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1. Can cloud seeding save us from water bankruptcy?
2. Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids emerge as a threat to wolves and people
3. New Scientist recommends a smart new account of human exceptionalism
4. Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer
5. First test of CO2 removal with green sand finds no harm to marine life
6. SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history
7. Cleaning up air pollution could weaken vital AMOC ocean current
8. CAR T-cell therapy bolstered by stiffening up cancer cells first
9. New Scientist recommends visiting the blooming corpse flower at Kew
10. Where do you think your ‘self’ is? Your answer is revealing
11. Shocking turtle photo reveals efforts to combat illegal wildlife trade
12. Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists
13. Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?
14. Rebooting stem cells builds aged muscles and assists injury recovery
15. 3 things you need to know about quantum computers, from an expert
16. Melting of Greenland ice sheet could release methane 'fire ice'
17. Suzanne Simard on the wood wide web, connectedness – and Avatar
18. Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth
19. Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years
20. Asteroid set to fly very close to Earth
21. Ancient teeth hint at links between Denisovans and Homo erectus
22. Natural sunscreen found in fish eggs can be made by E. coli factories
23. New rules confirm public has a right to see how UK government uses AI
24. PCOS has been officially renamed PMOS, and it’s a momentous move
25. Why do particle physicists like spending time in fields?
26. Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests
27. A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa
28. The story of the first human tool: the humble container
29. Can floating data centres meet AI's huge energy demand?
30. Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence
31. David Attenborough is one of a kind, for better or worse
32. Red-light therapy does have health benefits but not the ones you think
33. Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel
34. The 50-year quest to create a quantum spin liquid may finally be over
35. There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise
36. A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing
37. A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began
38. Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle
39. US government releases huge batch of UFO files
40. Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions
41. Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash
42. Slow breathing can calm the mind without any need for mindfulness
43. PCOS postpones perimenopause and allows pregnancies at older ages
44. New Scientist recommends Attenborough documentary Making Life on Earth
45. The mathematician who doesn’t exist
46. Former Soviet scientific megastructures captured in striking photos
47. Hantavirus outbreak will not cause a covid-style pandemic, says WHO
48. Coffee's mood-boosting effects aren't just down to caffeine
49. What to read this week: the excellent Beyond Belief by Helen Pearson
50. Where has the deadly hantavirus come from and how does it spread?
51. The best new popular science books of May 2026
52. Less nostalgia, more pain: scientists study 1763 Eurovision songs
53. What to read this week: The 21st Century Brain by Hannah Critchlow
54. Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time
55. Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know little about it
56. Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones
57. Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s
58. Huge landslide in Alaska caused 481m-high tsunami
59. Robin Wall Kimmerer's Braiding Sweetgrass is still an essential read
60. Read the winner of this year’s Young Science Writer Award
61. Extinct relative of koalas discovered in Western Australia
62. Backlash builds over NHS plan to hide source code from AI hacking risk
63. Woman in cancer remission without treatment in highly unusual case
64. The problem of cosmic inflation and how to solve it
65. Man destined for Alzheimer's may have been saved by accidental therapy
66. Quantum computers simulated their biggest molecule yet – with help
67. Honey has been used as medicine for centuries – does it really work?
68. Tiny frozen world unexpectedly appears to have an atmosphere
69. 300-year-old experiment could become world's best dark matter detector
70. An unorthodox version of quantum theory could reveal what reality is
71. The greatest David Attenborough documentaries you really need to watch
72. Prebiotic chewing gum could be helpful for gum disease
73. Smart underwear detects lactose intolerance by tracking your farts
74. Why dinosaurs lived much more complex lives than we thought
75. Is consciousness more fundamental to reality than quantum physics?
76. Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles
77. Ann Leckie continues to shine with new sci-fi novel Radiant Star
78. 2026 will be the hottest year on record, leading scientist predicts
79. Why the keto diet could be a revolutionary way to treat mental illness
80. NHS England rushes to hide software over AI hacking fears
81. The 4 biggest myths about hydration, according to an expert
82. Oak trees use delaying tactics to thwart hungry caterpillars
83. Why I explore our inevitable love for robots in my novel Luminous
84. Read an extract from Luminous by Silvia Park
85. Will Colombia summit kick-start the end of the fossil fuel era?
86. The rings of Uranus are even stranger than we thought
87. 'Green' cryptocurrency uses 18 times more energy than makers claim
88. Your oral microbiome could affect your weight, liver and diabetes risk
89. We have figured out a new way to send messages into the past
90. Human heads have changed shape a lot in the past 100 years
91. Doubts cast over 'wild' claim that magnetic control can turn on genes
92. The best new science fiction books of May 2026
93. The rich but complicated legacy of genome pioneer Craig Venter
94. Thought-provoking photographs capture what it feels like to have ADHD
95. Is an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg – or any boss – a good plan?
96. Simple treatment tweak drastically reduces blood loss from severe cuts
97. Weird 'transdimensional' state of matter is neither 2D nor 3D
98. The chips in your phone are probably broken – and that's a good thing
99. Scorpions reinforce their claws and stingers with metals
100. Extreme weather in 2025 drove record wildfire emissions in Europe