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New Scientist recommends a smart new account of human exceptionalism
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New Scientist recommends Togetherness, a radical new view of life
Togetherness Rowan Hooper (Fern Press, UK, out 4th June; Knopf, US, out 18th August) The best books are those that give you a new perspective, but Togetherness by my colleague Rowan Hooper has given me something more than that – not just a new view, but a new way of seeing. In essence a book about symbiosis, Togetherness zooms from the inner workings of our cells all the way out to how our planet functions as a whole and back in again, revealing how biological cooperation underpins all life...
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New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness
New tech enables scientists to see emperor penguins in darkness Sadie Harley Scientific Editor Andrew Zinin Lead Editor Research led by Professor Michelle LaRue from the School of Earth and Environment at Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury (UC) published in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation shows that high-resolution Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery can track emperor penguins through the Antarctic winter, opening a new way to monitor an endangered species...
New Scientist recommends a deep dive into our organs by Giulia Enders
Organ Speak Giulia Enders (Illustrated by Jill Enders, and translated by Jamie Bulloch), Hachette (UK); HarperCollins (US) Work, home, politics, TV sagas, juicy celebrity gossip – who doesn’t get caught up in the drama of everyday life? But there may be an equally compelling and fascinating story unfolding every second of every day inside the squishy bodies doing all that living. There, our organs do the quiet yet incredible work of providing the oxygen, energy and resilience we need to...
New Scientist recommends a devastating account of farming honeybees
Jennie Durant's Bitter Honey is a great exposé of the true cost of industrially farming US honeybees, finds Thomas Lewton. But the book's grim figures of bee death alone may not prompt deep change – how about seeing them as fellow creatures?
New Scientist recommends Turi King's expert book about DNA's secrets
The Secrets of Our DNA Turi King UK, Doubleday; US, Transworld Digital In 1993, a 62-year-old woman in the town of Idar-Oberstein in Germany was found strangled with florist wire. DNA found on a coffee cup suggested that two people were present besides the victim and that one of the apparent killers was a woman. In 2001, the suspected female murderer’s DNA turned up again in Germany, this time on the body of a strangled 61-year-old man in Freiburg.
Scientists found a new Alzheimer’s trigger and a drug that stops it
Scientists found a new Alzheimer’s trigger and a drug that stops it - Date: - June 8, 2026 - Source: - ETH Zurich - Summary: - Researchers have identified a new Alzheimer’s target and created an experimental compound that blocks a damaging process inside brain cells. In mice, the treatment slowed nerve cell loss, reduced Alzheimer’s-related changes, and even appeared to promote healthier aging. - Share: A promising experimental compound developed by researchers at ETH Zurich could offer a...
Repairing DNA damage: Scientists discover a surprising new benefit of melatonin
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