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Our priorities are all wrong when it comes to new technologies

Our priorities are all wrong when it comes to new techn...

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We can't get life-saving drugs, but we can get dubious self-driving taxis, says ...

A note from the magazine editor on New Scientist Live

A note from the magazine editor on New Scientist Live

SIN Aug 31, 2023 0 19

New Scientist Live is the highlight of our calendar. From the inner life of a do...

AI recap: The rise of the prompt engineer and biased driverless cars

AI recap: The rise of the prompt engineer and biased dr...

SIN Aug 31, 2023 0 3

Our round-up of the most interesting artificial intelligence news in August incl...

How the history of maths is much more diverse than you think

How the history of maths is much more diverse than you ...

SIN Aug 31, 2023 0 2

There is more to where maths came from than the ancient Greeks. From calculus to...

Running shoes with higher heels could increase your risk of leg injury

Running shoes with higher heels could increase your ris...

SIN Aug 31, 2023 0 2

Running shoes with an elevated heel may change the speed at which the feet hit t...

Earthquake sensors are tracking bombing attacks in Ukraine

Earthquake sensors are tracking bombing attacks in Ukraine

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 3

Seismometers normally used to detect earthquakes are being used to identify the ...

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

AI beats champion human pilots in head-to-head drone races

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 2

The Swift AI has beaten expert drone racers in high-speed races using an on-boar...

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of physics

Super-heavy oxygen hints at problem with the laws of ph...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 19

An unprecedentedly heavy version of oxygen is significantly less stable than exp...

Implant lets people type on virtual keyboards with just brain signals

Implant lets people type on virtual keyboards with just...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 5

A company called Synchron, backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, may become the f...

Why is Wegovy weight loss treatment so hard to get hold of?

Why is Wegovy weight loss treatment so hard to get hold...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 20

Soaring US demand and high drug prices may be keeping the weight loss injections...

Scrapping English river pollution rules will result in a murky outcome

Scrapping English river pollution rules will result in ...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 3

The UK government has announced it will no longer require homebuilders to mitiga...

Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consumed in the US

Just 12 per cent of people eat half of the beef consume...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 2

A small proportion of people in the US are responsible for eating 50 per cent of...

Your skin microbiome may affect how attractive you are to mosquitoes

Your skin microbiome may affect how attractive you are ...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 19

Mosquitoes can be drawn to your skin microbiome, suggesting that one day a spray...

AI shows no sign of consciousness yet, but we know what to look for

AI shows no sign of consciousness yet, but we know what...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 22

The latest generations of artificial intelligence models show little to no trace...

Drinking alcohol doesn't give people 'beer goggles' after all

Drinking alcohol doesn't give people 'beer goggles' aft...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 2

Drinking alcohol does not give people "beer goggles" that make others seem more ...

Is an enormous shield the worst way to protect Earth from asteroids?

Is an enormous shield the worst way to protect Earth fr...

SIN Aug 30, 2023 0 1

There are several reasonable ways to protect Earth from any potential asteroid t...

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