Technologies

Imagine a postal worker delivering leaflets. Instead of reaching each home individually, they could hand one batch to a volunteer […]

The current state of our planet can be a cause for despair. A pervasive climate crisis, accelerating extinctions, vanishing forests,

The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy is contemplating a strategic shift back to sail-powered technology, evidenced by a recent demonstration featuring

The “Feedback” section of New Scientist offers a weekly curated selection of intriguing, amusing, or peculiar news items from the

For years, discussions have circulated among officials and within media outlets about populated regions situated near fault lines, such as

A powerful fertilizer derived from seabird droppings may have been instrumental in the ascent of a Peruvian agricultural kingdom approximately

The psychologist Paul Eastwick, like many, has personal experiences with romantic rejection and unrequited affections. During his undergraduate years at

The past quarter-century has dramatically expanded our understanding of human evolution, marked by an surge in discoveries. Archaeologists worldwide have

In 2012, an unusual alliance took the stage at the Earth Summit in Brazil. Richard Branson, Jane Goodall, and Edward

Analysis of ancient DNA has shed light on the origins of a little-understood group that appeared in Britain around 2400