Even healthy snacks could be causing hidden damage to your body
Regardless of how much you are eating, constant snacking could be playing havoc with your metabolism. It is time to go back to proper meals Health | Leader 5 October…
High-ranking monkeys are more prone to gain weight in captivity
Captive macaques with a higher social rank tend to get more overweight, even though they don’t appear to consume more calories Life 10 October 2022 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre A macaque…
Monkeys and lemurs are coming down from the trees as climate warms up
Rising temperatures and deforestation are pushing tree-dwelling primates to spend more time on the ground in search of shade and water Life 10 October 2022 By Madeleine Cuff Brown howler monkeys…
Intensive farming of cleared land could save rest of Amazon rainforest
Brazil has cleared large parts of the Amazon rainforest for use as farmland, encouraging economic growth but causing environmental harm. Now researchers suggest that making intense use of already cleared…
9 surprising things we learned at New Scientist Live 2022
The world’s greatest festival of science brought us entertainment and education – it also revealed the noises gorillas make when they eat, the surprising location of the hottest place in…
Carlo Rovelli on the bizarre world of relational quantum mechanics
Physicist Carlo Rovelli explains the strange principles of relational quantum mechanics – which says objects don’t exist in their own right – and how it could unlock major progress in…
UK needs bigger role for science in government, says chief scientist
Patrick Vallance, the UK government’s chief scientific adviser, says every government department needs to take science into consideration and invest more in research and development to boost growth New Scientist…
Smartphones turned into electronic stethoscopes to record heartbeats
An app is allowing thousands of people to upload their heart sounds, which could one day allow home diagnosis of heart conditions Health 9 October 2022 By Clare Wilson [embedded…
Watch now: Patrick Vallance speaking at New Scientist Live
Today at New Scientist Live Patrick Vallance, the UK’s chief scientific advisor, joins us to discuss the future of UK science and innovation. Watch it live here. Health 9 October…
Watch out for three meteor showers set to occur in October
A triptych of meteor showers will pepper the sky this month: the Draconids, the Orionids and the Taurids. Here is how and when to spot them, writes Abigail Beall Space…