Cryptic crossword #65: Models and plays about Jupiter's moon (8)
2 September 2021
Challenge your brain by solving New Scientist's weekly crosswords on your mobile, tablet or desktop
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The surprising upsides of spite and how to harness them
1 September 2021
In an era of social media cancelling, our nasty side has never been more prominent. But the latest research suggests that, when wielded right, petty ill will can be a force for good
We finally have the tools to build a net-zero world
1 September 2021
Today, many of the technologies required to decarbonise society are ready to be put in place – and the costs of shifting to net zero must be weighed against the price of inaction
Puzzle #129: Where is the treasure and how do you know?
1 September 2021
Can you solve this week’s fiendish puzzle Dungeons & Diagrams? Plus the answer to puzzle #128
Now is the perfect time to spot Neptune and Uranus
1 September 2021
It will soon be a good time to spot Neptune and Uranus, thanks to opportune positions in their orbits, says Abigail Beall
The hard problem of consciousness is already beginning to dissolve
1 September 2021
Science can solve the great mystery of consciousness – how physical matter gives rise to conscious experience – we just have to use the right approach, says neuroscientist Anil Seth
What ancient money tells us about the future of computers
1 September 2021
The way that some of the first coins were viewed 2500 years ago is similar to how we regard computers today, writes Annalee Newitz
Net-zero living: How your day will look in a carbon-neutral world
1 September 2021
We fast-forward to 2050 and imagine what an average day will be like when we have slashed our carbon emissions – a picture informed by the latest research, ongoing trials and expert opinion
Hurricane Ida was almost certainly made worse by climate change
31 August 2021
Scientists say Hurricane Ida, which reached wind speeds of 241km/h, killed at least one person and left more than a million people without power, was almost certainly made worse because of climate change
Quantum nature of gravity may be detectable with gravitational waves
30 August 2021
Perhaps the most important problem in physics is how gravity and quantum mechanics fit together, and strange fluctuations in gravitational waves could help us figure it out
