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Physics

Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us

Physics

How 3 imaginary physics demons tore up the laws of nature

Mathematics

We鈥檝e finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Humans

Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?

Space

Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

A polar bear grizzly bear hybrid , Ursus maritimus, t

Life

What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

Mind

Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles

New Scientists inside a science base in the Moon conduct a variety of humorous experiments. We see a cat chasing after a giant laser beam; a scientist being eaten by a venus fly trap, a star falling through a Christmas tree as a scientist tries and fails to put it on top, a scientist going to a 'moonshine' bar, robots attending a seminar, a scientist trapping a human brain in a forcefield, and scientists stepping through portals. In the sky above the spaceship, Santa is being abducted by aliens.

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

Cheerful mother and daughter tickling and playing at home on couch

Humans

What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human

Two hands holding three clams on a beach

Environment

The surprising longevity lessons from the world鈥檚 oldest animal

Aurora Borealis dancing over Tromso Urban Skyline. Tromso Panorama and winter night landscape with Northern Lights (Aurora Polaris) on a cold night, with starry sky, polar lights and snowcapped mountains on Kvaloya Island in the background. Cityscape with Brightly Street Light of the Arctic Capital, Northern Norway

Earth

The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras

Mind

Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits

Leaders

Comment

Science still produced many wonders in 2025 despite being under siege

Though there were setbacks on climate change and funding for science this year, there was still plenty of amazing discoveries to marvel at

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A wax head of Mark Zuckerberg is seen on a robot dog as a part of an art installation called "Regular Animals" by digital artist Mike Winkelmann, also known as Beeple, during Art Basel 2025 at Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami Beach, Florida, December 7, 2025. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP via Getty Images) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

Mark Zuckerberg’s face put on top of robotic dog for art installation

The Meta founder was one of six real-life figures to have a waxwork of his head placed on top of a robotic dog at Art Basel in Miami, Florida, by the artist Beeple

Physics

Quantum experiment settles a century-old row between Einstein and Bohr

Life

Tigers seem to be bouncing back in remote Sumatran jungle

Health

Experimental vaccine prevents dangerous allergic attack for a year

Health

Tattooing may trigger localised damage to the immune system

Environment

Volcano eruption may have led to the Black Death coming to Europe

Health

Dogs may make us more caring and sociable by changing our microbiome

Space

Forming moon may have taken three big impacts early in Earth鈥檚 history

Space

Planned satellite launches could ruin Hubble Space Telescope images

Environment

Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth’s past

Space

Asteroid Bennu carries all the ingredients for life as we know it

Health

We now have a greater understanding of how exercise slows cancer

Life

A spectacular showcase of animal pictures from 2025

Humans

Ancient human artefacts found near caves in Arabian desert

Health

Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant

Society

Donald Trump and Elon Musk put science on the chopping block in 2025

Health

The potential of GLP-1 drugs to transform medicine exploded in 2025

Life

De-extinction was big news in 2025 鈥� but didn’t live up to the hype

Mind

People saw a new colour for the first time in 2025

Environment

China’s carbon emissions may have started to fall in 2025

Humans

The most amazing archaeology photos and discoveries of 2025

Technology

AI firms began to feel the legal wrath of copyright holders in 2025

Space

Chance of a devastating asteroid impact briefly spiked in 2025

Analysis

Space

What would Russia’s inability to launch crewed missions mean for ISS?

Russia's only launch site capable of sending humans to orbit has suffered serious damage that may take two years to fix. Will NASA keep supporting the ISS without Russian involvement, or is this the end for the space station?

Aperture

$PAGE 20 MOMENT A while ago, I borrowed a piece of opal from a geological museum to photograph for a book I was working on. Using my ?real? camera, I had to figure out a good composition for a picture of this complicated mineral. Notice the larger light-blue ?veins? running across the image. I used them as organizational elements, to create sections to help the viewer decide how to look at the image. PHENOMENON Over many years of geological time, opal is slowly formed as many small spheres of silica (what glass is made of) self-assemble into perfectly ordered layers. Diffraction (not to be confused with refraction) occurs when light passes through the spheres and gaps, and it is split into the colors of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. The diameter of the spheres and the spacing between them determines the colors that we see. Light reflected from the different stacked layers creates interference effects.$

Life

Can you work out what these enigmatic close-up photos are of?

快猫短视频 and photographer Felice Frankel has zoomed in on everyday occurrences with her camera for her new book, Phenomenal Moments, which reveals the hidden science in our daily lives

Regulars

Features

Physics

How 3 imaginary physics demons tore up the laws of nature

Three thought experiments involving 鈥渄emons鈥� have haunted physics for聽centuries.聽What should we make of聽them today?

Humans

Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer?

Environment

The surprising longevity lessons from the world鈥檚 oldest animal

Physics

Are we living in a simulation? This experiment could tell us

Life

What the family drama of interbreeding polar and grizzly bears reveals

Mind

Too busy to meditate? Microdosing mindfulness has big health benefits

Earth

The audacious quest to light up the sky with artificial auroras

Mind

Test your brain on these mind-bending scientific riddles

Space

Why we only recently discovered space is dark not bright

Physics

Inside the wild experiments physicists would do with zero limits

Humans

What the evolution of tickling tells us about being human

Mathematics

We鈥檝e finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Culture

Comment

We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with

快猫短视频 writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board games, an eclectic mix which ranges from Dobble to The Creator

Culture

Humans

2025 was chock full of exciting discoveries in human evolution

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool making, this year has given us a clearer picture of how and why humans evolved to be so different from other primates

Technology

This year we were drowning in a sea of slick, nonsensical AI slop

Space

Comets were on fire this year 鈥� for better or worse

Health

How I learned to keep my brain in better repair this year