Artificial genes show life does not have to be based on DNA
18 September 2018
Two modified versions of DNA add different “letters” to life’s genetic code but still work just as well as the original
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A third of us would go one-way to Mars – but it may shrink your brain
17 September 2018
New Scientist Asks the Public has revealed that 40 per cent of men want to go to Mars, but new evidence suggests the lengthy trip may be bad for your brain
Revealed: What the UK public really thinks about the future of science
17 September 2018
The 2018 New Scientist Asks the Public survey reveals that people are well-informed about science and technology, but politicians are ignoring their hopes and fears
Hydrogen can form 'ghost bonds' with something that isn't even there
14 September 2018
Chemists have worked out how to trick hydrogen into making a distant bond with nothing but thin air
Why a rake on the moon messed up our theories of life on Earth
14 September 2018
We may have overestimated how many meteorites have hit the moon and Earth in the last 500 million years because Apollo astronauts didn’t dig deep enough
Heart-tugging tales of crowdfunded cancer 'cures' fuel quack medicine
14 September 2018
Media stories about people with cancer seeking controversial cures are unwittingly bolstering unscientific and potentially harmful treatments, says Michael Marshall
We’ve found a pulsar spinning so slowly that it shouldn’t exist
14 September 2018
Radio pulsars sweep beams of radiation across space like interstellar lighthouses as they spin, and now we’ve found one that breaks all the rules
AI tries bad improv comedy to trick people into thinking it is human
14 September 2018
Artificial intelligence has joined forces with a group of actors to create spontaneous comedy sketches on stage. The result is a new variant of the Turing test
Acid is dribbling out of the melting permafrost in the Arctic
14 September 2018
As climate change thaws the Arctic permafrost, some of it is releasing sulphuric acid – which destroys limestone and releases even more climate-warming carbon dioxide
Half the planet should be set aside for wildlife – to save ourselves
13 September 2018
If we want to avoid extinctions and preserve the ecosystems all life depends on, half of the Earth’s land and oceans should be protected by 2050, say biologists
