Elon Musk's brain implant firm Neuralink gets approval for human trial
26 May 2023
The brain implant company Neuralink, founded by Elon Musk among others, previously tested implants in pigs and monkeys. Now it has approval for human trials
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The New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 are now open for entries
10 June 2021
Are you a budding photographer? Our New Scientist Photography Awards 2021 are now open and will celebrate images that illustrate how science and technology impact our lives and the world around us
Mathematicians who unravelled computational complexity win Abel prize
17 March 2021
László Lovász and Avi Wigderson have jointly been awarded the Abel prize, which is sometimes called the Nobel prize of mathematics, for their “foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics”
David Attenborough’s A Life on Our Planet is a powerful call to action
23 March 2020
David Attenborough’s highly personal new documentary A Life On Our Planet allows the nature filmmaker to say what he really thinks about our destructive ways
Risky Talk review: How to protect yourself from dodgy statistics
2 March 2020
Everything from genetic tests to immigration numbers is full of shaky statistics. David Spiegelhalter's new podcast helps separate the factual from the flaky
The Invisible Man review: How science really can make things invisible
26 February 2020
A new movie reimagines H.G. Wells's novel The Invisible Man. We still can't make people invisible, but it is possible to make tiny objects completely disappear
IBM is using quantum computers to generate Minecraft-like game levels
2 December 2019
IBM is using quantum computers to help generate video game scenes. The technology is still in its infancy but could result in more interesting or varied game levels
NASA has chosen the landing site for its life-hunting 2020 Mars rover
20 November 2018
Jezero crater on Mars is thought to have once had a river flowing along its rim and could hold signs of ancient life
Winners of the astronomy photo prize reveal the beauty of the universe
23 October 2018
Brad Goldpaint has won Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2018 thanks to a fantastic image of the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy above the Grand Canyon
New Scientist Live: what it’s like to be an explorer in the modern age
8 September 2018
Astronaut Tim Peake will discuss life as a modern-day explorer with tribe expert Will Millard and Antarctic skier Nics Wetherill at New Scientist Live
