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

New Scientist Magazine: This issue features ‘El Niño Emergency’…

This El Niño will bring predictable disasters, so why aren’t we ready?

We know that this monster El Niño will bring floods, droughts, cyclones and wildfires, but some governments aren’t putting in the necessary resources to prepare for disaster

The world may never go back to how it was after this monster El Niño

This El Niño is forecast to end around June next year after smashing all records, but its impacts could persist indefinitely in some parts of the world By Michael Le Page

A revolutionary way of targeting tumours could beat even the worst cancers 

Two large asteroids found spinning as fast as a fairground ride

Tattoos could be turned on and off with light

Neanderthal Europe was as much a wooden age as a stone age

Should we keep children away from sugar for their first 1000 days?

Hannah Fry: How OpenAI has caused an existential crisis in mathematics

New Scientist Magazine: This issue features ‘Decoding Dementia’ – How to understand your risk of Alzheimer’s, and what you can really do about it.

Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong

One of Earth’s most vital carbon sinks is faltering. Can we save it?

What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it?

Autism may have subtypes that are genetically distinct from each other

20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

Should we worry AI will create deadly bioweapons? Not yet, but one day