Earth9 November 2016
Danger and drama on mountains of lava: Tales of a volcano chaser
Strange customs and legends spring up around volcanoes, and globetrotting volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer has heard some of the most bizarre myths around
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Physics | Space21 September 2016
Reality guide: A poster of how everything fits together
Our ultimate user’s guide to fundamental physics – all on one spectacular poster for you to download for free
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Life17 August 2016
Life may have emerged not once, but many times on Earth
Far from being a miracle that happened just once in 4 billion years, life's beginnings could have been so commonplace that it began many times over
Humans9 November 2016
Code hidden in Stone Age art may be the root of human writing
A painstaking investigation of Europe’s cave art has revealed 32 shapes and lines that crop up again and again and could be the world’s oldest code
Humans9 November 2016
Reputation is everything: Unearthing honour culture in America
High murder and suicide rates among whites in the US south may have the same root cause as honour killings in Pakistan and India, says a Southern researcher
Technology9 November 2016
Beyond batteries: This technology could revolutionise energy
Forget lithium battery fires: a safe, turbo-charged alternative way to store power could boost everything from smartphones to smart grids
Health | Humans4 November 2016
The moment my hallucinations made me ask if I was dead
In the middle of a 9-hour mountain trek, Avinash Aujaveb started having intense visions that made him question his health and whether he was even alive
Earth | Humans | Life2 November 2016
Whale tales: The real-life Moby Dicks
Meticulously kept logbooks from 19th-century US whaling ships hold clues that could help us save what they once hunted
Humans2 November 2016
Every human culture includes cooking – this is how it began
Cooking makes food more digestible and kills off bacteria, and every human society in the world does it. But where and when it started is hotly debated
Physics2 November 2016
I use the world’s biggest laser to recreate the inside of stars
Physicist Félicie Albert fires massive lasers to create, explore and photograph extreme forms of matter. She lets New Scientist into her high-security lab
Health | Humans2 November 2016
You are hallucinating right now to make sense of the world
Understanding what is happening in the brain during hallucinations reveals how we’re having them all the time and how they shape our perception of reality
Humans26 October 2016
Exploring the uncanny valley: Why almost-human is creepy
From sinister clowns to humanoid robots, we're freaked out by faces that are like ours, just not enough. Now we're finding out why
Technology26 October 2016
The road to artificial intelligence: A case of data over theory
Computers that could simulate human intelligence were once a futuristic dream. Now they are all around us – but not in the way their pioneers expected
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