Photographer documents the fight to save pangolins from extinction

3 June 2020

Pangolins are the most illegally trafficked mammal. This image from a new photographic series features the efforts by conservationists to halt their decline before the creatures go extinct

Don't miss: TV series Snowpiercer is based on Bong Joon-ho's fab film

3 June 2020

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn’t miss

A strange mix of people keep sneaking into Chernobyl

3 June 2020

Documentary Stalking Chernobyl meets the eclectic mix of people who keep visiting the site of world’s worst nuclear disaster. The film is a triumph, says Simon Ings

Bored in lockdown? Try a guide to the science of this familiar state

3 June 2020

Many people are experiencing boredom during lockdown. Book Out of My Skull brings together decades of research on this familiar yet elusive feeling, writes Elle Hunt

There is so much we don't yet know about fungi

3 June 2020

Fungi are perhaps the most enigmatic organisms on the planet. Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake says we are only just beginning to discover how they work

We're going to need a bigger computer

3 June 2020

Can we use AI to build a better lie detector?

3 June 2020

We'll never get to grips with consciousness

3 June 2020

It seems Neanderthals were humans too

3 June 2020

Consider dietary advice, preferably well-studied

3 June 2020