New Scientist Space - Cosmology

Diving at One Tree Island in one of the most highly protected parts of the Great Barrier Reef reveals the shocking extent of the latest mass bleaching event

Can cultivating positive behaviours and tweaking our lifestyles lead to healthier, happier lives – even longer lives? Discover the daily choices that may make the difference in a fascinating new book

North America will have a total solar eclipse on 8 April – here is where, when and how to view it safely

Combining PSA blood tests with MRI scans is making the screening less harmful, but it still should be targeted only at high-risk groups, such as men who are Black or have a family history of prostate cancer, says a new report

One person in the US has contracted bird flu after being exposed to dairy cows that have the virus, but experts say there is no immediate threat of a wider outbreak in people

The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be constant, but tentative hints are emerging that it may have weakened recently

Where in our body we feel the physical sensation of hearing music seems to depend on how surprising the piece's chords are

When asked to imagine a hypothetical sexual encounter, bisexual women anticipated that they would be more likely to orgasm with another woman than with a man

A network of sensors stretching from San Francisco to Sonoma county’s vineyards shows that electric vehicles have helped lower carbon emissions by almost 2 per cent per year within the Bay Area

Protected zones are meant to let adult fish populations recover from overfishing, but an analysis of 111 sites in the Caribbean finds that this is not happening in most cases

Trees use circadian genes to time photosynthesis and reproduction – but as temperatures rise, the clocks may not work as well

A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green energy technologies puts gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos at risk

Anxiety is on the rise in young people but we need to follow the science - and the causes aren't clearly linked to social media

Unlike some sponges, making a vegan version of carrot cake is easy – if you add a little science, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

This is the latest in an expanded remake of a classic environmentally aware game from 1997. In addition to stunning new graphics, the game's ideas now resonate even more strongly, says Jacob Aron

At the Green Propulsion Laboratory in Italy, scientists are trying to harness natural organisms to rehabilitate the environment. Photographer Luigi Avantaggiato explores

I have two degrees in astronomy, so you'd think I would know what I'm doing when it comes to looking at the sky. I don't, but I'm trying to change that, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Feedback is pleased to learn about innovative plans for the "considerable numbers of discarded teabags" in the world

With global life expectancy now exceeding 70 years old, we need to change how we age, not how long we age, says Andrew Scott

Archaeologist, multi-instrumentalist and historian Graeme Lawson sets out to tell the story of music from 40,000 years ago until today, in his wide-ranging new book