The books and ideas that will shape the year ahead
3 January 2018
From human evolution to genetics, neuroscience to cosmology, New Scientist picks the books to look out for in 2018
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Your body fat may be protecting you against infections
29 December 2017
Fat isn’t all bad – it stores powerful immune cells, and seems to boost their ability to defend the body from dangerous infections
Our lust for tastier chocolate has transformed the cocoa tree
27 December 2017
Ever since we domesticated the cocoa tree over 3000 years ago, we have been breeding them to make tastier chocolate – but in the process we have made them vulnerable
Love at first sight is really just lust or even false memory
27 December 2017
One in three people say they’ve felt love at first sight, but experiments suggest the phenomenon is actually just physical attraction or distorted memories
China tackles climate change with world's largest carbon market
22 December 2017
The Chinese state hopes to use market forces to encourage energy-hungry firms to seek cleaner alternatives, but simply telling them what to do may be more effective
You’ve just crossed over… The Twilight Zone takes to the stage
19 December 2017
Turning US sci-fi television into 21st century theatre is oddly successful as a portent of doom in a world increasingly incapable of separating fact from fiction
Will supersonic air travel's return be another white elephant?
18 December 2017
Fifty years after the unveiling of Concorde – the flawed, first supersonic airliner – its successors are coming. Maybe they’ll be the real deal, says Paul Marks
Why the internet's CiCo calorie count diet won't keep weight off
1 December 2017
An old dietary fad has got a fresh lease of life: Calories in-Calories out, or CiCo to its new devotees. It still doesn't add up, says Anthony Warner
