Tag Archives: New Scientist Magazine

Preview: New Scientist Magazine – April 9, 2022

COVER STORIES

  • FEATURES An extreme form of encryption could solve big data’s privacy problem
  • FEATURES The replication crisis has spread through science – can it be fixed?
  • FEATURES How fossil footprints are revealing the joy and fear of Stone Age life

Preview: New Scientist Magazine – April 2, 2022

COVER STORIES

  • CULTURE Cow review: A moving and uncomfortable cow’s-eye-view of farming
  • FEATURES Martin Wikelski interview: Tracking animals reveals their sixth sense
  • FEATURES How do we decide what counts as trauma – and have we got it all wrong?

Previews: New Scientist Magazine – March 19, 2022

COVER STORIES

  • FEATURES Rabbits face a fresh onslaught akin to myxomatosis – can they survive?
  • FEATURES What gravitational waves have told us about the universe so far
  • NEWS Red and purple microbes give Australia’s mysterious pink lake its hue

Preview: New Scientist Magazine – March 12

COVER STORIES

  • FEATURES Martin Rees interview: Elon Musk could spawn the first post-humans
  • FEATURES Creatures living in our cities are evolving in some surprising ways
  • FEATURES Middle-age spread isn’t down to metabolism, but we know how to beat it

Science: Nuclear War Threat, Climate Change, Coronavirus Origins

As the war in Ukraine intensifies, Vladimir Putin raised Russia’s nuclear readiness level. The team discusses what this means about the likelihood of nuclear war. They also explore the unfolding humanitarian crisis in the country.

The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report is out, and it focuses on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability. We hear from Swenja Surminski, head of adaptation research at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

New studies into the start of the coronavirus pandemic are confirming what we’ve long suspected – that the virus originated at the Huanan food market in Wuhan. The team discusses the latest findings.

Moles – the animals that make holes in your lawn – are non-binary. Just one of a number of amazing facts to come out of the new book ‘BITCH: A Revolutionary Guide to Sex, Evolution & the Female Animal’. Hear from the author Lucy Cooke, who is challenging the sexist basis of much of the thinking about female animals. 

Stonehenge may have been built as a giant calendar. Though the claim itself isn’t new, the team explores a new theory from the archaeologist Tim Darvill which explains how it would’ve worked.

Preview: New Scientist Magazine – February 19

ISSUE 3374 | MAGAZINE COVER DATE: 19 February 2022 | New Scientist

COVER STORIES

  • FEATURESWhy everything you thought you knew about posture is wrong
  • FEATURESHybrid AI: A new way to make machine minds that really think like us
  • FEATURESCould ancient viruses from melting permafrost cause the next pandemic?
  • NEWSDoing yoga at least once a week may help to lower blood pressure
  • NEWSFusion energy record suggests we really could build artificial suns

Science: Extreme Old Age Gene Quest, Gravitational ‘Glint’ Waves, Early Springs

The quest for a longer life continues – raising the question of whether we can escape death. The team discusses a rare gene variant that may explain why centenarians live so long – and how we might be able to use it to create age-defying drugs.

The team explores a theory that suggests gravitational waves may be the thing that finally helps us detect dark matter – we just need to look for the ‘gravitational glint’.

Spring is rolling around earlier and earlier. The team examines a new study which shows that since the 1980s, the warming climate has brought the season forward by a month – which could have major ecological implications. They also discuss a study which looks at the impact of marine heatwaves on things like coral and fish populations.