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When things look bleak, thinking in terms of ‘hope horizons’ can help

23 September 2020

With wildfires raging, the outlook looks bleak from San Francisco. Thinking about the future in terms of “hope horizons” can help, writes Annalee Newitz

This stunning map shows why everyone is fighting over the Arctic

30 January 2019

The environmentally damaging melting of polar ice is also exposing minerals, archaeological wonders and even ice volcanoes and there's a race to get to them

10 year challenge: How science and the world have changed

18 January 2019

The last 10 years have seen amazing advances in science and technology – and stark damage to the world we live in. Like a lot of people on social media we thought we'd take a look back at the last ten years in science and New Scientist

Astronaut pee could keep plants alive in space for decades

23 March 2018

On missions to Mars and beyond, astronauts will have to grow their own food. Urine has been shown in space simulations to keep wheat and soy alive over 20 years

We may be able to see mountains and valleys on distant worlds

12 January 2018

If alien planets have canyons and mountains like ours, we may be able to catch a glimpse of them in an exoplanet’s shadow as it passes in front of its star

Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

20 October 2017

Something strange is happening on dwarf planets Eris and Makemake. They’re tiny and cold, but they still show surprising signs of geologic activity, like real planets