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New Scientist

Jun 10 2023
Magazine

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A net-negative world • We can’t stop at net zero to reverse catastrophic climate damage

New Scientist

Kakhovka dam in Ukraine bursts

Homo naledi’s complex life • Recent discoveries suggest that Homo naledi, an ancient and primitive human species, may have made etchings and buried its dead, despite its small brain, finds Alison George

Antibiotic clovibactin kills even the superbugs that are resistant to drugs

‘Spectre’ tile covers surfaces without the pattern repeating

Reflective film could cool a city • Coating roofs in a mirror-like film has brought down indoor temperatures in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which is frequently subject to extreme heat, finds James Dinneen

Field notes The Thames Tideway Tunnel, London • A super sewer designed to fight river pollution A huge concrete pipe is being built under London to reduce the frequency of sewage discharges into the river Thames. Graham Lawton gets inside

Massive Turing test shows we often fail to distinguish chatbot AIs from a person

Coral reef microbe community is staggeringly diverse

Stem cells may help type 1 diabetes • Infusions of cells derived from umbilical cords slowed the need for insulin injections

Canadian wildfires have emitted record amounts of carbon

Weird filaments of gas are hiding at our galaxy’s centre

Analysis Aviation fuel • Why using pig fat to fuel planes is hogwash Airlines plan to use biofuel made from fat to meet sustainability targets, but this would actually increase emissions, says Michael Le Page

Planned moon landings could pelt orbiters with dusty debris

Octopus ink compound can target cancer cells

Reusable granules suck harmful PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ out of water

Stressed monkeys lost tooth enamel after losing habitat

Virus that can deliver a huge payload of DNA could improve gene therapies

UFO hunters at NASA haven’t found any aliens – yet

Whale shark seen feeding on seabed

Bacterium may help process mining ore

Desert ants build their own landmarks to navigate home

Really brief

Brain power • Should we use living brains as a form of artificial intelligence? And at what point should we protect their welfare, asks Michael Le Page

This changes everything • And now for something completely familiar The much hyped social media app Bluesky is meant to be doing things differently, but it is yet another Twitter clone, says Annalee Newitz

Art to the rescue

Your letters

The edge of extinction • Striking stories about the snow leopard and partying orcas make a book about threatened species more likely to motivate readers to action, says Jack Ashby

Universal truths • A terrific guide to our spectacular universe might kindle a fresh reverence for Earth, finds Simon Ings

New Scientist recommends

The TV column • A force to reckon with An alarming documentary about the court case of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard shows how a powerful, untamed social media has the potential to undermine our justice systems, says Bethan Ackerley

Beyond 1.5°C: The hell years • Global warming is set to pass 1.5°C imminently. Our efforts to reverse that heating will hopefully pay off, but what will the decades until then be like, asks Madeleine Cuff

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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 52 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Jun 10 2023

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New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

A net-negative world • We can’t stop at net zero to reverse catastrophic climate damage

New Scientist

Kakhovka dam in Ukraine bursts

Homo naledi’s complex life • Recent discoveries suggest that Homo naledi, an ancient and primitive human species, may have made etchings and buried its dead, despite its small brain, finds Alison George

Antibiotic clovibactin kills even the superbugs that are resistant to drugs

‘Spectre’ tile covers surfaces without the pattern repeating

Reflective film could cool a city • Coating roofs in a mirror-like film has brought down indoor temperatures in Freetown, Sierra Leone, which is frequently subject to extreme heat, finds James Dinneen

Field notes The Thames Tideway Tunnel, London • A super sewer designed to fight river pollution A huge concrete pipe is being built under London to reduce the frequency of sewage discharges into the river Thames. Graham Lawton gets inside

Massive Turing test shows we often fail to distinguish chatbot AIs from a person

Coral reef microbe community is staggeringly diverse

Stem cells may help type 1 diabetes • Infusions of cells derived from umbilical cords slowed the need for insulin injections

Canadian wildfires have emitted record amounts of carbon

Weird filaments of gas are hiding at our galaxy’s centre

Analysis Aviation fuel • Why using pig fat to fuel planes is hogwash Airlines plan to use biofuel made from fat to meet sustainability targets, but this would actually increase emissions, says Michael Le Page

Planned moon landings could pelt orbiters with dusty debris

Octopus ink compound can target cancer cells

Reusable granules suck harmful PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ out of water

Stressed monkeys lost tooth enamel after losing habitat

Virus that can deliver a huge payload of DNA could improve gene therapies

UFO hunters at NASA haven’t found any aliens – yet

Whale shark seen feeding on seabed

Bacterium may help process mining ore

Desert ants build their own landmarks to navigate home

Really brief

Brain power • Should we use living brains as a form of artificial intelligence? And at what point should we protect their welfare, asks Michael Le Page

This changes everything • And now for something completely familiar The much hyped social media app Bluesky is meant to be doing things differently, but it is yet another Twitter clone, says Annalee Newitz

Art to the rescue

Your letters

The edge of extinction • Striking stories about the snow leopard and partying orcas make a book about threatened species more likely to motivate readers to action, says Jack Ashby

Universal truths • A terrific guide to our spectacular universe might kindle a fresh reverence for Earth, finds Simon Ings

New Scientist recommends

The TV column • A force to reckon with An alarming documentary about the court case of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard shows how a powerful, untamed social media has the potential to undermine our justice systems, says Bethan Ackerley

Beyond 1.5°C: The hell years • Global warming is set to pass 1.5°C imminently. Our efforts to reverse that heating will hopefully pay off, but what will the decades until then be like, asks Madeleine Cuff

What’s in a...


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