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Alex Keshavarzi interview: How muons could reveal exotic new physics

Alex Keshavarzi interview: How muons could reveal exotic new physics

9 February 2022

Precision measurements have long suggested that particles called muons, closely related to the electron, are misbehaving. Now, it seems their shenanigans might be pointing to the presence of new particles
Mindfulness

Mindfulness

3 August 2021

Mindfulness is the practice of focusing on the present, paying particular attention to your thoughts, movements or external stimuli
Richard Lewontin

Richard Lewontin: Pioneering evolutionary biologist dies aged 92

5 July 2021

Richard Lewontin was an evolutionary biologist who showed that most genetic variation is within populations rather than between “racial” groups
Novavax coronavirus vaccine found 89 per cent effective in trials

Novavax coronavirus vaccine found 89 per cent effective in trials

29 January 2021

Clinical trials show that a new covid-19 vaccine developed by Novavax is highly effective against a variant of the coronavirus vaccine circulating widely in the UK, but less effective against a variant in South Africa
How spiteful are you?

How spiteful are you?

26 October 2021

Thanks to social media, our nasty side has never been more prevalent, but is there a way to quantify how spiteful you actually are?
Scotland to ease covid-19 lockdown on 5 June, but not for all areas

Scotland to ease covid-19 lockdown on 5 June, but not for all areas

1 June 2021

Restrictions will be lifted this weekend for most areas of Scotland, but tougher rules will remain in places such as Edinburgh and Dundee
Widespread internet outage linked to cloud service provider Fastly

Widespread internet outage linked to cloud service provider Fastly

8 June 2021

Dozens of major websites, including New Scientist, were offline for around an hour on Tuesday morning in a widespread outage linked to a leading internet content delivery service
Many people with covid-19 have neurological or psychiatric symptoms

Many people with covid-19 have neurological or psychiatric symptoms

4 June 2021

Neurological and psychiatric symptoms such as fatigue and depression are common among people with covid-19 and may be just as likely in people with mild cases
First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

First human case of H10N3 bird flu strain reported in China

2 June 2021

A man has been infected with the H10N3 strain of bird flu in China, but the risk of the virus spreading between people is thought to be low
Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank

Extinct Sicilian elephant lost 8000 kilograms as it evolved and shrank

18 June 2021

Elephants that lived on the island of Sicily lost more than 85 per cent of their body mass over a period of 350,000 years before going extinct around 19,000 years ago