Tools reveal Easter Island may not have had a societal collapse
Tools used to make Easter Island’s famous statues have yielded a clue that suggests the Rapa Nui inhabitants that made them all got along with each other
Don’t miss: Taxidermied rabbits, mucky biology and the digital future
See a taxidermied rabbit in a silver goblet at show about human-animal hybrids, read about biology's muckier side, and listen to tough talk about our digital future
Gluten-free dogs? Pets deserve better than this evidence-free fad
Animal owners are increasingly falling for potentially risky fad pet diets or homeopathic alternatives to vaccines, warn vets Danny Chambers and Zoe Belshaw
Fortnite is coming to Android, but players risk downloading malware
When blockbuster game Fortnite hits Android phones, gamers will be able to get it outside Google Play, which could leave them vulnerable to scams
Preserved ocean creatures make landfall in London
Dissected and preserved sea life specimens give visitors a thrilling, slightly shallow glimpse of a hidden world
Bots on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk are ruining psychology studies
Psychologists use Amazon’s Mechanical Turk platform to study our behaviour, but now bots are spoiling things by pretending to be human
This man spent months alone underground – and it warped his mind
Michel Siffre’s extraordinary self-experiments in a cave with no light would never be allowed now – but revealed strange truths about how we perceive time
The Meg: Real Megalodon shark would eat Jason Statham for breakfast
Jason Statham’s new film The Meg looks gloriously silly and good luck to it, but it got us thinking about what its giant prehistoric shark was really like and why it died out
New Scientist Live: sneak preview of this year’s mission to Mercury
It’s time to return to the planet Mercury. At New Scientist Live, Emma Bunce will be revealing all about the BepiColombo mission set to launch in October
New Zealand becomes the latest country to ban plastic bags
People in New Zealand currently use about 150 plastic bags each a year, but the country now plans to phase them out within the next six months