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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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Duchenne smile
13 November 2019
The face we present to the world is constantly changing as different combinations of its 42 muscles contract and contort it.
Rage, tech and Miley Cyrus: What the new Black Mirror will bring
24 May 2019
The trailer for the new season of Netflix's Black Mirror suggests the show will continue to capture our collective disquiet about technology – this time with a stellar new cast including Miley Cyrus and Andrew Scott
Burden of Genius review: The story of the first liver transplants
4 January 2019
On the last of our 12 Days of Culture, a film about pioneering liver transplant surgeon Thomas Starzl is one of sacrificing family life for medical advance
Three Identical Strangers review: a good film about bad science
5 December 2018
What begins as a feel-good human-interest documentary about the dance of nature and nurture will leave you feeling very angry indeed - and much better informed
Superhuman: What human extremes mean for today and tomorrow
8 May 2018
What makes exceptional people? Will we need those extreme abilities in future? An unusual book maps the territory, linking individual stories to science
Horses remember if you smiled or frowned when they last saw you
26 April 2018
Horses can remember the expressions on people’s faces and use them to make judgements about whether people are nice or unpleasant
Dog brain scans show if they are looking at a happy or sad face
29 March 2018
Dogs can recognise different human facial expressions, like happy or sad, and now a simple brain scan can reveal which expression a dog is looking at
Advertising campaign for monkeys uses sex to sell brands
27 February 2018
Everyone knows that in advertising sex sells, and it turns out that sex-themed adverts even work on rhesus macaques
Life lessons: The tiny neuro-gadgets rebuilding our bodies
7 February 2018
Nature's designs are helping to build amazing new devices that link to the body and each other, reveals a fascinating book called Bioinspired Devices
