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To combat white nationalist extremism, first understand it

6 June 2018

There are many assumptions underlying our ideas about why someone becomes a terrorist. The evidence does not always back them up

Enjoy a season of science with our 2018 UK festival picks

6 June 2018

Stumble into surprises all over the UK, from the physics of gin at WOMAD and mind-reading at Green Man to time deconstructed at New Scientist Live

Mystery of why Stone Age villagers spent so much time underwater

4 June 2018

Half of the adults at a Stone Age village in Turkey had a strange ear condition most common today in keen surfers – but why did they spend so much time in water?

Guatemala volcano kills 75 as ash buries entire villages

4 June 2018

The Fuego volcano in Guatemala has exploded and spewed out molten rock and ash, killing at least 75 people in the country's most violent eruption for over a century

The gene that led to the human intelligence boom has been found

1 June 2018

A gene that evolved in humans over 3 millions years ago accelerated brain growth - but it came with a serious catch

The dreams you forget are the most important for learning

1 June 2018

Dreams help us store memories, enabling us to learn. Now a study has revealed that it’s the boring dreams we have during deep sleep that are the most important

People with big brains have a different brain structure too

31 May 2018

If you have a large brain, certain regions are much bigger than expected and others are smaller – but we don’t know how this affects brain function yet

I'm working on a universal language to let us speak to aliens

30 May 2018

It's time to find a new way to speak across the stars, says Douglas Vakoch, head of METI, the body dedicated to messaging possible alien civilisations

Wish you had perfect pitch? You may be able to learn it

30 May 2018

Mozart had it, Mariah Carey has it – now you can have it too. A study suggests that some adults may be able to learn perfect pitch in just a few weeks