The World, the Universe and Us
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World’s First Antimatter Truck Carries Most Valuable And Volatile Substance on Earth
18 mins; March 27, 2026
Scientists Can Now Preserve a Brain After Death - What’s Next?
18 mins; March 25, 2026
The Dangerous Bias Shaping the Future of AI
17 mins; March 22, 2026
Rebecca Solnit On Why the Future Isn’t as Dark as It Looks
51 mins; March 20, 2026
Why The Iran War Is Speeding The End Of The Fossil Fuel Era
21 mins; March 19, 2026
Mathematics is Undergoing the Biggest Change in its History
24 mins; March 13, 2026
The Radical Theory That Could Force Us To Rethink Alzheimer’s
18 mins; March 11, 2026
We Now Have Early Warning Signal Of Ocean Current Collapse
25 mins; March 08, 2026
Two 'Extinct' Mammals Species Have Been Discovered in New Guinea
19 mins; March 05, 2026
How Ukraine Became a Drone Factory - and Changed Warfare Forever
19 mins; February 27, 2026
The world is running out of water - can cloud-seeding save us?; Why some people get stuck in grief; Is our black hole actually a clump of dark matter?
30 mins; February 20, 2026
How ancient humans crossed the vast ocean; Brain training for dementia; Life of science legend Maggie Aderin
40 mins; February 13, 2026
Why Elon Musk plans to put 1 million satellites in orbit; Should we be giving sleep drugs to kids?; Why global pesticide risk is not improving
37 mins; February 06, 2026
Mini human brain grows blood vessels; The geoengineering risk of termination shock; Trove of ancient fossils discovered
40 mins; January 30, 2026
The 5 worst ideas of the 21st century – and how they went wrong
41 mins; January 23, 2026
Rutger Bregman on the crisis of moral ambition; Why primates have same-sex relationships; Living longer is easier than you think; Bizarre method to fight climate change
54 mins; January 16, 2026
Why does America want Greenland?; Mystery of dark DNA; Ozempic weight rebound
31 mins; January 09, 2026
Humans are finally heading back to the moon; Cheaper weight loss drugs are coming; Milestone for LSD trials; Promise of new carbon tax
32 mins; January 01, 2026
Best science TV, film and books of 2025 | The New Scientist culture review
24 mins; December 25, 2025
Top Science Stories of 2025 | The New Scientist Features Special
59 mins; December 18, 2025
Orcas and dolphins are now hunting together; Genetic root of psychiatric conditions; Black hole stars and cosmic ecology
33 mins; December 12, 2025
How exercise shrinks tumours and starves cancer; Weird molecules found on comet 3I/ATLAS; Einstein v Bohr on the nature of light
25 mins; December 05, 2025
The evolution of sperm and the enduring mystery of the scrotum; How our brain rewires itself 4 times in life; The (real) disaster scenarios of imminent climate breakdown
39 mins; November 28, 2025
The origin and evolution of music: Steve Pretty plays the conch
30 mins; November 21, 2025
New genome of ancient human; 95% of us have a dormant virus that causes disease; Formula E cars faster than F1; Bill Bryson joins the pod!
45 mins; November 14, 2025
Why the claims about Hitler’s genome are misleading
29 mins; November 13, 2025
COP30: The world's climate future hinges on this meeting
31 mins; November 07, 2025
The collapse of America’s health data system; How sleep affects your focus; Life on Mars in liquid veins?
