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Welcome to the Weird and Wondrous World of Sea Cucumbers

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appeara...

What Is a Galaxy?

Galaxies come in many shapes and sizes, and trying to define them is difficult

Measuring Gluons and Quarks at the Brookhaven Relativis...

Brookhaven National Laboratory is pushing the boundaries of particle physics.

Caffeine in Your Blood Could Affect Body Fat And Diabet...

Something to think about.

Scientists Witness Lead Literally Turn Into Gold in The...

Actual alchemy – with a catch.

Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the on...

Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more...

Europe increasingly vulnerable to hailstones the size o...

Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growi...

These photos reveal the unique agricultural system of t...

Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the...

Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the r...

With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shak...

A pope, a polymath and plucky women: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01419-yAndrew Robi...

Harmful Formaldehyde Hides in These Everyday Beauty Pro...

Learn more about the dangers of formaldehyde, and why researchers are calling fo...

Physicists turn lead into gold — for a fraction of a se...

Nature, Published online: 09 May 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01484-3Colliding b...

Watch the moon and bright star Spica meet in a celestia...

I think we know who's supplying the c(r)atering for this dance party.

ZWO Seestar S30 all-in-one smart telescope review

Small but mighty, the ZWO Seestar S30 is an affordable, portable instrument that...

Hubble Comes Face-to-Face with Spiral’s Arms

The spiral galaxy NGC 3596 is on display in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope...

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