Covid-19 news: Moderna’s omicron booster has promising immune response
9 June 2022
A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
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Meet the scientists who perform magic tricks on birds
22 December 2021
Performing magic tricks with Eurasian jays helps scientists to understand the animals’ powers of perception, but also their ability to read minds, remember the past and anticipate the future.
Psilocybin therapy steps closer to credibility with largest trial yet
10 November 2021
Promising results from a psilocybin trial suggest that psychedelic therapies for depression could help some – but not all – people who don't respond to conventional antidepressants
Birds get angry when their favourite snacks are swapped in magic trick
17 August 2021
Eurasian jays squawk and fly away when shown a cups-and-balls-style magic trick in which their favourite snacks are swapped out for other foods
Jeff Bezos will be on board Blue Origin's first crewed space flight
7 June 2021
Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder of Blue Origin, will fly to the edge of space on his company's first crewed flight on 20 July, as will his brother
Frank Kameny: Google doodle honours astronomer and gay rights activist
2 June 2021
When he was unjustly fired from his job as an astronomer in 1957, Frank Kameny took up a lifelong struggle for the civil rights of gay people
Dr Wu Lien-teh: Face mask pioneer who helped defeat a plague epidemic
10 March 2021
Dr Wu Lien-teh helped to end the Manchurian plague outbreak of 1910-11 with the use of face masks he had designed made from cotton and gauze, and stopped the disease from reaching other parts of China
Night lights cause severe loss of sleep for pigeons and magpies
23 July 2020
City lights could have a serious impact on the sleep patterns of birds, as pigeons were found to sleep around 4 hours less under illumination equivalent to street lights
What it’s like to trip on psilocybin for a scientific research study
15 January 2020
The psychoactive compound psilocybin may hold promise for treating depression, but how do we know it’s safe? Sam Wong volunteered for a study to find out
Half a million people at risk from volcano eruption in the Philippines
13 January 2020
Taal volcano, situated on an island in a lake, began erupting dramatically on Sunday, prompting an evacuation order for 450,000 people in the surrounding area
