Michel Siffre’s extraordinary self-experiments in a cave with no light would never be allowed now –…
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The Meg: Real Megalodon shark would eat Jason Statham for breakfast
Jason Statham’s new film The Meg looks gloriously silly and good luck to it, but it…
The Meg: Real Megalodon shark would eat Jason Statham for breakfast
Jason Statham’s new film The Meg looks gloriously silly and good luck to it, but it…
New Scientist Live: sneak preview of this year’s mission to Mercury
It’s time to return to the planet Mercury. At New Scientist Live, Emma Bunce will be…
New Scientist Live: sneak preview of this year’s mission to Mercury
It’s time to return to the planet Mercury. At New Scientist Live, Emma Bunce will be…
New Zealand becomes the latest country to ban plastic bags
People in New Zealand currently use about 150 plastic bags each a year, but the country…
New Zealand becomes the latest country to ban plastic bags
People in New Zealand currently use about 150 plastic bags each a year, but the country…
Feedback: What would happen if Earth was made of blueberries?
Thanks to science, we now have an answer. Plus: a stolen shark, mapping the Kessel Run,…
Allergy explosion: What causes allergies and how to avoid them
We've all heard that being too clean can cause allergies, or exposure can help you beat…
We have measured the speed of death and it’s 2 millimetres an hour
Biologists have watched death spread across a living cell for the first time, and discovered that…