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Photographer Frédéric Noy's shots give an insight into life around the rainforests of Udzungwa Mountains National Park – and efforts to protect it

From smartphones to net zero, there has been no shortage of innovative ideas in the past 25 years, which is why we have taken a look back to choose the best

Feedback has seen all the fuss about the finale of Stranger Things, but would like to point out that if we're going to dissect the plot, we have bigger things to worry about

Imposing order on the world is seductive, but it flattens out the diversity and rich messiness of human life. Oddly, playing by the rules may help us fight back, argues C. Thi Nguyen in The Score

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week

Almost 80 years ago, sociologists identified a new personality type that is particularly sensitive to loneliness. It's even more relevant today, says Annalee Newitz

We thought we could address big social problems by steering individual behaviour. But "nudging" people doesn't work, say behavioural scientists Nick Chater and George Loewenstein

Extraordinary fossils of 518-million-year-old jawless fish, among the earliest known vertebrates, appear to show that these animals had two pairs of eyes

Newly discovered rock art sites in Sulawesi, Indonesia, that date to nearly 68,000 years ago are thought to be the oldest rock art in the world, pre-dating Neanderthal hand stencils in Spain by 1100 years

A fossil discovery in northern Ethiopia expands the known range of Paranthropus, a genus of strong-jawed hominins that lived around 2 million years ago, and suggests they lived in a range of habitats

The light-sensitive tissue of birds’ eyes is not supplied with oxygen by blood vessels – instead, it powers itself with a flood of sugar, and this may have evolutionary benefits

Venezuelan Institute for Scientific Research’s maths building ‘completely destroyed’ and chemistry building seriously damaged

This follow-up to the influential 28 Days Later continues to take the zombie movie franchise in a surprising and thought-provoking direction

New study shows how engineered proteins can be tracked with an MRI-like approach

Hand stencils from a Southeast Asian cave predate Neanderthal cave art from Europe

Dual headquarters decision a result of strong bids from both cities

Urbanisation puts modern pressures on ecosystems and the living things within them. New research has looked at the impact on two species of Lepidoptera – the Small Heath butterfly, Coenonympha pamphilus, and the Latticed Heath moth, Chiasmia clathrata. The work showed that in trying to understand the effects of the changing cityscape on insect life, … Continue reading "The impact of European urbanisation on moths and butterflies"

Study reveals role of “fine-grained” ancestry in predicting response to painkillers, statins, and other drugs

Europe’s Solar Orbiter is helping researchers understand what causes the Sun to blast out radiation and particles

Enigmatic organism known as Prototaxites cannot be fungus, new analysis finds

An unprecedented assault has forced researchers to rethink their advocacy tactics

Mementos may have reinforced vast social networks during turbulent times