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In this week’s issue: The unexpected discovery that it’s never too late for your brain to grow new neurons - and how to harness it.
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Parts of plants that are usually wasted, from kiwi skin to squash seeds, contain more fibre than the parts of the plant we do eat newscientist.com/article/259…
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The debate over when consciousness arises has been revitalised by new tests of awareness in infants – raising the possibility that it emerges just before birth. Read more: newscientist.com/article/246…
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We now know that cells exchanged during pregnancy can take up residency in our brain. Could they influence our development, health or even behaviour? Columnist Helen Thomson explores this mysterious cellular legacy newscientist.com/article/259…
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We often think that our ability to be curious stems from our complex, human brain – but what if curiosity shapes that complexity? newscientist.com/article/259…
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We now have a clearer picture of what happened in the decades following the asteroid impact that led to the extinction of almost all dinosaurs newscientist.com/article/259…
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This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions. Here’s what our readers had to say newscientist.com/article/259…
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Until now, it was thought that the squishy, permeable skin of amphibians was unsuited for marine life because it would absorb too much salt from sea water – but a fossil found in China upends that view newscientist.com/article/259…
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Your body uses collagen to give your skin strength and elasticity, so supplements of this protein seem to make sense to reduce wrinkles. But columnist Alice Klein finds it isn’t this simple newscientist.com/article/259…
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The King's Observatory in London, built on the orders of King George III so he could watch the 1769 transit of Venus, is up for sale. Feedback is interested – but not sure if our bank balance will stretch to the asking price.
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Astronomers spotted what appears to be a dwarf planet in the outer solar system using the Vera C. Rubin Observatory – if confirmed, it joins a small and exclusive club newscientist.com/article/259…
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Audrey Niffenegger’s Life Out of Order, a follow-up to her bestselling novel The Time Traveler’s Wife, is an intricate and thoughtful vision of a frightening future, says Alison Flood newscientist.com/article/259…
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From a “modern bestiary” by Richard Dawkins to a book co-authored by Robert Macfarlane and an Ecuadorian cloud forest, there are plenty of exciting new popular-science books out in November. Liz Else rounds up our favourites.
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Terence Tao, one of the world's great mathematicians, urges us to find empowerment in numbers in his new book Six Maths Essentials. Karmela Padavic-Callaghan is convinced newscientist.com/article/259…
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An audio drama produced by The Martian author Andy Weir, a fictional autobiography from Michael Moorcock and a new John Scalzi novel – November is a big month for sci-fi fans. Alison Flood rounds up the best new science fiction novels.
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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 newscientist.com/article/259…
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Scientists placed rummy-nose tetra fish in virtual reality to study their schooling behaviour. The fish decided how to swim by focusing on the behaviour of just one virtual fish in the simulated school.
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