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1. New-to-science spider builds trap that flings ants into the air
2. How menopause radically changes the brain – and what happens after
3. ‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?
4. A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire
5. The surprising ways your brain changes from your 20s to your 40s
6. People training new AI models admit they just get chatbots to do it
7. We've found a mysterious substance on Titan and Pluto
8. Autism may have two distinct subtypes that vary by brain activity
9. A quantum state that lasts forever may finally be within our grasp
10. The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day
11. Faecal transplant makes the brains of old mice act young again
12. Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix
13. Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?
14. Gas from Uranus reveals it has an icy centre
15. Can prebiotics, probiotics or postbiotics help your ageing microbiome?
16. Remarkable fossils rewrite the story of how animals conquered the land
17. Almost the whole of Japan moved eastward after 2011 earthquake
18. Carl Sagan's The Demon-Haunted World is still supremely relevant today
19. Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected
20. New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work
21. Ancient monument marked summer solstice centuries before Stonehenge
22. Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine
23. Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke
24. Oldest known plague outbreak killed hunter-gatherer children
25. Pigeons lock their eyes in place when they are flying
26. Our brains have their first thoughts unexpectedly early in life
27. Autism and ADHD are on the rise due to widening diagnostic criteria
28. The secrets to keeping your brain sharp in old age
29. Walking shark found in Papua New Guinea is new to science
30. Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
31. Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life
32. Technology is changing our perspective on nature – at every scale
33. The social media ban is an experiment – here’s how it will be studied
34. Inside the start-up aiming for a giant leap in robot intelligence
35. We may have finally solved cosmology's chicken-or-the-egg problem
36. Are useful and error-free quantum computers only two years away?
37. Why controversial ideas in science shouldn't always be dismissed
38. What is a ‘normal’ memory slowdown, and when should I worry?
39. Understanding anorexia’s grip on the brain could unlock new therapies
40. Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director
41. Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history
42. The relationship recession is even bigger for Gen Z than we thought
43. Killer robots are here – we must finally decide whether to accept them
44. El Niño has started and the weather could get weird
45. Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while using less energy
46. Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition
47. Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara
48. How to sparkle in conversation with strangers
49. First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping
50. Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks
51. Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?
52. ‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming
53. Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion
54. Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winter homes wins award
55. Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer
56. Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…
57. New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds
58. Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time
59. Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording
60. Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’
61. A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer
62. A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic about driverless cars
63. Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war
64. Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead
65. Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species
66. The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction
67. Why we should all take quantum physics extremely personally
68. A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now
69. Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years
70. Unpicking endometriosis reveals how it affects more than the pelvis
71. You don't need to worry about recursive-self-improving AI – yet
72. What really happened when ancient humans migrated out of Africa
73. Wildlife thrives in solar farm built on restored peatland
74. Can Apple and Google stop children from sharing explicit images?
75. Half the world's reservoirs could be clogged up with dirt by 2060
76. You could get some of the benefits of sleep without having to nod off
77. Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies?
78. The maths meme that has been distracting mathematicians for a century
79. Superintelligent machines may well need us after all
80. Explore the mind-bending and paradoxical art of M C. Escher
81. Cuts to US ocean programme will hinder monitoring of El Niño and AMOC
82. A chromosome from a frozen rat has been resurrected inside mice
83. Alice Roberts: 'We are fundamentally, at the end of the day, animals'
84. Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening
85. Why you need to future-proof your brain in middle age and how to start
86. Hearing loss is bad for the whole body – but new treatments are coming
87. A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out
88. Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit
89. Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto
90. Becoming a parent may make you love your partner less
91. How Rachel Carson's Silent Spring changed the world in 1962
92. The looming El Niño could be bad – but much worse is to come
93. Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier
94. New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders
95. Is there a word for the Wiki page for the Ship of Theseus paradox?
96. Earth has a mysterious triple symmetry that may influence its climate
97. Ditch the niceties in AI prompts to save energy use, say researchers
98. Atom-based quantum computers are catching up in the race to usefulness
99. Keto diet shows real promise for anorexia recovery
100. Ötzi's frozen remains may harbour metabolically active microbes