science

Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers to do the dirty work for them through a kind of chemical subterfuge Source link

Mice with the same genetic variant that contributes towards red hair in people were slower to recover from wounds than their black-haired counterparts Source link

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context – analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page Source link

To understand Adolf Hitler, we need to look at his personal life and the wider societal and historical context – analysing his DNA for a TV gimmick tells us nothing, says Michael Le Page Source link

New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled student Annalee Newitz finds some silver linings Source link

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in planetary defence Source link

Previous attempts at building a chemical computer have been too simple, too rigid or too hard to scale, but an approach based on a network of reactions can perform multiple tasks without having to be reconfigured Source link

The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species Source link

There is growing evidence that our reliance on generative AI tools is reducing our ability to think clearly and critically, but it doesn’t have to be that way Source link

The electic cars of the Formula E racing championship can accelerate faster than Formula 1 cars and their top speeds are catching up – but battery capacity would let them down in a head-to-head Source link