23 mins; October 31, 2025
How mRNA vaccines teach your body to kill cancer; Grim state of climate action; Why birds sing the dawn chorus
29 mins; October 24, 2025
Neuroscience of reality; Quest for dark matter; Folklore of geoscience (New Scientist Live Special)
28 mins; October 20, 2025
First climate tipping point triggered; Man controls another person's body by brain implant; health worries over sumo wrestlers
34 mins; October 17, 2025
Space 2075: How Humanity Will Live, Work and Make Drugs off-planet | Live Recording at the Royal Society
53 mins; October 13, 2025
How Jane Goodall changed the world; How the universe ends; How “selfish sperm” affect male fertility
43 mins; October 10, 2025
Emergency in Antarctica; How movement changes the brain; Why women live longer than men
30 mins; October 02, 2025
Skull rewrites story of human evolution; Autism and Tylenol; discovery of wind coming from black hole
33 mins; September 26, 2025
The evolutionary price we pay for longer lives; the asteroid coming VERY close to Earth; how dinosaurs shaped the ecosystem
32 mins; September 19, 2025
Why we can't announce life on Mars (yet); The Romans' impact on the British economy; Link between exercise and your microbiome
29 mins; September 12, 2025
First complete map of brain activity; Queen ant lays eggs of another species; The perils of scrolling while on the toilet
31 mins; September 05, 2025
Scientists discovered a 100,000-year-old organism; Breakthrough brain implant uses AI to treat pain; How climate change leads to revolutions
25 mins; August 29, 2025
Could we end winter illness?; Cold fusion’s comeback; The delicious microbiome of chocolate
20 mins; August 22, 2025
Climate special: How to fix the climate crisis with Tim Lenton and Kate Marvel
44 mins; August 14, 2025
80 years since Hiroshima: Forgotten victims of the atomic bomb
34 mins; August 05, 2025
Ozempic and Wegovy slow down biological ageing; creation of synthetic bacterium; geology of the Russian earthquake
28 mins; August 01, 2025
AI wins first gold at maths Olympic games; How mitochondria are linked to sleep; Famous psychology trick works on octopuses too
28 mins; July 25, 2025
Scientists test engineered microbes to fight disease; Has 1.5 degrees failed?; New theory why we’ve not found aliens
30 mins; July 18, 2025
How geoengineering could save us from climate disaster; Have we broken mathematics?; Why exercise reduces cancer risk
33 mins; July 11, 2025
First full genome of Ancient Egyptian sequenced; Wild killer whales offer gifts to humans; First demonstration of interstellar navigation
29 mins; July 04, 2025
Mice with two dads; perfect your sleep with science; how lizards survived dinosaur-killing asteroid
30 mins; June 27, 2025
First skull of mysterious human ancestor; Decoding whale language; Heatwaves 20x more likely to happen
36 mins; June 20, 2025
Is this the first step to cyborg brains? How drones are reshaping warfare forever; New Vera Rubin observatory goes live
31 mins; June 13, 2025
$1 trillion of platinum on the moon; how your brain distinguishes between reality and imagination; rise of the hyperworm
25 mins; June 06, 2025
The real threat of AI - ethics, exploitation and the erosion of truth
34 mins; May 29, 2025
Are smartphones really causing mental illness in teens?; More evidence of alien life; Digital oak trees
23 mins; May 23, 2025
China’s carbon emissions fall; norovirus vaccine; chaotic breakup of the solar system
27 mins; May 16, 2025
Ocean wonders and the new arguments against deep-sea mining; biophotons emitted from living things; drumming chimps and the origin of religion
28 mins; May 09, 2025
Is our understanding of light completely wrong? Two consciousness theories go head-to-head; decoding dolphin whistles
28 mins; May 02, 2025
Weekly: Why the climate crisis is an issue of injustice and inequality
41 mins; April 29, 2025
Weekly: First brain engineering in a mammal; landmark in fossil fuel lawsuits, the legacy of Pope Francis
29 mins; April 25, 2025
Weekly: Have we really just found the strongest evidence for alien life yet?
