Join us for a mind-blowing festival of ideas and experiences
11 February 2022
Our award-winning festival, New Scientist Live is back to stimulate, challenge and inspire with some of today’s biggest scientific discoveries and ideas.
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Wally Funk and the future of female astronauts
14 May 2020
Between 1960 and 1961, thirteen American women - all pilots - qualified as astronauts. The Mercury 13 passed the same physical tests as America’s first male astronauts, yet they never made it beyond Earth's atmosphere. Wally Funk was one of them.
What is dark energy, and could it destroy the universe?
28 April 2020
If dark energy has its way, the universe may rip itself apart. Astrophysicist Kathy Romer gives the low-down on this enigmatic stuff.
Space junk: How to clean up the debris in orbit around Earth
28 April 2020
Earth's orbit contains millions of pieces of dangerous debris. Join Ralph "Dinz" Dinsley as he lays out how we can clean up our act.
Conspiracy theories: Why do so many people doubt the moon landings?
12 December 2019
Anu Ojha, director of the UK National Space Centre, considers how science can empower people in a world increasingly influenced by distortion, spin and disinformation
Welcome to Lunarville: Building a permanent settlement on the moon
12 December 2019
Architect Daniel Inocente wants to build the first permanent human settlement on the moon. Get the guided tour of Lunarville
The world’s biggest telescope and the African astronomy revolution
12 December 2019
Tana Joseph explains how the world’s biggest telescope is changing perceptions about the continent
The search for aliens: Is anybody out there?
12 December 2019
Intelligent life in the universe seems to be vanishingly rare. Astrophysicist Geraint Lewis reveals our odds of us ever meeting aliens
When will we hear from aliens? We may already have done so
9 December 2019
It is just a matter of time before we hear from alien civilisations, argues Avi Loeb – in fact, we may already have done so
Why neutrinos could answer some of the biggest questions in the cosmos
9 December 2019
Neutrinos are the second most abundant particles in the universe, passing completely unnoticed through matter. Particle physicist Melissa Uchida explores how these tiny particles could help us understand the universe.
