Human hibernation sounds fanciful, but it may now be saving lives
12 October 2022
Trials involving swapping blood for cold saline show that exploring extraordinary ideas can lead to incredible benefits for human health
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Brain training apps claim to make us smarter, but there is no evidence
12 October 2022
There are plenty of apps that offer mental exercises claiming to make users smarter the more they play. Not only are they not much fun, but studies show they have no effect on performance, says Adrian Hon
The success of text-to-image AIs raises major ethical issues
12 October 2022
Apps that create images based on text can deliver amazing results, but there are problems with the data sets some are trained on and the lack of compensation for artists, says Annalee Newitz
Extreme weather threat to energy security is as serious as Ukraine war
11 October 2022
Countries aren't taking the threat from extreme weather to energy security seriously enough, the World Meteorological Organization warns
Boston Dynamics leads call to stop arming robots – will anyone listen?
11 October 2022
A group of robot-makers led by Boston Dynamics has pledged to push back on any attempts to add weapons to their creations, but other companies will continue to arm their robots and market them to police and military buyers
Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up
10 October 2022
Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water
Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest
10 October 2022
Brazil has cleared large parts of the Amazon rainforest for use as farmland, encouraging economic growth but causing environmental harm. Now researchers suggest that making intense use of already cleared land could avoid the need to fell any more trees
9 surprising things we learned at New Scientist Live 2022
10 October 2022
The world's greatest festival of science brought us entertainment and education – it also revealed the noises gorillas make when they eat, the surprising location of the hottest place in the solar system and much more
Monkeypox: A dangerous variant circulating in the DRC could go global
10 October 2022
There have been 120 suspected deaths from monkeypox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this year, and the virulent Clade I virus may be to blame. There are fears it could follow the milder Clade II and go global
Smoking and body mass are together linked to 226 medical conditions
7 October 2022
Smoking and our body mass index - whether underweight, overweight or obese - may be involved in the onset of everything from heart failure and hernias to sleep apnoea and nail disorders
