New Scientist Magazine Issue 3617 Cover Date: 17 October 2026  Features  A revolutionary way of targeting tumours could beat even the worst cancers  News  Two large asteroids found spinning as fast...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH Mental health conditions affect millions, yet many fundamental questions – about why they arise and how best to treat them – have long gone...

New Scientist Magazine Issue 3616 Cover Date: 10 October 2026  Features  Impossibly fast-moving stars are revealing the Milky Way’s mysterious heart Can we harness the brain’s deep-cleaning system to prevent Alzheimer’s?...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT AGEING From supplements that prevent cognitive decline to anti-ageing drugs, the science of living healthier for longer has advanced rapidly over the past decade, helping us...

New Scientist Magazine Issue 3615 Cover Date: 3 October 2026  Analysis  Worried about an AI apocalypse? Here’s how to think about the risk of doom Culture A new biography of Stephen...

New Scientist Magazine Issue 3614 Cover Date: 26 September 2026 Features Do we live in a simulation? If so, it could be a giant consciousness experiment How ancient superbugs could help...

New Scientist Magazine Issue 3613 Cover Date: 19 September 2026 Features Xand van Tulleken on the 3 wellness trends to be most wary of We’ve long thought that time has only...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE QUANTUM WORLD From particles that exist in multiple states simultaneously to entanglement that links objects across vast distances, quantum physics reveals a far stranger reality than our...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE From deadly heatwaves and rising sea levels to devastating wildfires and vanishing habitats, the effects of climate change are increasingly obvious – forcing us to...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE MOST MIND-BENDING QUESTIONS IN SCIENCE From what a thought looks like to the nature of space and time, science helps us make sense of ourselves...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT NUTRITION Our appreciation of how nutrition affects our health and longevity has advanced considerably over the past few years. We now understand that we have completely...

 EG25 Better You The science-backed secrets of a healthy mind and body Aristotle believed that the end goal of all our actions was human flourishing – a state he called eudaimonia....

New series from New Scientist HOW TO THINK ABOUT REALITY The one thing we know about reality is that it isn’t quite what it seems. Despite scientists creating precise models...

New series from New Scientist Technological advances have transformed our understanding of consciousness, yet there are still many competing theories, unexplained phenomena and questions over the nature of our reality. ...

The quest for an ultimate understanding of the cosmos From chains of galaxies billions of light years long to black holes billions of times more massive than the sun, our...

HOW TO THINK ABOUT THE HUMAN MIND For something that mediates every aspect of our experience, the mind is maddeningly elusive. The good news is that this hasn't stopped researchers...