New Scientist Live: will we ever understand the true nature of time?
Physicist and best-selling author Carlo Rovelli is coming to London this September to explain the deep mysteries of time
Climate change made Europe’s heatwave twice as likely to happen
The current heatwave in northern Europe was made twice as likely by climate change, according to a preliminary analysis.
AI creates Shakespearean sonnets – and they’re actually quite good
Human poets have been wrestling with sonnets for centuries. Now artificial intelligence is trying to innovate in the form
Rare half-female, half-male cricket leads a complicated life
An extremely rare cricket with female sex organs but male wings – known as a gynandromorph – could tell us more about how sex differences arise
Amazon face recognition mistakes US politicians for crime suspects
A face recognition service sold by Amazon falsely identified 28 members of Congress - and disproportionately black legislators - as people arrested for a crime
Drug to treat endometriosis pain first to be approved in over a decade
A new drug relieves pelvic pain in women with endometriosis, but is expensive and can cause side-effects like hot flushes, headaches and nausea
A new shape called the scutoid has been discovered in our cells
We’ve discovered a new shape called the scutoid, which lets cells pack so closely together – and could lead to better methods for making artificial organs
Cracking down on illegal cannabis with edible barcodes and blockchains
A start-up is tracing legal cannabis sold in the US to fight counterfeiting, using edible barcodes and a blockchain – the technology behind cryptocurrencies
Only 13 per cent of the world’s oceans are considered a wilderness
Human activity touches almost 90 per cent of the ocean, which has left little of the ocean wild – and only a tiny fraction of that wilderness is protected
Business students more likely to have a brain parasite spread by cats
A study of students found that those who have a brain parasite linked to outbursts of explosive rage are more likely to be majoring in business studies