France going veggie would save 1m litres of water per person each year
Nationwide conversion to vegetarianism in France, Germany or the UK would halve the amount of water needed to produce each country’s food
Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment
The double-slit experiment is a classic demonstration that all particles of light and matter are also waves - and now it’s been done with antimatter particles
We’re not unique – lots of species can recognise themselves
We should be open to the idea that human intelligence isn't as special as we like to think it is
A giant pool noodle to clean up ocean plastic launches today
The Ocean Cleanup project has launched a system to help clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – but it could be unsustainable and harm fish
New Scientist Live: what it’s like to be an explorer in the modern age
Astronaut Tim Peake will discuss life as a modern-day explorer with tribe expert Will Millard and Antarctic skier Nics Wetherill at New Scientist Live
Google’s AI hate speech detector is easily fooled by a few typos
Demand is growing for tools that automatically flag online hate speech, but the current crop can easily be fooled by adding a few typos or an innocuous word
Japan wants people to virtually embody avatars orbiting in space
The Japanese space programme has partnered with an airline to build humanoid robots to assist astronauts and allow people on the ground to experience space
Novichok attack: Did Russian agents have enough poison to kill 4000?
Media reports say the dose of Novichok nerve agent used in the Salisbury attack was high enough to kill thousands – but this would have been almost impossible
Glass box of atomic vapour could work as a James-Bond-style spy radio
Most radios use antennae to pick up a signal, but this new one uses a glass box full of vapour instead, with lasers to translate the signal into a sound
Watch this bat-inspired robot use sound to navigate and spot plants
Robat, a bat-inspired robot, can navigate in the dark using echolocation. It can also use the same technique to recognise objects