30 August 2019
Everything you need to know about the world’s greatest science festival which returns to ExCeL in London from 10 to 13 October 2019. Buy tickets on the door and meet astronaut Tim Peake and see hundreds of amazing talks.
3 April 2019
The idea that free will doesn't exist is based on misguided intuitions of what it means to be a biological machine, as a famous insect, the digger wasp, reveals
28 February 2019
Stereotypes of how biological sex influences ability and behaviour abound – but the latest research reveals a very different story, says Gina Rippon
7 June 2018
Northern fur seals mostly sleep with half their brain while they’re at sea, but sleep with all their brain while on land – unlike any other animal studied
9 March 2018
While déjà-vu is a false feeling of familiarity, déjà-rêvé is a rare experience of suddenly recalling a dream – and it can be sparked by zapping the brain
10 October 2017
Arguments over the causes of the gender gap in STEM jobs rage on. It's not due to hormones or innate brain differences, says Lise Eliot
9 August 2017
Does testosterone make men bald? Is there a love hormone? Do pregnancy hormones turn your brain to mush? New Scientist sifts the facts from the fiction
12 July 2017
Understanding how things like slime moulds and plants can learn without a brain or even any neurons could help us fight diseases and make smarter machines
