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The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The price of weight-loss drugs like Wegovy put them out of reach for most people with obesity, but new arrivals and expiring patents should change that this year
Categories: Astronomy

2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launching the Martian Moons eXploration mission next year, which should finally tell us how Mars acquired the moons Phobos and Deimos
Categories: Astronomy

2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launching the Martian Moons eXploration mission next year, which should finally tell us how Mars acquired the moons Phobos and Deimos
Categories: Astronomy

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Eleven companies are working towards an ambitious goal as part of the US Department of Energy's plan to fast-track the development of advanced nuclear reactor technologies
Categories: Astronomy

US to fire up small reactors in 2026 as part of 'nuclear renaissance'

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Eleven companies are working towards an ambitious goal as part of the US Department of Energy's plan to fast-track the development of advanced nuclear reactor technologies
Categories: Astronomy

2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
GLP-1 agonists have already had an outsized influence on society, and with pill versions and more advanced formulations on the horizon, that looks set to continue
Categories: Astronomy

2026 is set to be an even bigger year for weight-loss drugs

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
GLP-1 agonists have already had an outsized influence on society, and with pill versions and more advanced formulations on the horizon, that looks set to continue
Categories: Astronomy

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires
Categories: Astronomy

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The science behind why stroking your seedlings actually works. If you’re worried about your seedlings getting long and leggy, try a bit of home thigmomorphogenesis, advises James Wong
Categories: Astronomy

See how fire has changed the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Stunning and shocking images from upcoming exhibition Water Pantanal Fire show how this tropical wetland has been hit by wildfires
Categories: Astronomy

Why stroking seedlings can help them grow big and strong

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
The science behind why stroking your seedlings actually works. If you’re worried about your seedlings getting long and leggy, try a bit of home thigmomorphogenesis, advises James Wong
Categories: Astronomy

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Navigating the night sky can have a positive effect on our well-being. This will be the year I learn the constellations, resolves Michael Brooks
Categories: Astronomy

Why I'm going to reap the mental health benefits of stargazing in 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Navigating the night sky can have a positive effect on our well-being. This will be the year I learn the constellations, resolves Michael Brooks
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie's latest, Neil Jordan's debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson
Categories: Astronomy

The best new popular science books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood
Categories: Astronomy

The best new science fiction books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
On the horizon for this year are Ann Leckie's latest, Neil Jordan's debut and more from Adrian Tchaikovsky. Exciting times, says our sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson
Categories: Astronomy

The best new popular science books of 2026

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
Clear out your shelves for a bumper new crop of books by authors including Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit and Xand Van Tulleken, says culture editor Alison Flood
Categories: Astronomy

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how to grow hybridised superplants to help feed the world
Categories: Astronomy

Could James and the Giant Peach inspire the future of food?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how by the 2030s, botanists had worked out how to grow hybridised superplants to help feed the world
Categories: Astronomy

NIH Agrees to Evaluate Stalled Scientific Grants

Scientific American.com - Tue, 12/30/2025 - 1:00pm

Health officials have agreed to assess pending medical research grants after a Trump administration antidiversity purge put them on ice

Categories: Astronomy