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Category: Science
Dinosaur-era swamp ecosystem preserved in amber
Rocks that formed in a swamp in what is now Spain 110 million years ago contain both dinosaur bones and amber rich in invertebrate...
US Navy is developing GPS that uses cosmic rays to navi...
At higher latitudes, traditional GPS navigation is not reliable, but muons produced when cosmic rays hit Earth’s atmosphere could ...
Covid-19 news: Range of vaccines show promise as booste...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
Fake covid-19 vaccine certificates are being sold on th...
Researchers found 17 illicit marketplaces claiming to sell vaccine passports, and some appear to be valid entries in national data...
Multigenerational households a factor in covid-19 ethni...
People in the UK of Bangladeshi or Pakistani heritage are more likely to live in households that include schoolchildren and people...
Night-shift workers who eat only in the day may cut dia...
People who work overnight are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes, but the risk may be reduced by eating only between 7am and 7...
World's most common bee originated 7 million years ago ...
A genetic analysis suggests the world’s most common species of honeybee, the western honeybee, first appeared in western Asia abou...
Covid-19 news: Australia plans to vaccinate five to 11-...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...
The best books of 2021 - New Scientist’s Christmas gift...
Here is New Scientist's pick of the science and scfi-fi books from 2021 that will keep you entertained over the holiday season
Guano doping: Can a dash of bird poo make graphene grea...
The foul-smelling futility of co-doping two-dimensional carbon, plus optimal moose tessellation and passing through two doors at o...
Humans have been relatively short for thousands of year...
Until around 150 years ago, humans were relatively short – but our recent growth spurt may have more to do with social factors tha...
Covid-19 news: Omicron linked to sharp rise in cases in...
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scien...