From the discovery of stardust older than the sun to the first tyrannosaur embryos, here are some fascinating findings that may have been overshadowed this year. Researchers in Chiquihuite Cave wear ...

Cepheid variable stars exhibit regular pulsations whose period directly correlates with their intrinsic brightness (absolute luminosity). The Leavitt law establishes this relationship between ...

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So, in no particular order, here they are: New Scientist’s favourite science fiction books of all time. We’d love to hear from readers, too, about your own favourite sci-fi. Join the conversation on ...

An effort to overhaul how children learn to read, known as the science of reading movement, is sweeping the country. Here’s where it stands. By Dana Goldstein During an era of intense politicization ...

A wonderfully fun study published in February 2022 asked a provocative question: what are the physiological determinants of trail running performance? The authors had me hooked in the abstract. So I ...

A friend–we’ll call her Polly, short for Pollyanna, for reasons that will become obvious–is unrelentingly positive. Always cheerful. Always enthusiastic. She’s the happiest person I know. Except, ...

Humans are natural explorers. Once we were clothed, fed, and found shelter, we started wondering, “How does nature work? What’s around us? How did we come to be? What is our place in the universe?” To ...