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There is plenty of intriguing sci-fi on offer this month, whether it's solar-powered cities from Adrian Tchaikovsky or a strange future from M. John Harrison ...

Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies ...

According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so ...

Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer ...

Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild ...

We're increasingly prioritising our own needs over those of the wider community, which may be causing us to love our partners less intensely ...

Even if you've never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by Bitcoin's fate - which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it useless .. ...

A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, raising hopes that it may help to beat the deadly condition ...

Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene's first chapter 'Why are people?', the New Scientist Book Club's read for June to mark 50 years since the popular science classic was first published ...

Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region's glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat ...