NEW SCIENTIST MAGAZINE: This issue features ‘THE REGENERATING BRAIN’ – The unexpected discovery that it’s never too late to grow new neurons – and how to harness it.

Your brain’s unexpected ability to regenerate and how to harness it

The controversial discovery that our brains can generate new neurons surprisingly late in life is now prompting a rethink of adult brain health, pointing the way to better treatments for stroke, dementia and depression By Jamie Ducharme

Does Sabrina Pasterski’s holographic theory make her the next Einstein?

Often described as a genius, physicist Sabrina Pasterski built and flew her own plane by the age of 16 and is now developing a mind-bending idea that could finally unify gravity and quantum theory By Miriam Frankel

The understanding that even bees have feelings is changing our view of consciousness

The world’s first spinal cord transplant has been performed in Russia