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New Scientist International Edition

Oct 22 2022
Magazine

New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

Star potential • Despite a history of hype around fusion, there is good reason for renewed optimism

New Scientist International Edition

Bird flu runs rife in the UK • Officials announce new biosecurity measures across the country as it prepares for its worst ever outbreak, reports Madeleine Cuff

Neanderthal family values • Analysis of DNA from a cave in Siberia has provided insights into the way our prehistoric relatives lived, reports Michael Le Page

Empires left legacy on global spread of non-native plants

Transplanted livers can function for a total of over 100 years

Most precise measurement of a particle ever made

Childhood vaccine uptake in England varies with ethnicity

Female robins are just as skilful at singing as males

Can Europe avoid blackouts? • The energy crisis will reach a crunch point as winter begins in Europe, with governments hoping they can cut consumption fast, as Carissa Wong reports

Giant of the seas • Although it was found dead, there is a new heaviest bony fish

Neutron stars’ jet seems to break cosmic limit

Menstrual cycles vary among different ethnic groups

Mind-reading AI decodes thoughts from brain scans

UK unprepared for next pandemic • Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, says the government hasn’t done enough to get ready for future disease threats, reports Clare Wilson

Nord Stream leak may be largest ever • First measurements of pipeline leak show it may be the biggest methane emission seen

Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts

Human neurons transplanted into young rats’ brains

Black widows can remember their prey when it is stolen

Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF

Wobbling black holes prove Albert Einstein right

Robot boot helps you walk faster

Penguin’s first egg is always doomed

Differences in height linked to multitude of DNA variants

Really brief

Another sort of gold • Faced with the destruction of the living world, we need a new kind of treasure. It is there, if we could agree to see it, says Katherine Rundell

Wild Wild Life • Pumpkin to talk about Squashes have an intriguing evolutionary history, eaten in the wild by now-extinct megafauna and first domesticated 10,000 years ago, finds Penny Sarchet

On a small scale

Editor’s pick

Expert opinion: Key quotes from some of Greta Thunberg’s contributors

A library for a better world • Greta Thunberg has enticed more than 100 experts to write about the climate crisis. No one else could have created this essential resource, says Rowan Hooper

Don’t miss

The sci-fi column • The trouble with consciousness What is it to be conscious, and why do we simultaneously seek it out and dread it in other entities? Ray Nayler’s staggering book has grand ambitions, and even provides a few answers, finds Sally Adee

THE NEW AGE OF FUSION • As advances accumulate, firms are promising commercial fusion reactors within a decade. Is there any reason to believe them, asks Thomas Lewton

Life from death • Ecologists have neglected mortality’s role in maintaining ecosystems, says Laura Spinney

Mystery of the missing cod

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Frequency: Weekly Pages: 60 Publisher: New Scientist Ltd Edition: Oct 22 2022

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New Scientist covers the latest developments in science and technology that will impact your world. New Scientist employs and commissions the best writers in their fields from all over the world. Our editorial team provide cutting-edge news, award-winning features and reports, written in concise and clear language that puts discoveries and advances in the context of everyday life today and in the future.

Elsewhere on New Scientist

Star potential • Despite a history of hype around fusion, there is good reason for renewed optimism

New Scientist International Edition

Bird flu runs rife in the UK • Officials announce new biosecurity measures across the country as it prepares for its worst ever outbreak, reports Madeleine Cuff

Neanderthal family values • Analysis of DNA from a cave in Siberia has provided insights into the way our prehistoric relatives lived, reports Michael Le Page

Empires left legacy on global spread of non-native plants

Transplanted livers can function for a total of over 100 years

Most precise measurement of a particle ever made

Childhood vaccine uptake in England varies with ethnicity

Female robins are just as skilful at singing as males

Can Europe avoid blackouts? • The energy crisis will reach a crunch point as winter begins in Europe, with governments hoping they can cut consumption fast, as Carissa Wong reports

Giant of the seas • Although it was found dead, there is a new heaviest bony fish

Neutron stars’ jet seems to break cosmic limit

Menstrual cycles vary among different ethnic groups

Mind-reading AI decodes thoughts from brain scans

UK unprepared for next pandemic • Kate Bingham, former head of the UK’s Vaccine Taskforce, says the government hasn’t done enough to get ready for future disease threats, reports Clare Wilson

Nord Stream leak may be largest ever • First measurements of pipeline leak show it may be the biggest methane emission seen

Gel made from okra stops bleeding in damaged hearts

Human neurons transplanted into young rats’ brains

Black widows can remember their prey when it is stolen

Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF

Wobbling black holes prove Albert Einstein right

Robot boot helps you walk faster

Penguin’s first egg is always doomed

Differences in height linked to multitude of DNA variants

Really brief

Another sort of gold • Faced with the destruction of the living world, we need a new kind of treasure. It is there, if we could agree to see it, says Katherine Rundell

Wild Wild Life • Pumpkin to talk about Squashes have an intriguing evolutionary history, eaten in the wild by now-extinct megafauna and first domesticated 10,000 years ago, finds Penny Sarchet

On a small scale

Editor’s pick

Expert opinion: Key quotes from some of Greta Thunberg’s contributors

A library for a better world • Greta Thunberg has enticed more than 100 experts to write about the climate crisis. No one else could have created this essential resource, says Rowan Hooper

Don’t miss

The sci-fi column • The trouble with consciousness What is it to be conscious, and why do we simultaneously seek it out and dread it in other entities? Ray Nayler’s staggering book has grand ambitions, and even provides a few answers, finds Sally Adee

THE NEW AGE OF FUSION • As advances accumulate, firms are promising commercial fusion reactors within a decade. Is there any reason to believe them, asks Thomas Lewton

Life from death • Ecologists have neglected mortality’s role in maintaining ecosystems, says Laura Spinney

Mystery of the missing cod

Improve your digital diet • Online activities...


Expand title description text