Taurine may not be a key driver of ageing after all
Taurine supplements have been considered promising for delaying ageing, but that may not be the case Shutterstock / Eugeniusz Dudzinski…
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New study raises big questions about taurine as anti-aging supplement
Taurine — an amino acid found in some foods and also made by the human body — has been shown…
Fusion power may never happen if we don’t fix the lithium bottleneck
The ITER project is an experimental fusion power reactor ITER Nuclear fusion has the potential to deliver nearly limitless power…
Preemptively cutting rhinos’ horns cuts poaching
Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their…
‘Rubber paw illusion’: Mice can ‘sense’ artificial limbs, just as humans do
People with artificial limbs can come to sense their prosthetic as part of their body — and in a new…
Could a race between microscopic competitors be the next big thing?
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe…
New NWS Hires Won’t Make Up for Trump Cuts, Meteorologists Say
New Hires Will Still Leave the NWS Dangerously Understaffed, Meteorologists Say Nearly 600 employees left the National Weather Service or…
James Webb telescope spots ‘groundbreaking’ molecule in scorching clouds of giant ‘hell planet’
Astronomers using NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified several surprising molecules in the scorching clouds of a “hellish”…
Why nobody is neurodiverse and nobody is neurotypical
Language is how we make sense of the world: it gives form to abstract concepts and influences our perception of…
Earth’s energy imbalance is off the charts — and if agencies don’t keep an eye on it, the world will be ‘blindfolded’ to the severity of climate change, scientists say
Earth’s energy imbalance is growing faster than anyone expected — and scientists don’t understand why. To complicate matters several NASA…