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The 4 ingredients to create consciousness could explain our own minds

18 September 2019

Despite decades of effort, we have been unable to understand how our brains create consciousness. An engineering approach could bring a breakthrough

The best roguelike games are a perfect balance of order and randomness

18 September 2019

Roguelike games like Rad and Spelunky are storytelling machines in which every player’s experience is different. The best ones are a blend of order and chaos, says Jacob Aron in his latest column

Does alien life have to look like us? Or even be intelligent?

18 September 2019

Imagined Life, a riveting update of what we know about the planets beyond our solar system, makes smart guesses about what we might face when we do make contact

Fierce battle looks likely as land-dwelling mudskipper fish face off

18 September 2019

These fish out of water spend 90 per cent of their lives on land, sometimes fighting over their muddy territories

How aspirin became a wonder drug against heart disease and cancer

18 September 2019

Aspirin has long been prized for its pain and fever reducing properties – but 40 years ago New Scientist reported on the first inklings of wider benefits

The school climate strikes this Friday need the support of adults

18 September 2019

The school strikes for the climate have energised the climate change fight. People of all ages should heed the call to join in on 20 September, says Alice Bell

xkcd comic creator Randall Munroe on the thrill of physics

18 September 2019

The cartoonist and engineer talks time travel paradoxes, absurd interviews with astronauts, and how strange science can fix everyday problems

Loch Ness Monster unmasked: it’s a load of eels in a giant eel costume

18 September 2019

The identity of Scotland’s most elusive resident, plus missing marine observatories and Jedi firecracker bans in Feedback’s weekly roundup from the world of weird