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1. The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide
2. We must close the 'shocking' knowledge gap in women's health
3. A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one
4. A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist
5. Adrian Tchaikovsky's new Children of Time novel is brilliant
6. How an intern helped build the AI that shook the world
7. The moment that kicked off the AI revolution
8. The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe
9. NASA changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun for the first time
10. Chemistry clues could detect aliens unlike any life on Earth
11. Inflammation might cause Alzheimer's – here's how to reduce it
12. The best new popular science books of March 2026
13. Shift in the Gulf Stream could signal ocean current collapse
14. Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it
15. Earth is now heating up twice as fast as in previous decades
16. The secret to guessing more accurately with maths
17. New Scientist recommends real-world stealth game LANDER 23
18. Alzheimer’s may start with inflammation in the skin, lungs or gut
19. Möbius strip-like molecule has an entirely new and bizarre shape
20. How worried should you be about microplastics?
21. Just one dose of psilocybin relieves symptoms of OCD for months
22. Two marsupials believed extinct for 6000 years found alive
23. What to read this week: Poisonous People by Leanne ten Brinke
24. How to convey amounts of snow to Canadians: use polar bears
25. The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet
26. Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought
27. Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
28. Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?
29. Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors
30. Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations
31. Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction
32. Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against the country itself
33. Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?
34. Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2
35. Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?
36. Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?
37. First drone passengers may be combat casualties and criminals
38. Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wrong, what could it be?
39. Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour
40. People who eat a lot of fibre spend more time in deep sleep
41. The best new science fiction books of March 2026
42. Why the sleep industry has got us worrying about the wrong things
43. Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week
44. Inside the company selling quantum entanglement
45. The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it
46. How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war
47. Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi
48. The Human Flatus Atlas plans to measure the explosivity of farts
49. It’s your perception of sleep that’s making you feel tired all day
50. NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover
51. Frailty can be eased with an infusion of stem cells from young people
52. Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of harm to marine life
53. How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?
54. Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit
55. 'If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day'
56. Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt
57. New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals
58. We all harbour 9 secrets and they are eating us up inside
59. Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?
60. When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers
61. Amazing sneak peek of NASA's spacesuit tests as moon mission nears
62. Stem cell patch reverses brain damage in fetuses with spina bifida
63. Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy
64. How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment
65. Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?
66. Why I have changed my mind about AI and you should too
67. AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
68. What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot
69. SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks
70. Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken
71. Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier
72. Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible
73. Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery
74. Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups
75. Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation
76. Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing
77. The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health
78. Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan
79. Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing
80. Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children
81. Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers
82. A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature
83. We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads
84. Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets
85. Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to
86. We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected
87. The maths quirk that can cheer you up if you're feeling unpopular
88. The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human
89. What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths
90. Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
91. Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can
92. Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
93. Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
94. What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?
95. Postpartum depression in dads is common – we can now spot and treat it
96. We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe
97. Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'
98. New Scientist recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell
99. Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
100. Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b