The best science books to read in 2021

30 December 2020

From Bill Gates's How to Avoid a Climate Disaster to Chiara Marletto's revolutionary recasting of physics, The Science of Can and Can't, 2021 is a blockbuster year for popular science books

Making sense of quantum theory with Carlo Rovelli

10 December 2020

Quantum physics has given us many startling ideas: ghost waves, distant objects that seem magically connected to each other, cats that are both dead and alive. Countless experiments have led to practical applications that shape our daily lives. Today...

Christmas gift ideas: The 13 best science and technology books of 2020

2 December 2020

From The End of Everything by Katie Mack and How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford to Martha Wells’s Murderbot sc-ifi series, New Scientist’s 2020 gift guide has a book for everyone

Comebacks on the bouncing black holes (1)

18 November 2020

His Dark Materials review: Season 2 is spine-chillingly excellent

16 November 2020

An exceptional cast continues to make His Dark Materials a brilliant show. The introduction of a character who studies the secrets of the cosmos is the cherry on top, says Emily Wilson

Carlo Rovelli’s new book: Eclectic essays on physics, history and more

28 October 2020

Carlo Rovelli’s bestsellers saw him dubbed the poet of physics and showed a mind seeking knowledge for its own sake. His new book, There Are Places in the World Where Rules Are Less Important Than Kindness, reminds us why we need more minds like his

Carlo Rovelli: Where does the stuff that falls into a black hole go?

28 October 2020

What happens to matter in a black hole? The question has spawned many paradoxes, and in an extract from his latest book, physics superstar Carlo Rovelli proposes an answer

Watch New Scientist Live talks for free on YouTube

3 April 2020

Add some science to your lockdown living routine, as we make some incredible talks from our flagship science festival New Scientist Live available for free on YouTube over the coming weeks.

Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can't explain

12 February 2020

In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics ever make sense of our power to change the physical world at will?

What is reality? Why we still don't understand the world's true nature

29 January 2020

It’s the ultimate scientific quest – to understand everything that there is. But the closer we get, the further away it seems. Can we ever get to grips with the true nature of reality?