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4 October 2017

Secure email, electric cars go free, Vitamin D and asthma, and more

Buyer beware: Should genomic firms resell your data?

4 October 2017

Think carefully before you get your DNA tested: you’re selling as well as buying

DNA testing firms are cashing in our genes. Should we get a cut?

4 October 2017

Companies like 23andMe that offer to reveal your genetic secrets from a spit test can also sell your data to drug developers for big sums

Old Scientist: Tanks on the moon and other wolves we’ve cried

4 October 2017

If you’re looking for scare stories, you’re in the wrong place. Except sometimes, as New Scientists of October past show

Our braininess may have evolved thanks to less sticky neurons

4 October 2017

We don’t know much about the genetic evolution of the human brain. Now experiments suggest genes involved in cell stickiness may have given our brain its folds

We've finally seen how the sleeping brain stores memories

4 October 2017

For the first time, scans of sleeping people have shown how memories are moved in the brain, and suggest that the first hours of shut-eye are key for memory