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The environmental impact of SpaceX's planned gargantuan mega-constellation is still being grappled with, but the FCC isn't required to study it ...

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week ...

The alvarezsaurs were thought to have evolved a smaller stature because of their diet of ants and termites, but a new fossil found in Argentina casts doubt on that theory ...

The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue ...

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum computer with only 100,000 qubits, but the technical challenges to building such a machine remain numerous ...

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases ...

The drug rapamycin has been held up for its life-extending properties, but whether this treatment - or fasting - actually adds years to your life isn't guaranteed ...

Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers think that may explain their different social dynamics ...

Ukraine has responded to a war it didn't start by creating an industry it doesn't want, but could the nation's drone expertise help it rebuild? To learn more, New Scientist gained exclusive access to the research labs, factories and military training ...

A cream that directly disrupts the underlying causes of the skin patches seen in the condition vitiligo will be made available on the NHS ...