17 mins; April 17, 2025
Weekly: Dire wolves (not) brought back from extinction; US science in existential crisis; how to pour the perfect coffee
21 mins; April 11, 2025
Weekly: How plant skin transplants could supercharge crops; China’s pollution win spikes global temperatures; the oldest ivory tools ever found
27 mins; April 04, 2025
Weekly: A remarkable view of pregnancy; how to waste less time on your smartphone; superacid diamond rain
22 mins; March 28, 2025
Weekly: Life on Mars; biggest dark energy discovery in decades; the mystery of dark oxygen
20 mins; March 21, 2025
Weekly: America is turning its back on science and the cosmos; photosynthesis limits; mysterious memory illusion
27 mins; March 14, 2025
Weekly: Chimps, bonobos and humans have more in common than you might think
27 mins; March 07, 2025
Weekly: How to finally get a good night’s sleep - with science
36 mins; February 28, 2025
Weekly: Life-saving mice perform first aid; tiny lab-grown human brains; making skyscrapers and hair condition from wood
25 mins; February 21, 2025
Weekly: Resurrecting frozen brains; giant asteroid heads to Earth; you really do have a ‘dessert stomach’
31 mins; February 14, 2025
Weekly: Trump’s war on science; How whale song resembles human language; How to boil the perfect egg with science
23 mins; February 07, 2025
Weekly: Is DeepSeek really the ChatGPT killer?; alarming scale of ocean warming; dolphin peeing contests
29 mins; January 31, 2025
Weekly: The Trump impact on climate and global health; the placebo effect’s evil twin; the mystery of dark oxygen
28 mins; January 24, 2025
Weekly: The truth about Iron Age women; Climate whiplash and the LA wildfires; Rebooting the world’s first chatbot
30 mins; January 17, 2025
Weekly: Gene-editing to make superhumans; first bird flu death in the US; perfect pasta with physics
28 mins; January 10, 2025
Weekly: All You Need To Know For Science in 2025
23 mins; January 02, 2025
Weekly: The Best of New Scientist in 2024: From Volcanic Diamonds to Immortal Brains
34 mins; December 26, 2024
Weekly: Most Amazing Science Stories of 2024 | Live at the Science Museum
45 mins; December 20, 2024
Weekly: Does Google’s new quantum computer prove the multiverse exists?; 8 ways to keep your brain young
25 mins; December 13, 2024
Weekly: Antarctica special, brain implant made from living cells, best TV and film of 2024
32 mins; December 06, 2024
Weekly: Is bird flu spreading between people? Plus 2024’s best science books
23 mins; November 29, 2024
Weekly: Why chimps are still in the Stone Age and humans are in the Space Age
36 mins; November 22, 2024
Weekly: COP29: Are UN climate summits failing us and our planet?
30 mins; November 15, 2024
Weekly: The origins of writing revealed; world’s largest (and oldest?) tree
34 mins; November 08, 2024
Weekly: Microbiome special: how to boost your vital gut bacteria
32 mins; November 01, 2024
Weekly: The gruesome story of the Viking skeleton found in a well
22 mins; October 25, 2024
Weekly: SpaceX makes history with Starship rocket; bringing thylacines back from extinction
22 mins; October 18, 2024
Weekly: Climate overshoot - when we go past 1.5 degrees there is no going back
21 mins; October 11, 2024
The Last of Its Kind - Gísli Pálsson | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
17 mins; October 04, 2024
Weekly: Hope for the world’s coral; the first drone vs drone war
23 mins; October 04, 2024
Everything Is Predictable - Tom Chivers | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
23 mins; October 03, 2024
Eve - Cat Bohannon | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
16 mins; October 02, 2024
Why We Die by Venki Ramakrishnan - Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
19 mins; October 01, 2024
A City on Mars by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith - Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
16 mins; September 30, 2024
Your Face Belongs To Us - Kashmir Hill | Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize Conversations
15 mins; September 29, 2024
Weekly: The case for Arctic geoengineering; world’s oldest cheese
25 mins; September 27, 2024
Weekly: Does loneliness really cause ill health?; A time-travelling photon; The supermassive mystery of early black holes
25 mins; September 20, 2024
Weekly: Thorin and the lost Neanderthals; Fish that use mirrors; SpaceX’s spacewalk
29 mins; September 13, 2024
CultureLab: Amorina Kingdon on the grunting, growling and singing world underwater
49 mins; September 09, 2024
Weekly: First living transparent mouse; lab-grown stem cells; Spy balloons
25 mins; September 06, 2024
Weekly: Could mpox be the next covid-19?; Science of beat drops; Clothes made from potatoes
29 mins; August 30, 2024
CultureLab: Lucy Foulkes on how adolescence shapes us
40 mins; August 26, 2024