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My family tree doubles at every past ancestor generation and continues branching back into the past. At what point does it ...

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Besieged by confusing and contradictory advice on which diets are healthiest for us, Chris Simms enjoys a clear-eyed view from evolutionary anthropologist Daniel Lieberman in his new book ...

At a gathering of the University of Bristol Spelaeological Society in a pub in 2008, caver Charlie Self handed PhD student Gina Moseley a photograph of a cave in a limestone cliff just beyond the ...

What’s your favourite science-fiction trope? I’m not talking about subgenres like dystopias, space operas or “punks” of every flavour, but the small moments that keep cropping up. Jumping to warp ...

Read Issue #3608 12 August 2026 of New Scientist magazine for the latest news from across the world of science, plus long reads, opinion, analysis, and more ...

Watch as a total solar eclipse sweeps across parts of Europe and the Atlantic ocean as the moon passes between Earth and the sun, blocking out sunlight. Parts of the US and Africa, along with the ...