Mind It is time to close the autism diagnosis gender gap For decades, autistic women and girls have had to play "diagnostic bingo" before getting their true diagnosis. As new neuroscience offers a fresh understanding of the condition, the time for change is now Comment
Chemistry Wood made transparent using rice and egg whites could replace windows Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could be used as windows and smartphone screens News
Health Does aspirin have potential as an anti-cancer drug? Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential has been full of twists and turns since then News
Environment Washed-up clothing mimics seaweed in stunning cyanotypes Mandy Barker's new book, Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype imperfections, highlights the ongoing ocean pollution crisis by echoing an influential 19th-century book Regulars
Mind A revolutionary new understanding of autism in girls By studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting that huge numbers of women have gone undiagnosed Features
Environment New Scientist recommends Weather Girl, an electrifying one-woman show Weather Girl, a play in London's Soho Theatre about a weather forecaster who finally snaps as the climate apocalypse looms, is frantic and funny Culture
Mind Why you should slow down your brain’s ageing – and how to do it Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of things you can do to counteract this, says neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson Comment
Comment A bestseller is born: How Zuckerberg discovered the Streisand Effect Feedback is baffled – baffled! – as to why Facebook owner Meta's attempts to suppress a previous employee's memoir sent the book rocketing to the top of the book charts Regulars