28 April 2021
Naturally Brilliant Colour, an exhibition at London's Kew Gardens, showcases a technology called Pure Structural Colour that mimics some of the colours found in nature that are hardest to reproduce
28 April 2021
There are plans to return samples from Mars to check them for signs of life, but we should examine them before they reach our planet, says Paul Marks
28 April 2021
Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle Eclair-voyance? Plus the answer to puzzle #110
28 April 2021
The public spat between Facebook and Australia earlier this year presages a new effort to regulate big tech companies – but could that threaten the whole future of the web?
28 April 2021
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
28 April 2021
The deep sea has a reputation for being more mysterious than the moon, but that's changing. A new podcast delves into the latest news from the depths
28 April 2021
Recent experiments hint that there may be particles that we have yet to discover, but there could be a different explanation too, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
28 April 2021
Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
28 April 2021
Researchers are searching for a simple measure of the entire immune response that tells you whether somebody is protected against covid-19, in order to develop a true immunity test
28 April 2021
As some parts of Australia see a delayed surge of respiratory disease in children, there are concerns that young immune systems may be suffering from lockdowns and social distancing
