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Quick crossword #57: Thin mucus of the eyes (5)

7 May 2020

Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop

Tom Gauld on when drugs have unusual side-effects

7 May 2020

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

New Scientist puzzle #58: Lego lockdown

6 May 2020

Can you conquer a challenge involving sequences of red and blue Lego bricks? Plus the solution to puzzle #57, set by Hugh Hunt

MIDI 2.0: The code that will define the future of sound has arrived

6 May 2020

Four decades ago, we introduced a standard way of encoding digital sound. Its first ever upgrade could lead to new genres of music and ways of experiencing sound

NASA and SpaceX reveal plans for crewed missions to orbit and beyond

6 May 2020

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, NASA and SpaceX will go ahead with the first launch of astronauts from US soil since 2011 – the first step towards a planned moon landing in 2024

Students break the laws of physics

6 May 2020

Strange ways to measure social distancing, plus fun diagrams and too many potatoes, in Feedback’s weekly weird round-up

Can nudge theory really stop covid-19 by changing our behaviour?

6 May 2020

Human behaviour is key to the spread of coronavirus, so government scientists are trying to control our decisions. Does it work, and what happens when they get it wrong?

Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

6 May 2020

Code 8, a film about people with special powers that have been shunned by the world, is both a cracking crime caper and a comment on society, says Simon Ings