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People who engage in mental challenges may stave off symptoms of Alzheimer's, but decline more quickly if subsequently diagnosed

With trials showing positive results from the treatment of cancer to alcohol addiction, could illegal drugs be heading for the medical mainstream?

Forget vacuums fizzing with particle activity: a new calculation shows this strange notion isn't necessary after all

All today's stories on NewScientist.com including: wonder conductors set to cool computers, self-healing concrete, and the world's new longest animal

A modular quadruped, built from a group of identical robot modules, learns to find new walking styles to cope with the malfunction of a single unit

A venomous medusa-like beast as long as a blue whale has emerged as an unlikely defender of the world's oceans

Adding limestone-forming bacteria to the mix could help the concrete seal dangerous cracks on its own

Tanzania's government plans to build a road through Serengeti National Park, cutting through the migratory route of 2 million wildebeest and zebra

Oil drilling in Greenland's Arctic waters began last week, angering environmentalists. But it's nothing compared with the oil and gas rush that's coming

In putting conservation into practice, we often cause great suffering to animals. Marc Bekoff argues that we need a new ethical perspective

Newly discovered materials could clear the way for blisteringly fast laptops and smartphones that don't warm our laps or singe our ears

A Sumatran volcano dormant for 400 years has erupted, spewing smoke and ash several kilometres into the air

By reshaping our minds, the internet is robbing us of the ability to think critically and creatively, says the author of The Shallows

Encouraging models to put on weight may not be enough to prevent the influence that media images have on rising rates of eating disorders

Efforts to develop solar-powered water splitters are starting to bear fruit

All today's stories on NewScientist.com including: rotten ice in the arctic, why the IPCC needs reform and evidence of the world's oldest banquet

After years criticising climate science, "sceptical environmentalist" Bjørn Lomborg now thinks it's a top priority, says Michael Marshall

In Finders Keepers: A tale of archaeological plunder and obsession, Craig Childs outlines the opposing views about the proper place for history

The forceful analysis of the IPCC's failings published by the InterAcademy Council is a strong dose of realism about the organisation's failings

Önder Bilgi talks about his discovery of a razor-sharp 4000-year-old scalpel and what it was originally used for