Liz Else

In the new photographic collection Our Frozen Planet, Michael Hambrey and Jürg Alean set out to celebrate the world's ice in all its forms

For a truly exquisite glimpse of plants and animals, check out some of the top entries and the winner of the 2024 Evident Image of the Year contest

From ageotypes to marsification and noctalgia, here are nine words that entered our vocabulary this year, expressing fresh concepts, emerging trends and hard-to-articulate emotions

Neuroscientist Camilla Nord, who has just published her first book The Balanced Brain, tells Liz Else why mental health science is increasingly about what works for individuals – from psychedelic therapy to exercise regimes

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

In his new book Upheaval, polymath Jared Diamond says nations need a special kind of therapy to solve big problems like climate change, Brexit and nuclear proliferation

The Distortions in Spacetime simulation recently pulled in its first victims, transporting viewers on a psychedelic ride towards infinite mass in zero space

The world is a swirl of pink and purple waves as a VR immersion at the Abandon Normal Devices Festival turns humans into midges buzzing around a forest

We need willpower to resist our desire for instant gratification, but first we need to know our enemy, says Walter Mischel

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