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Why it's better to fall into a big black hole, and other bizarre facts

28 May 2020

Black holes exert a powerful pull on our imagination, but their weirdness starts way before you cross the event horizon, says astrophysicist Chris Impey

Cryptic crossword #32: Newton embraced by dismal musicians (4)

28 May 2020

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

How a victory for a small bog could herald a new era for conservation

27 May 2020

Against the odds, a tiny wildlife retreat has won the day in a battle with developers. It is a sign that attitudes may finally be changing for the better, says Graham Lawton

Coronavirus gives us a chance to transform our approach to the climate

27 May 2020

Covid-19 has given us a glimpse of a world in which ways of life can be radically altered – it can be a turning point in our approach to the climate, if we choose to make it happen

Perhaps the most convoluted way to calculate pi of all time

27 May 2020

The Georgia state government’s ability to alter time, plus the ultimate Eurovision entry created by artificial intelligence in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up

New Scientist puzzle #61: Triple jump

27 May 2020

What chance the combined ages of triplets will ever add up exactly to their mother's age? Plus the solution to puzzle #60. Set by Rob Eastaway

The amazing Antarctic discovery that could tell us how Earth was made

27 May 2020

Explorers trawling the polar ice have finally unearthed a trove of precious, iron-rich space rocks that might help crack the puzzle of how our planet took shape

No Signal review: Extreme track and trace pits liberty against society

27 May 2020

When everything is recorded by an implant in the brain, people become paragons of moderation – but this societal bliss isn't all it's cracked up to be, finds Sally Adee