I’ve long wanted to attend the Society of Wildlife Artists’ annual Natural Eye exhibition, and a few weeks ago, I finally did ...

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After decades of planning and construction, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory is about to begin a 10-year survey of the southern sky. This enormous telescope has already produced stunning new images of ...

I have never been to a watch party, unless you count me and two of my friends getting together to watch Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (complete with themed snacks). But now, it seems, I will have my ...

There was a jam-packed programme of talks and exhibits on offer at this year’s New Scientist Live at Excel London, which took place from 18 to 20 October and attracted thousands of visitor of all ages ...

Alex Wilkins is a news reporter at New Scientist focused on physics and technology, with particular interests in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and astronomy. He talks about his reporting ...

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After our head-spinning read of Alex Foster’s Circular Motion, in which Earth’s rotation starts speeding up, the New Scientist Book Club headed to two very different worlds in Ursula K. Le Guin’s ...