5 May 2021
If your sense of smell has been affected by illnesses like covid-19, you can still make food interesting using the basic tastes of sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami, says Sam Wong
5 May 2021
In Disco Elysium, you play a detective solving a murder, but forging a new identity and learning not to be afraid of making odd choices is the game's real purpose, says Jacob Aron
5 May 2021
New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
5 May 2021
Harassment and discrimination based on gender, age and ethnicity continue to be major issues in the workplace that affect a significant proportion of STEM industry workers, according to the 2021 New Scientist Jobs/SRG survey. Gege Li reports
5 May 2021
The oldest known burial in Africa is of a 3-year-old child who died around 78,000 years ago, shedding light on how people in the region cared for their dead at that time
5 May 2021
Having good metacognition - the ability to think about our own thoughts - is key to success in many aspects of life. Fortunately, there are things we can all do to get to know ourselves better
29 April 2021
A survey shows a region of Saudi Arabia is home to 1000 monuments that may all date back 7000 years, and that seem to have been used for ritual activities
29 April 2021
Fossil pollen records show a surge of regrowth in forests of the Amazon basin 300 to 600 years before Europeans arrived, suggesting Indigenous people may have left the region
