New Scientist

19/12/2025

Our gut microbiome has a huge influence on our overall health, but we haven't been clear on the specific bacteria with good versus bad effects. Now, a study of more than 34,000 people is shedding light on what a healthy gut microbiome actually consists of

19/12/2025

Efforts to lower the levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may come too late to prevent long-term changes to the Arctic

19/12/2025

The Trump administration’s decision to close a world-leading research centre for atmospheric science is a blow to weather forecasting and climate modelling that could leave humanity more exposed to the impacts of global warming.

19/12/2025

Neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson on how she discovered a host of evidence-based ways to keep her brain healthier in 2026

19/12/2025

We knew that GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy did more than just help control type 2 diabetes and aid weight loss, but the extent of that potential really came to light in 2025

19/12/2025

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that reveals about our brains

19/12/2025

People are often diagnosed with multiple neurodivergencies and mental health conditions, but the biggest genetic analysis so far suggests many have shared biological causes

19/12/2025

We’ve been getting autism in girls wrong for decades.

80 per cent of autistic girls get to the age of 18 without a diagnosis, because symptoms present quite differently in girls than boys.

In a special festive episode of the podcast, New Scientist Editor Cat de Lange reviews a feature written by Gina Rippon - one of the scientists studying autism who admits to getting it wrong for years.

Hear the full story on The world, the universe and us, a news podcast for the insatiably curious, hosted by Penny Sarchet.

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19/12/2025

From massive solar panels to the difficulty of staying cool - not to mention high-energy radiation - there are a lot of engineering problems that need to be solved before we can build data centres in space

19/12/2025

Rapid advances in the kind of problems that quantum computers can tackle suggest that they are closer than ever to becoming useful tools of scientific discovery

19/12/2025

After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled it to end its public health emergency response months later

19/12/2025

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