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New Scientist is a weekly magazine that has been in circulation since 1956, focusing on all areas of science and technology. Based in London, it offers editions in the UK, the United States, and Australia. In addition to its print publication, New Scientist launched a website in 1996 and hosts an engaging series of events called New Scientist Live, which has been gaining popularity. Available through retail stores and subscription, the magazine includes news, in-depth features, reviews, and thoughtful commentary on scientific and technological developments and their broader impacts. It also features speculative pieces that explore topics from technical advancements to philosophical questions.

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Fusion power may never happen if we don't fix the lithium bottleneck

1 day ago | newscientist.com | Jeremy Hsu

Nuclear fusion has the potential to deliver nearly limitless power – but before it can even get started, the world must build a massive supply of enriched lithium fuel from scratch. “One of the biggest missing pieces of technology is the enrichment stage, where a specific type of lithium is concentrated,” says Samuel Ward at Woodruff Scientific LTD, a UK consultancy focused on nuclear fusion.
Crafty cockatoos learn to use public drinking fountains

2 days ago | newscientist.com | Chris Simms

Cockatoos in Sydney, Australia, have learned to use public water fountains by twisting a handle, despite how difficult they are for birds to operate. It seems to be a behaviour they copy from each other. Sulphur-crested cockatoos (Cacatua galerita) have already learned how to open waste binsÂ in eastern Sydney, leading to a battle of wits as humans come up with ways to keep their bins closed and the cockatoos again work out how to open them.
Quarter of people follow rules even with no downside to breaking them

3 days ago | newscientist.com | Helen Thomson

Would you follow a rule, even if doing so harms you and no one would know if you broke it? A series of experiments suggests that 1 in 4 people do exactly that: obey rules unconditionally, even in the absence of social pressure, punishment and personal gain. The results challenge traditional economic theories, which assume that rule-following is driven largely by extrinsic incentives, and could reshape how we design new laws.
Do corporations actually have more control over your health than you?

4 days ago | newscientist.com | Graham Lawton

The aisles seem to go on forever as you push your shopping trolley towards the cereal section. You arrive, only to be met with an anxiety-inducing dilemma: do you buy the granola with low sugar or the one that is fortified with protein and vitamins? Or maybe the one with those delicious little chocolate chunks? The supermarket can be mildly overwhelming, but at least there is no shortage of consumer choice. It seems that we are in control of the food we eat and the lifestyles we lead.
The global temperature may be even higher than we thought

4 days ago | newscientist.com | Madeleine Cuff

The world has warmed even more than we thought, according to a new dataset suggesting the temperature rise since pre-industrial times is 6 per cent higher than previous estimates. That would put us on track to breach the Paris climate goal of keeping warming below 1.5°C sooner than feared, in 2028 rather than the 2030-2035 timeframe usually cited by scientists.
Hurricanes aren't cooling off future storms as much as they once did

1 week ago | newscientist.com | James Dinneen

During a hurricane, powerful winds churn and fan the ocean, leaving behind a swath of cold water that can last for weeks and weaken subsequent storms. But in parts of the ocean, these cold wakes arenâ€™t lasting as long as they once did. â€śThis shortening of cold wake recovery time can give a second boost to hurricane intensityâ€ť along with background warming due to climate change, says Shuai Wang at the University of Delaware.
At this rate, carbon dioxide removal will never matter for the climate

1 week ago | newscientist.com | James Dinneen

The carbon dioxide removal industry is struggling to grow at the pace needed to have a significant role in meeting climate targetsThe nascent carbon dioxide removal industry expects to hit a milestone this year: 1 million tonnes of planet-warming CO2 removed from the atmosphere. That certainly is progress, but things aren’t moving anywhere near quickly enough to remove the billions of tonnes of carbon researchers say we need to capture annually in coming decades.
Should you still learn a second language if AI can translate for you?

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Matthew Sparkes

I have long remembered a conversation I had 20 years ago with one of my professors, an expert in what we then called artificial intelligence, which, in many ways, is wildly different to what we now call AI. In this exchange, he confidently told me there was no point learning a second language. Computers would soon erase language barriers, he said. Not only by translating written text, but also in real time using audio, to make conversations flow smoothly even if everyone involved is…
Our verdict on Larry Niven’s Ringworld: Sci-fi classic has nice maths, shame about Teela

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Alison Flood

Comment Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven It was quite an experience, moving from the technicolour magical realism of Michel Nieva’s wild dystopia, Dengue Boy, to Larry Niven’s slice of classic science fiction, Ringworld, first published in 1970 and very much redolent of the sci-fi writing of that era.
First evidence of ancient birds nesting above the Arctic circle

1 week ago | newscientist.com | Sofia Quaglia

Life Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought Newly discovered bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds have been breeding and nesting in the Arctic for at least 73 million years. â€śWhich is kind of crazy, because it’s not easy to live in the Arctic and have newborn babies up there,â€ť says study author Lauren Wilson at Princeton University.