Science
NASA Awards Contract for Construction Services in California – NASA
NASA has selected multiple small businesses for the Western Regional Multiple Award Construction Contract, which supports a broad range of facility enhancement, modernization, and sustainment work at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, NASA’s Ames Research Center...
Life
Think you have a good sense of humour? So do most people…
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you...
Environment
Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara
This oasis (above) next to the town of Mao, Chad, allows farmers to grow date palms and cultivate a...
Environment
Life after death: From burned trees to bleached corals, how dead organisms live on as the building blocks of new life
People’s knee-jerk reaction to seeing death in nature is often not positive. The burn scar left by wildfire on a once-forested hillside, or a ghostly white coral reef, may evoke tragedy and despair. But in...
Life
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds
The Story of BirdsSteve Brusatte, Picador (UK); Mariner Books (US)
Steve Brusatte is three for three. His debut book for general...
Life
Art and nature come together in stunning new Henry Moore exhibition
As I walked around the large green form, watching how the shadows and light changed as I moved, I...
Science
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero wins Kavli Prize in Nanoscience
MIT professor of physics Pablo Jarillo-Herrero is among 10 researchers worldwide to receive this year’s prestigious Kavli...
Life
Augmented reality system could make medical ultrasounds easier to interpret
Interpreting medical ultrasound images is a difficult task, requiring a technician to look at 2D images and...
Life
Author on benefits of investing in children’s mental health
Dr Monique Lynch-Jonah has launched the Healthy Minds Kids Series. The collection of picture books aims to help children aged seven to 12 develop emotional wellbeing, confidence, resilience, and positive mental health from an early age.
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Life
Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war
There’s a received piece of wisdom among militaries around the world that whatever new technologies appear, in the end,...
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Watch: Canadians share hopes and wishes for America’s 250th birthday
For America’s 250th birthday, BBC journalists in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver asked Canadians what they would gift the US...