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Decades of Effort Restore Steelhead and Salmon Passage on Alameda Creek

A NOAA-funded project removed the final barrier on Alameda Creek in California's San Francisco Bay Area, allowing…

Analysis of Texas measles outbreak shows just how dangerous virus is

About 1 in 5 cases were hospitalized and most of those developed complications.

Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise

According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious,…

Severed sea cucumber appendages don't seem to die

They seem to reorganize their tissues and then just keep living.

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launchpad in a setback

Rocket Report: A dark day for Blue Origin; Pentagon eyes new launch site

A new crew launched to China's Tiangong space station, and one of the astronauts will stay for a year.

What does Blue Origin rocket mishap mean for Nasa's Moon mission?

Science correspondent Pallab Ghosh explains why the explosion is a setback for space exploration.

High Density Living, 2000 Years Ago: Inside the Roman Apartment Building

Roman apartment buildings called insulae pioneered vertical urban living as early as the third century BC, with…

Social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists say

Scientists argue that social media bans for teenagers lack solid scientific evidence and could backfire, as no…

Mirror life: Scientists clash over threat of lab-engineered bacteria

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some…

Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa's Moon plans

Explosion of Blue Origin rocket is a setback for the company and for Nasa's Moon plans.

These researchers would be in Africa fighting ebola—but Trump cut their funding

US Infectious diseases centers launched during COVID have lost their funding under Trump.

Pancreatic cancer halted by virus injection in three patients

A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety…

Read an extract from The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene's first chapter 'Why are people?', the New Scientist Book Club’s read for June…

Glaciers in the 'roof of the world' have suddenly started melting

Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s…

Moment Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in Florida

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded on a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night.

Italians and Dutch share the same gestural instinct for teaching

A cross-cultural study of Italian and Dutch adults reveals that despite differences in overall gesture use, both groups…

The most spectacular rocket explosion since N1 just happened in Florida

New Glenn was due to play a starring role in NASA's Artemis Program.

Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket explodes during testing in Florida

The explosion is likely a major setback for Jeff Bezos' spaceflight company, and its attempt to compete with SpaceX.

Blue Origin's New Glenn blows up during static fire test

Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks

If it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element.

How pigeons exploit magnetic fields for navigation

Iron-rich immune cells in the liver may act as sensors for magnetic fields, serving as an internal compass.

I hated writing–until I learned there's a science to it(2024)

Portugal breaks hottest May day record as Europe swelters in heatwave

French students are taking their exams in baking schools, while red alerts are issued in Italy.

Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM

Over 600 UC faculty members, led by mathematicians at UC Berkeley, are calling for the reinstatement of SAT or ACT…

Bad cholesterol slashed 62% by single dose of gene-editing drug in small trial

The interim Phase I trial data was only from 35 people, but results look good so far.

3D-printed lymph nodes could widen access to CAR T-cell therapy

The cost of CAR T-cell therapy means that the highly effective cancer treatment is unavailable in many parts of the…

'The book is in the future, but everything is seeded from our present'

Helen Phillips, winner of the Climate Fiction prize for her novel Hum, on if stories can make a difference, her…

Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes

Massive amounts of dust swirl around active nuclei at the centres of galaxies, and these discs could give rise to vast…