Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
A recent feature in New Scientist highlights growing evidence that chronic inflammation can have profound effects on mental health and cognition, linking long-term immune system activation to conditions ranging from depression and
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A recent feature in New Scientist takes readers on an imaginative journey through the most remarkable events in the history—and future—of our solar system. From its violent birth to its distant, star-lit
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In 1970, the average woman in Mexico could expect to have seven children. By 2014, that figure had dropped to around two. Today, it stands at just 1.6 — a number far
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A team of Chinese surgeons has successfully saved the life of a man whose head was nearly severed in a freak accident involving a robotic arm. The rare and complex operation was
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A Chinese technology company is racing to create what could become the world’s first humanoid robot capable of full-term pregnancy. Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, announced plans to integrate an artificial womb
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Scientists are making striking progress in applying gene-editing technology to one of medicine’s toughest frontiers: the human brain. According to a recent report in Nature, breakthroughs in mice suggest that CRISPR-based tools
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For the first time, scientists have captured real-time footage of a human embryo latching onto a lifelike replica of the uterine lining — a hidden but crucial milestone in early development. The
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A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has used artificial intelligence to create two new antibiotics capable of killing dangerous drug-resistant bacteria, including MRSA, in laboratory and animal
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A major international survey has found that more than half of patients who underwent electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) said it was unhelpful, worsened their quality of life, and was often administered without full
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Distinguished liver cancer expert Feng Gensheng has returned to China after a 40-year scientific career in North America, stepping down from his position at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to
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A major new study tracking nearly 80,000 members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America has revealed that people who avoid meat may significantly reduce their risk of developing various cancers.
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Indigenous scholars from settler-colonial countries including Aotearoa (New Zealand), Canada, Australia, and the United States have called for a fundamental shift in how scientific institutions engage with Indigenous peoples and knowledge. Writing
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Astronomers have captured a tantalizing glimpse of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of Alpha Centauri A — the nearest star system to Earth — potentially setting a new record for
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As heatwaves become more frequent and intense due to climate change, researchers are urging a fundamental shift in how societies prepare for extreme heat. A new analysis published in Nature argues that
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In a dramatic and unconventional move to curb China’s largest-ever chikungunya outbreak, scientists in the southern province of Guangdong are deploying swarms of “elephant mosquitoes” — giant, non-biting insects whose larvae feast
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