Growing skills: Top tips for producing the best veg in town

28 February 2018

Tomato suckers aren't all bad, Frankenstein squash probably won't take over and there are betters ways to protect your prized veg than planting companion species

Growing skills: A scientific guide to greener fingers

28 February 2018

From lining your pots with gravel to staking your trees, gardening tips are a dime a dozen. But which are gospel and which can safely be buried?

Clean cut

28 February 2018

Every so often, my adopted cat brings home geckos in two pieces, namely the still-moving tail and the rest of the body (also still moving). But there is never any obvious blood. Why?

Taking a bow

28 February 2018

Recent strange weather conditions have led to a number of extraordinarily bright local rainbows. They contain extra colours inside the usual violet. There are as many as three additional bands: a narrow one of orange-yellow, a wider one the vivid green...

Dead of night

28 February 2018

How do green plants cope with 24 hours of darkness for long periods? Does this affect oxygen production, and in turn cause any problems for local wildlife?

Pale rider

28 February 2018

Driverless cars are already in existence. Would riderless motorbikes be a possibility?

Feedback: Stop eating fries to cure baldness, plead researchers

28 February 2018

Japanese scientists refute use of an unconventional hair oil. Plus: a 300-year-old sex manual, a helicopter collides with a low-flying elk, and more

Old Scientist: The rise of the machines from railway timetables

28 February 2018

On their way to world domination, computers practised on boring jobs we were glad to give them, as a scan through March issues of New Scientist show

Meta-humblebrags, for better or worse

28 February 2018

A simpler proposal on diabetes and migraines

28 February 2018