9 December 2020
Understanding how individual we all are means grappling with genetics and neuroscience. Unique: The new science of human individuality by David Linden is a great place to start
9 December 2020
Geologists have often served fossil fuel exploration - now is the time for them to focus on climate change and other global sustainability goals, says Christopher Jackson
9 December 2020
The best books to read while crocheting hyperbolic planes, plus outdated tech that lives on and why money can buy happiness in Feedback’s weird weekly round-up
9 December 2020
Solve this week’s fiendish puzzle Sunday drivers. Plus the answer to puzzle #88
9 December 2020
Thousands of people participated in New Scientist's first all-day virtual event to get a glimpse of the future of food and agriculture from world-leading specialists. Layal Liverpool joined them
9 December 2020
Whether you are a happy carouser or a small-time tippler could depend on a hormone produced by your liver that tells your brain to stop boozing
9 December 2020
Quantum information can never be destroyed, so some of the essence of you could live on after death – but it’s not going to help the physical you
9 December 2020
According to the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics, the universe is constantly dividing and taking you with it – so would you recognise your other selves if you met them?
9 December 2020
“Know thyself” is a piece of wisdom handed down from the ancients – but a slew of delusions and biases means you might be better off asking someone else
9 December 2020
It’s easy to be disheartened by the puniness of our existence – yet perhaps for the first time in human history, everything depends on decisions each one of us makes
