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Concrete buildings absorb heat in hot weatherPanther Media Global/Alamy Cement that can cool itself by reflecting light on the outside ...

Ceres may have been habitable at just half a billion years old

The icy dwarf planet Ceres may once have been habitableNASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) The dwarf planet Ceres looks cold and ...

From Ritual to Trend: The Deadly Rise of a Frog Secretion

(MedPage Today) -- A new wellness ritual is going viral. But at what cost to health and life? Originally practiced ...

To Err Is Administration: Part One

(MedPage Today) -- It has been said that change only happens with the right degree of crisis. Remember the Challenger ...

Human review: Exploring humanity’s ancient origins in fantastic new BBC documentary

A dramatic reconstruction of early modern Homo sapiens in AfricaBBC/BBC Studios HumanBBC iPlayer (UK); PBS, US (17 September) In my ...

Why bosses exploit their most loyal employees

Ferran Traite Soler/Getty Images “I’ve always prided myself on my can-do attitude,” a reader told me this month. “Recently, however, ...

Documenting the battle to protect New Zealand’s endangered birds

Rangers setting out to install stoat traps in the Kea Basin, New ZealandRobin Hammond/Panos Pictures Across New Zealand, a vast ...

Clamor review: Powerful new book explores how noise has taken over the world

Noise-cancelling headphones have become a popular way to shut out intrusive soundsPjrTransport/Alamy ClamorChris Berdik (W. W. Norton) Noise is all around ...

I’m a cyclist. Will the arrival of robotaxis make my journeys safer?

“I cycle everywhere in London…”Richard Baker/In Pictures via Getty Images Having plied their trade in several US and Chinese cities ...

Anyone keen on a cat cryptocoin? Anyone?

Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe ...

We need to establish free internet access as a standalone human right

In 2024, 2.6 billion people – nearly a third of humanity – remained offline, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) reported. ...

The Origin of Language review: Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case

Beekman suggests the complexity of childcare drove language’s spreadShutterstock/Artem Varnitsin The Origin of LanguageMadeleine Beekman (Simon & Schuster) Language is ...

A new angle on brain health could bring much-needed new treatments

Sumaid pal Singh Bakshi/Unsplash It is difficult to overstate the medical progress made in recent decades. In high-income nations, survival ...

Chaos After RFK Jr.’s mRNA Vaccine Decision; NIH Ending Gender Data Collection?

(MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare ...

PHQ-9 Liability Concerns; AI-Induced Psychosis; Personality Disorder Coding Updates

(MedPage Today) -- Due to legal liability concerns, some healthcare organizations are leaving off the ninth item about suicidality when ...

Artificial superfood for bees boosts colony reproduction

Bees often struggle to get the nutrients they need from flowersRan Zisovitch/Shutterstock An artificial “superfood” that provides essential nutrients for ...

Cold fusion: Nuclear fusion gets a boost from a controversial debunked experiment

The Thunderbird nuclear fusion reactorBerlinguette Group, UBC Cold fusion, one of the most notorious blunders in science, is making a ...

Physicist Frank Wilczek’s unique insights on the nature of reality

In June, at a conference set in the picturesque Italian town of Campagna, south-east of Naples, two physicists in a ...

Make the Diagnosis: He Has Rough, Scaly, and Worsening Red Spots—What’s Up?