Charity scheme seeks to widen access to science careers
14 March 2018
Social mobility and the STEM subjects are not easy bedfellows in the UK. In2scienceUK is aiming to change that through research placements
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The Genius Within: How to be smart in the 21st century
14 March 2018
Boosting IQ is a hot topic in self-improvement. But a riveting new read leaves some big questions hanging
The shocking truth of Stanley Milgram's obedience experiments
14 March 2018
Milgram dismayed the world when he revealed how little it took to turn everyday people into torturers – but we were misled
New shades: The controversial quest to 'fix' colour blindness
14 March 2018
Worldwide, 300 million people lack full colour vision. We try out a pair of specs that aim to "fix" colour blindness, and ask if that's something we want to do
Salary survey: Here’s how much you could earn
14 March 2018
On average, Europeans earn less than Brits who earn less than American scientists. But the 2017 New Scientist/SRG salary survey reveals a great deal more
Malfunctioning fertility clinic tanks may put eggs at risk
13 March 2018
Thousands of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged after temperatures rose in two malfunctioning tanks at fertility clinics in California and Ohio
Young babies disapprove when they see adults acting immorally
9 March 2018
Even four-month-old infants expect adults to go comfort another baby that is crying – a finding that suggests we may be born with a foundation of morality
Parts of San Francisco are sinking faster than the sea is rising
7 March 2018
Rising seas are already boosting the flood risk in places like San Francisco, but the problem is even worse than that because land is also subsiding
23andMe's breast cancer test may create false sense of security
7 March 2018
Genomics firm 23andMe is the first to receive approval for direct-to-consumer cancer gene tests in the US, but will recipients misunderstand the results?
Slime mould researchers may be poised to rule the world
7 March 2018
From border walls to the opiate crisis, the world's first non-human policy researchers are coming up with ideas that might make governments redundant
