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1. The secret of how cats twist in mid-air to land on their feet
2. Sea levels around the world are much higher than we thought
3. Top predators still prowled the seas after the biggest mass extinction
4. Claude AI: Why are there so many internet outages?
5. How worried should you be about microplastics?
6. Phantom codes could help quantum computers avoid errors
7. Rare family has had many more sons than daughters for generations
8. The real reasons birth rates are declining worldwide
9. Your microbiome may determine your risk of a severe allergic reaction
10. Why the US is using a cheap Iranian drone against the country itself
11. Can Michael Pollan crack the problem of consciousness in his new book?
12. Spreading crushed rock on farms could absorb 1 billion tonnes of CO2
13. Can magnesium supplements improve sleep, energy and concentration?
14. Would aliens do physics, or is science a human invention?
15. First drone passengers may be combat casualties and criminals
16. A bizarre type of black hole could solve three cosmic mysteries in one
17. A crisis in cosmology may mean hidden dimensions really exist
18. The bombshell results that demand a new theory of the universe
19. Crisis in cosmology: If we’ve got dark energy wrong, what could it be?
20. Ants capture carbon dioxide from the air and turn it into armour
21. People who eat a lot of fibre spend more time in deep sleep
22. The best new science fiction books of March 2026
23. Why the sleep industry has got us worrying about the wrong things
24. Human brain cells on a chip learned to play Doom in a week
25. Inside the company selling quantum entanglement
26. The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it
27. How Ukraine became a drone factory and invented the future of war
28. Return of Fallout, Paradise and Silo fuels passion for bunker sci-fi
29. The Human Flatus Atlas plans to measure the explosivity of farts
30. It’s your perception of sleep that’s making you feel tired all day
31. NASA’s Artemis moon exploration programme is getting a major makeover
32. Frailty can be eased with an infusion of stem cells from young people
33. Ocean geoengineering trial finds no evidence of harm to marine life
34. How worried should you be about an asteroid smashing into Earth?
35. Our verdict on Juice by Tim Winton: Australian climate novel is a hit
36. 'If a drug had the same benefits as the arts, we’d take it every day'
37. Read an extract from Art Cure by Daisy Fancourt
38. New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals
39. We all harbour 9 secrets and they are eating us up inside
40. Could a niche 80s technology be the key to better quantum computers?
41. When we interbred with Neanderthals, they were usually the fathers
42. Amazing sneak peek of NASA's spacesuit tests as moon mission nears
43. Stem cell patch reverses brain damage in fetuses with spina bifida
44. Banning children from VPNs and social media will erode adults' privacy
45. How to see six planets in the sky at once in rare celestial alignment
46. Is geothermal energy on the cusp of a worldwide renaissance?
47. Why I have changed my mind about AI and you should too
48. AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
49. What to read this week: Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean by Dagomar Degroot
50. SpaceX's 1 million satellites could avoid environmental checks
51. Tiny predatory dinosaur weighed less than a chicken
52. Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier
53. Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible
54. Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery
55. Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups
56. Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation
57. Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing
58. The surprising vaccine side effects that can improve long-term health
59. Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan
60. Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing
61. Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children
62. Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers
63. A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature
64. We need to get better at identifying postpartum depression in dads
65. Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets
66. Why our brains tune things out and how to overcome it when you need to
67. We’ve glimpsed before the big bang and it’s not what we expected
68. The maths quirk that can cheer you up if you're feeling unpopular
69. The untold story of our remarkable hands and how they made us human
70. What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths
71. Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals
72. Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can
73. Nobel prizewinner Omar Yaghi says his invention will change the world
74. Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why
75. What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?
76. Postpartum depression in dads is common – we can now spot and treat it
77. We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe
78. Hannah Fry: 'AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts'
79. New Scientist recommends The Big Oyster: History on the half shell
80. Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds
81. Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b
82. Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster
83. Artists gaze into space in stunning new exhibition
84. New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs
85. Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem
86. Why it's high time we stopped anthropomorphising ants
87. Is our galaxy’s black hole actually made of dark matter?
88. Weird and wonderful fungi should be so much more than sci-fi villains
89. Why some people cannot move on from the death of a loved one
90. Microbe with the smallest genome yet pushes the boundaries of life
91. Spruce trees stumped (sigh) when it comes to predicting eclipses
92. More dog breeds found to have high risk of breathing condition
93. Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years
94. How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else
95. Ultramarathons could be bad for your blood
96. Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah?
97. Scientists want to put a super laser on the moon
98. Giant viruses may be more alive than we thought
99. Dream hacking helps people solve complex problems in their sleep
100. The mystery of nuclear 'magic numbers' has finally been resolved