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Introduction by Professor Stephen Hawking. When Edwin Hubble looked into his telescope in the 1920s, he was shocked to find that nearly all of the gal...
Inside the most complicated object in the known universe
Ever wondered what's going on inside your head? You are your brain. Everything that makes you you, and all your experiences of the world, are somehow ...
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Mindblowing Science Every Day of the Year
Introduced by Jim Al-Khalili Could you surf down an erupting volcano? Why do zebras have stripes? Are you breathing the same air as Leonardo da Vinci?...
Everything you need to know about the coming age of artificial intelligence
Sometime in the future the intelligence of machines will exceed that of human brain power. So are we on the edge of an AI-pocalypse, with superintelli...
Everything You Need to Know
Congratulations! You're the proud owner of the most complex information processing device in the known universe. The human brain comes equipped with a...
The Science of Living Longer Better
We all want to be healthier, stronger and live longer, but what really works? From stress to saturated fats, HIIT to HRT, veganism to vitamins, This B...
The Origin of (almost) Everything
From what actually happened in the Big Bang to the accidental discovery of post-it notes, the history of science is packed with surprising discoveries...
Journeys at the Extremes of Science
What's the nature of reality? Does the universe ever end? What is time and does it even exist? These are the biggest imagination-stretching, brain-sta...
A Journey Through 55 Alternative Realities, Parallel Worlds and Possible Futures
'What if dinosaurs still ruled the Earth, the Russians got to the moon first, everyone became vegetarian or time itself flowed backwards? And that's j...
And 114 Other Questions
Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze? is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world'...
The disturbing theory at the heart of reality
Forget everything you thought you knew about reality. The world is a seriously bizarre place. Things can exist in two places at once and travel backwa...
Your ultimate guide to the world we call home
The ancient Greeks called it Gaia; the Romans Terra. We know it simply as Earth, the planet we call home. And what a planet it is. Formed around 4.6 b...
The Science of Self Help
We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works? From building confidence and boosting creativity to forming bette...
Fascinating Answers to 191 Mind-Boggling Questions
A Sunday Times bestseller How long is 'now'? The short answer is 'somewhere between 2 and 3 seconds'. The long answer involves an incredible journey t...
from the Big Bang to Belly-button Fluff
7 million years and counting
Where did we come from? Where are we going? Homo sapiens is the most successful, the most widespread and the most influential species ever to walk the...
And other amazing experiments for the armchair scientist
How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (i...
132 Head-Scratching Questions About the Science All Around Us
A joy for science lovers, Know It All is your ticket to a grand meeting of curious minds! New Scientist magazineโs beloved โLast Wordโ column is...
How Einstein's relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
How did it all begin? Where is it all going? A little over a century ago, a young Albert Einstein presented his general theory of relativity to the wo...
And 101 Other Intriguing Science Questions
Do Polar Bears Get Lonely? is the third compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-...
And 101 Other Questions
Every year, readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly, in the hope that the answers to them wil...
A traveler's guide from the centre of the sun to the edge of the unknown
There's a whole universe out there... Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orbit, f...
From absolute zero to cosmic oblivion -- amazing insights into nothingness
Zero, zip, nada, zilch. It's all too easy to ignore the fascinating possibilities of emptiness and non-existence, and we may well wonder what there is...
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and 130 other science questions answered
Why do birds sing at dawn? What's the slowest a plane can fly without stalling and falling out of the sky? And how long can you keep a tiger cub as a ...
How particle physics unlocks the secrets of everything
As you read this, billions of neutrinos from the sun are passing through your body, antimatter is sprouting from your dinner and the core of your bein...
And 73 other weird questions that only science can answer
Why aren't there any green mammals? Is eating boogers bad for you? Do dolphins and whales get thirsty? Why can't you tickle yourself? Where do astrona...
Unravelling the greatest mystery of the human brain
What is this strange mental world that seems so essential to being human? The conscious mind brings together sensations, perceptions, thoughts and mem...
The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution
Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering... These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from t...
From Darwin's brilliant idea to today's epic theory
How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and al...
Discover the strange and beautiful world of mathematics
Think of a number between one and ten. No, hang on, let's make this interesting. Between zero and infinity. Even if you stick to the whole numbers, th...
You are what you eat. Food and diet have an enormous influence on your health and well-being, but eating the right amount of the right things - and no...
99 scientific answers to weird and wonderful questions about animals
Informative, surprising and hilarious,New Scientist tackles questions about the animal kingdom from readers in the magazine's popular 'Last Word' colu...
How Einstein s relativity unlocks the past, present and future of the cosmos
How did it all begin? Where is it all going? WHY GENERAL RELATIVITY LEAVES UNFINISHED BUSINESS WITH THE COSMOS A little over a century ago, a young Al...
The End of Money is an essential introduction to cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution. On this journey you'll discover how this staggering n...
The Ultimate Guide to Your Amazing Existence
If you thought you knew who you were, THINK AGAIN. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or...
Why aren't there any green mammals? Is eating bogeys bad for you? Do dolphins and whales get thirsty? Why can't you tickle yourself? Where do astronau...
Surprising Insights Everywhere from Zero to Oblivion
Incredible discoveries from the fringes of the universe to the inner workings of our mindsรall from nothing! It turns out that almost nothing is as c...