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Future smartphones and other devices could have colour e-paper displays, thanks to a new technique that lets such screens display video while minimising energy usage ...

There are hundreds of coherent theories attempting to explain the origins of experience. Robert Lawrence Kuhn explores what they reveal about free will, artificial intelligence and life after death ...

A new quantum computing protocol may be able to augment a standard technique for understanding molecules in chemistry, biomedicine and materials science ...

Classical swine fever reduces productivity and harms animal welfare, but pigs have now been genetically edited to make them completely resistant to the disease ...

The microbes that take hold in our bodies during early life have long-term effects on our brain health. Helen Thomson investigates how to get kids' microbiomes off to the best start.

Antidepressants can be very effective, but they also come with side effects that vary from one drug to the next, supporting the idea of more personalised prescriptions ...

An exclusive New Scientist survey of leading scientists reveals widespread concern that schemes to tweak Earth's atmosphere could launch within decades in a risky bid to cool the planet ...

We have more satellites than ever before, but when they burn up they create a new kind of air pollution. Evidence is now revealing what effects this could have and how to tackle it ...

Confining and rotating extremely cold atoms or molecules within atomic "Ferris wheels" made from laser light could test relativity's predictions on the quantum scale ...

The comet-like object Chiron has been caught in the process of forming new rings, which could help us understand how these complex systems work ...