

Are we ready for real-life love potions? Book Love is the Drug explains how pills may affect everything from falling deeper in love to breaking up


Taxable Property Owned

Black activism has been shaped by tech and data for 100 years

22 January 2020

An exhibition and new book trace the battle, fought via infographics and social media platforms, to make black communities in the US visible through technology


UK scientists join the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests

UK scientists join the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests

7 October 2019

New Scientist spoke to members of Extinction Rebellion who are scientists to find out why they are taking to the streets of London to protest climate change inaction


Starship at a test facility

The rocket Elon Musk wants to send to Mars is almost ready to launch

30 September 2019

Elon Musk's giant Starship rocket is due to take passengers on a trip around the moon in 2020. Last night, he said orbital tests will begin within two months


Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

Hans Christian Gram: The biologist who helped investigate bacteria

13 September 2019

Biologist Hans Christian Gram devised one of the most important staining techniques used in microbiology to identify bacteria under a microscope


Dog walking may put some people at risk of catching Lyme disease

Lyme disease in England and Wales is most common in older, white women

15 August 2019

An analysis of hospital records has found that people with Lyme disease in hospitals in England and Wales tend to be white, female and relatively affluent


We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

18 July 2019

More than 28,000 species are threatened with extinction due to humans over-exploiting wildlife, according to the IUCN red list


Computer illustration of human nerve cells in the brain of a patient with Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease

28 June 2019

Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological condition involving the death of brain cells


Karl Popper

Karl Popper

28 June 2019

Karl Popper was an Austrian philosopher, considered one of the most influential of his time.


Inductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning

28 June 2019

Inductive reasoning is a method of accumulating knowledge.


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