Homo sapiens have been around for about 300,000 years. Often, our big brains and intelligence are credited with making us the most successful species to have ever walked on Earth, but that isn't entirely true. ⁠Watch the full video here: youtu.be/aCfmEJOh5t0

Could consciousness be a fundamental part of the universe? 🧠⁠ Ivette Fuentes, a professor of quantum mechanics, suggests that the mind may exist in a different "arena" from the physical world.⁠ Watch the full interview: youtu.be/kLDvk2urghs

A mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening⁠ ⁠Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

In this week’s issue: How healthy is your brain? We now know how to find out. Plus, babies are born with the foundations for maths and random wobbles in time could solve gravity’s greatest mystery. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3603/

Homo sapiens have been around for about 300,000 years, but there was a species of human that survived for nearly 2 million years who explored new continents and mastered tools all with a brain barely half the size of ours. Enter Homo erectus. Watch the full video: youtu.be/HIhCKIrHX_k

Record ocean temperatures have pushed coral reefs past the first-ever climate tipping point, an abrupt shift that may be difficult to reverse. But scientists aren’t ready to give up. Explore the most radical ideas for saving the world's corals: www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

In this week’s issue: The race to predict when Thwaites Glacier will collapse, the black hole that could solve the mystery at the heart of our galaxy and the gene that switches on human development. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3602/

In this week’s issue: The surprising ways your brain changes, sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body and we meet the lunar botanist with a plan to farm vegetables on the moon. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3601/

In this week’s issue: Solving life's origins, the secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age and an experiment with a toy universe shows the passage of time can emerge from quantum interactions. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3600/

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In this week’s issue: Neuroscience is helping to understand anorexia’s grip on the brain, how to distinguish between brain ageing and cognitive decline and our solar system's violent history. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3599/

Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky. Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/2528...

In this week’s issue: A golden age of maths is dawning, CERN’s new chief on the gamble that could fix our picture of reality and why gold stays so shiny. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3598/

Physics holds the secrets of the universe. In our latest marathon, we go on a journey through a host of mind-bending physics, from black holes and antimatter to gravity and the multiverse. Join us now: youtube.com/live/Aj3rV8R63S...

In this week’s issue: Does gravity create reality? Embryos made in the lab unlock treatments for infertility and a radical new view of life could reveal its origin. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3597/

In this week’s issue: The story of the first human tool, how to master your mindset to alter your body’s reaction to stress and the distant world that is our best hope of finding alien life. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3596/

In this week’s issue: The origin of the laws of physics, why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum and how a 300-year-old experiment could be the world's best dark matter detector. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3595/

From the distribution of prime numbers to the puzzle of infinity, the deeper maths goes, the stranger things become. Join us now for a video marathon exploring the most mind-bending concepts in modern mathematics. www.youtube.com/live/q5kp9n...

You may think of the high-fat, low-carb keto diet as a faddish way to lose weight. But it is now being used to tackle conditions from severe depression to bipolar and anorexia, with transformative results. www.newscientist.com/article/2523...

Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims are overhyped, but evidence suggests it can have healing powers. www.newscientist.com/article/2523...

In this week’s issue: The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over, the real benefits of red-light therapy and a lost ancient script reveals how writing really began. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3594/

Birds evolved directly from Velociraptors and are the only true dinosaurs that still exist. From demon ducks to penguins the size of gorillas, paleontologist Steve Brusatte explores terrifying birds, past and present. Subscribe here: www.youtube.com/@NewScientist

In this week’s issue: The keto diet's surprising benefits, consciousness vs quantum physics and the table tennis-playing robot on track to becoming world champion. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3593/

In this week’s issue: The monstrous number sequences that break the rules of mathematics, how to turn nuclear waste into a very special kind of drug and why stress can be good for your health. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3592/

Join us on Reddit for an AMA with reporter Matthew Sparkes, who was invited by a group of scientists to visit Chernobyl 40 years after the nuclear disaster. www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/...

Join us on Reddit for an AMA with reporter Matthew Sparkes, who was invited by a group of scientists to visit Chernobyl 40 years after the nuclear disaster. www.reddit.com/r/chernobyl/...

In this week’s issue: Inside Chernobyl 40 years after nuclear disaster, how autoimmune conditions can drive mental illness and the secret project to settle a controversial maths proof with a computer. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. newscientist.com/issue/3591/

In this week’s issue: Solving the fundamental mystery of how reality is glued together, plug-in solar pros and cons and the weird physics of plant-based milks. Grab a copy in shops now or download our app for digital editions. www.newscientist.com/issue/3590/

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Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five powerful psychedelic compounds normally found in other plants, fungi and animals in a single crop. Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/2521...