New Scientist - 30 Aug 2025
A NEW HUMAN SPECIES?
REVERSING CANCER
WHICH ANIMAL LANGUAGE WILL WE CRACK FIRST?
SUPERFOOD SUPPLEMENTS FOR BEES
BRAIN IMPLANT TREATS SEVERE DEPRESSION
A SURPRISING TWIST ON COLD FUSION
CHOCOLATE’S MICROBIOME
THE HUNT FOR PLANET Y
Plastic problem
On the cover
“There will be a battle over how to place Denisovans in our family tree”
Rehabilitating cancer
Reversing cancer
The “naturalness bias” is damaging sustainability efforts, says Sophie Attwood
Quantum comms
A new human species?
Welcome to the family
Feedback
A new way to diet
Talk to the animals
Rowan Hooper spies a future telescope on the moon
Puzzles
How did Christianity grow to have billions of followers?
Almost the last word
Stargazing at home
The path to domesticated wolves could be short
Life on Ceres?
Tom Gauld for New Scientist
See John Glenn return to Earth
Which animal language will we crack first?
Brain implant treats severe depression
A surprising twist on cold fusion
Superfood supplements for bees
Chocolate’s microbiome
The hunt for Planet Y
Shaking the family tree
The ancient city under the sea
Lighter-coloured cars absorb less heat and make cities cooler
Lesser-known food allergens can cause severe reactions
A small moon has been discovered orbiting Uranus
Radio waves could improve your sense of smell
Svalbard lost a record amount of ice last summer
An unlikely boost for nuclear fusion
Lacing food with fat-trapping microbeads could help us lose weight
Lighter-coloured cars could mean cooler city streets
The brain doesn’t actually reorganise itself after a limb amputation
Ceres may once have had the conditions to sustain life
How to tackle environmental issues when the world can’t agree
Lesser-known food allergens pose a big risk
First steps towards a secure quantum internet
Is Planet Y hiding past Neptune?
Super-cool cement could stop buildings trapping heat inside
Earth’s carbon sinks are waning due to climate feedback loops
Uranus’s newest moon could be the first of many more
A bespoke treatment for depression
Flower-like origami patterns unfold in one smooth motion
A new way to measure electricity
Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction
Arctic heat causes huge Svalbard ice loss
Covid-19 may make women’s arteries stiffer
Rare weather pattern may explain why 2023 was so hot
Radio-wave treatment passes the smell test
AI model can predict solar flares
The tiny secrets behind chocolate’s finest flavours
Faking it
See John Glenn return to Earth aboard a fiery spacecraft in 1962
How did Christianity grow to have billions of followers?
Strata of rock reveal Earth’s dramatic past in vivid detail
The path to domesticated wolves could be short
Rowan Hooper spies a future telescope on the moon
Seeing further By the 2070s, advances meant an optical telescope with an effective mirror size of 3000 km could be built on the moon. Rowan Hooper investigates
Up in the air
Up in the air
The ultimate takeover Michael Marshall
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Welcome to the family
Welcome to the family
“There will be a battle over how to place Denisovans in our family tree”
“It is likely that Denisovans wore clothing to protect themselves from the cold”
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Talk to me!
Rehabilitating cancer
Rehabilitating cancer
Turning red
Research on quantum computers has gone to the dogs
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Picturing the lighter side of life
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Robotic responses
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