A political take on cancer provides a tough but much-needed analysis 09. April 2025 (20:00) Nafis Hasan's Metastasis is a deep dive into the economics and politics of cancer treatment. This makes for a dense and difficult read, but one that is well worth the effort(New Scientist)
Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven 09. April 2025 (20:00) Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on a reread, Emily H. Wilson looks at how it holds up(New Scientist)
Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven 09. April 2025 (20:00) Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on a reread, Emily H. Wilson looks at how it holds up(New Scientist)
What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveals about us 09. April 2025 (18:30) A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior(New Scientist)
What the surprising lives of solitary animals reveal about us 09. April 2025 (18:30) A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior(New Scientist)
Can Amazon's soon-to-launch Kuiper satellites rival Musk's Starlink? 09. April 2025 (18:11) Amazon is aiming to launch its first operational satellites today to provide speedy internet connections in remote regions, but it will still take some time to catch up with its main competitor, SpaceX's Starlink
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Largest mammalian brain map ever could unpick what makes us human 09. April 2025 (18:00) A map of part of a mouse brain, which is expected to be generalisable to people, could help scientists understand behaviours, consciousness and even what it means to be human(New Scientist)
Arabia has been green for long spells in the past 8 million years 09. April 2025 (18:00) Ancient rocks reveal there were several humid spells in Arabia’s past, which might have given early hominins a route out of Africa long before our genus migrated(New Scientist)
