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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Plants use sand armour to break teeth of attacking caterpillars
28 December 2017
Some plants are coated in sand, and it seems the sand grains act like medieval armour that protects these “psammophorous” plants from munching caterpillars
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
Odd fossils hint first complex life hung on long after its time
22 December 2017
The strange Ediacarans were some of the earliest complex organisms on Earth. They are thought to have died out 540 million years ago but eight odd fossils suggest they survived far longer
