Surrogacy should be a relationship, not a transaction
2 January 2019
UK surrogates are speaking out against a move to pay women a fee for carrying someone else's child, says Natalie Smith
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A New Year vow for our leaders? Start taking climate change seriously
2 January 2019
Never has there been a more important time for politicians to move beyond paying lip service to the fight against global warming, says Owen Gaffney
AI could make it impossible for artists and novelists to make a living
2 January 2019
Copyright protections were originally designed to incentivise creators and allow them to profit from their work, but what happens when the artist is a machine?
Resolutions are rarely easy so take our advice on goals worth pursuing
2 January 2019
Sticking to a New Year's pledge is tough enough as it is, which is why it makes sense to choose ones that can really make a difference to you and the planet
Our failure to kick the flying habit means aviation needs to go green
2 January 2019
Environmental principles tend to evaporate when it comes to plane travel, so we must redouble efforts to introduce tech that can deliver guilt-free flying
Intel’s quest to build the world’s first true quantum computer
1 January 2019
James Clarke, of Intel’s quantum computing research team, tells New Scientist about his ambitions to make the first device with a million qubits
Biggest archaeological dig in Europe will uncover UK's buried history
1 January 2019
The construction of a high-speed train line, HS2, is allowing archaeologists to search for Romans, plague victims and even mammoths
Young people’s blood is being tested as a treatment for Parkinson’s
31 December 2018
The Californian firm Alkahest has begun a trial to see if injections of an extract of younger adults’ blood can improve Parkinson’s symptoms in older people
Ultracold atoms can make strange and beautiful quantum fireworks
31 December 2018
Feed enough energy into a gas of ultracold atoms and it will create waves that produce a burst of quantum fireworks
A skin test after a traumatic event may identify those at risk of PTSD
31 December 2018
A simple skin test appears to predict those most at risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder - a finding that may help them get the support they need
