1+ day, 40+ min ago  (191+ words) Our tastes can change based on our experiences with them, explains one reader Mike Follows Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, UK This process, called neural adaptation, allows previously unpleasant flavours to become pleasurable. Coffee may gradually become linked with alertness, comfort,…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (959+ words) The science suggests that olive oil can help us fight cognitive decline and even Alzheimer's. Columnist Helen Thomson finds that only works if we choose the right kind Olive oil is part of a brain-boosting diet, but which kind is…...

1+ day, 40+ min ago  (247+ words) No matter where you get your food from, a good chunk of your diet is ultimately reliant on fossil fuels. We already need to change this to tackle climate change, but the Iran war and resulting oil shortage is showing…...

1+ day, 41+ min ago  (148+ words) The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week The history of North America's Indigenous peoples is fraught with stereotypes " and often seen through a European lens. In Native Nations, historian Kathleen DuVal, at the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (594+ words) A collection of stories set in George R. R. Martin's Wild Cards universe and a novel from The Expanse author James S. A. Corey are among the science-fiction books we're looking forward to this month Thriller Mars One by Charlotte Robinson is out this…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (959+ words) The science suggests that olive oil can help us fight cognitive decline and even Alzheimer's. Columnist Helen Thomson finds that only works if we choose the right kind Olive oil is part of a brain-boosting diet, but which kind is…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (628+ words) Researchers have identified genetic material from a vast range of organisms contaminating the shroud, said to have wrapped Jesus's body, further complicating the question of the cloth's true origin The Shroud of Turin bears an image of a man said…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (626+ words) Researchers have identified genetic material from a vast range of organisms contaminating the shroud, said to have wrapped Jesus's body, further complicating the question of the cloth's true origin The Turin Shroud bears an image of a man said to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (332+ words) Experiments on different kinds of milk have revealed that many plant-based milks are non-Newtonian fluids Just a splash of the non-Newtonian, please The physics of plant-based milks is strange. Researchers are only now beginning to understand it, and they hope…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago  (601+ words) As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson's science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this 1992 book still feels so relevant today Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Red MarsTerese Loeb Kreuzer/Alamy 2026 marks the dawn of…...