From the US war on science to a brand-new colour, read New Scientist’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories and most stunning images of 2025 ...

The name mikazuki isn’t random. It is a nod to the local history of the Tohoku region, derived from the Japanese word for ...

The population of tiny stinging ants has surged despite efforts to control the invasive species. Experts fear devastating consequences if the infestation spirals out of control.

Bees may hold the secret to communication with aliens, scientists find - Honeybees can solve simple addition and subtraction ...

Tracy Letts’s eerily topical, decades-old play about a woman’s descent into a world of conspiracy theories makes its ...

Buckle up, humans, this year might be the biggest year for humanity if all the predictions made by a famous mystic who died years ago come true. Reports on social media say that extraterrestrials are ...

Baba Vanga's predictions have been a source of intrigue for social media users. Bulgarian psychic Baba Vanga, often referred to as the 'Nostradamus of the Balkans', is believed to have accurately ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from the ...

Did our AI summary help? As 2026 approaches, online interest in predictions linked to Baba Vanga has once again intensified. Often referred to as the "Nostradamus of the Balkans," the blind Bulgarian ...

Unidentified flying objects and Area 51 are conspiracy theories no more. Director Dan Farah interviewed 34 government officials who validate the existence of visitors from space in The Age of ...