The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert 01. May 2026 (14:00) Should you really be drinking eight glasses of water a day? What about reaching for a sports drink after exercise? Physiologist Tamara Hew-Butler is here to bust these hydration myths and more.(New Scientist)
Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars 01. May 2026 (12:00) An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by three days, wrong-footing the insects when they attack again(New Scientist)
Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era? 01. May 2026 (11:58) With progress at COP climate meetings stalling, 57 countries took part in the first of a new series of conferences aiming to develop roadmaps away from fossil fuels, but big emitters like China and the US were absent(New Scientist)
Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous 01. May 2026 (11:35) Silvia Park, author of the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, reveals how a book that was originally intended to be for children took a darker route following a death in the family(New Scientist)
Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park 01. May 2026 (11:35) In this extract from Luminous, the May read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet a mysterious robot discovered in a salvage yard in Seoul, in a future reunified Korea(New Scientist)
The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought 01. May 2026 (10:00) Uranus’s outermost two rings are surprisingly dissimilar, which opens up a mystery about the tiny moons and moonlets that form them(New Scientist)
An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is 01. May 2026 (08:00) The implications of quantum mechanics suggest reality isn't as solid as we think it is, but physicist David Bohm had a spin on the theory that restores reality. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explores how we could test Bohmian mechanics – and if it will ever become more widely accepted(New Scientist)
'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim 30. April 2026 (20:00) A cryptocurrency that aims to avoid the disastrous energy consumption of bitcoin is actually using 18 times more energy than its makers claim – but it promises improvements are on the way(New Scientist)
Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk 30. April 2026 (19:00) An ambitious study has explored how the oral microbiome may affect our metabolic health, raising hopes that conditions like pre-diabetes could one day be screened for via a simple mouth swab(New Scientist)
Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years 30. April 2026 (17:00) Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in health, diet and environment(New Scientist)
