Zika virus prompts increase in unsafe abortions in Latin America
Early signs suggest the fallout from Zika includes a rise in illegal, and unsafe abortions throughout Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela
3D-printed phones herald world of instant electronic everything
Circuits can now be 3D-printed directly into electronic devices – meaning factories could spit out new gadgets almost as quickly as we can think them up
NATO says the internet is now a war zone – what does that mean?
The military alliance has designated cyberspace as an operational domain for war alongside land, sea and air – here's how states are defending themselves
LIGO black hole pair may be stars that lived and died together
We’ve now seen enough gravitation waves to start wondering about the formation of the binary black holes that cause the signals when they spiral in and collide
First human CRISPR trial given go-ahead: your questions answered
The first human trial involving the revolutionary CRISPR genome editing technique could start before the year is out. New Scientist explains what it involves
Pluto must have liquid ocean or it’d look like an overripe peach
If Pluto’s inner sea froze recently, we should see ridges popping up in the dwarf planet's outer shell. Since we don’t, it's probably still liquid
I smelled comet 67P’s deadly pong and lived to tell the tale
Researchers with ESA's Rosetta mission have commissioned a perfume that mimics the odour of 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Jacob Aron shares his first sniff
The Beauty of Laplace’s Equation, Mathematical Key to … Everything
Forget killer robots: This is the future of supersmart machines
Scare stories about artificial intelligence are missing the point: a world with superintelligent machines in it will be far stranger than that
Wearable device for racehorses could help prevent fatal injuries
Hundreds of racehorses are killed every year. A device for monitoring performance could help trainers avoid over-exertion and spot early signs of injury