How we predicted global warming and Arctic ice melt – 40 years ago
11 December 2019
New Scientist was well ahead of the curve in 1979 when we warned that the 'so-called carbon dioxide greenhouse effect' threatened long-term climate change
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Meet the Ghostbusters monster that could floor a tyrannosaur
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This picture shows a demonic new species of dinosaur, Zuul crurivastator, emerging from a rocky tomb. It had a sledgehammer tail that could bring down a tyrannosaur
The ultimate kitchen: the Danish food lab designing our future meals
2 January 2019
See inside the Future Consumer Lab, where scientists are creating foods that can stimulate eating in elderly and malnourished patients, and prevent overconsumption
Amber time capsules: see an ancient insect in ultra-high resolution
21 November 2018
A new process developed by photographer Levon Biss captures incredibly detailed images of insects trapped in amber for 50 million years
From wormholes to consciousness: see part of the great wall of science
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Over the four days of our festival of science in London, New Scientist Live, illustrator Josie Ford summarised some of the speakers' talks in spectacular fashion
Fighting with a fifth of your body weight on your head
30 May 2018
European stag beetles live for only a few months in adult form, and males spend much of that time rutting, jousting and wrestling – all for access to females
Where eagles dare to dumpster dive
28 February 2018
It’s a bit of a come down for the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, scavenging garbage for its dinner in Alaska’s Dutch Harbor
Shy pangolin hides its face in Mozambique forest
24 January 2018
They have been called the most hunted animal in the world, so perhaps you can’t blame this pangolin for not showing its face
The sparkling ice hummocks of the world’s biggest lake
6 December 2017
Temperature and pressure differences in the water of Russia’s Lake Baikal cause cracks to form, and great transparent slabs of ice rise off the surface
A honeybee struggles to escape the grip of a fearsome beewolf
30 August 2017
When beewolves have mated, the females hunt for honeybees. Once they have been paralysed with a sting, the bees form a living larder for her young
