Could a race between microscopic competitors be the next big thing?
4 June 2025
Feedback is amazed to see sperm racing touted as a new track sport, but it’s going to take a lot of CGI and other fakery to help it take off
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Our verdict on Ringworld by Larry Niven: Nice maths, shame about Teela
30 May 2025
Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven
'Time travel was just a metaphor for controlling a narrative'
30 May 2025
The Ministry of Time author Kaliane Bradley on how she made time travel work in her bestselling novel, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club
Guess who brought back Agatha Christie as an AI clone
28 May 2025
Feedback was surprised to learn that the late, great queen of crime fiction is presenting a creative writing course, and wonders if there aren't enough living authors around to impart their wisdom
The egg-drop experiment... but make it peer review
21 May 2025
Feedback is delighted to discover that a team of scientists has tackled the popular school experiment in which children design a device to protect a dropped egg from cracking. But what was the answer?
An interview with Larry Niven – Ringworld author and sci-fi legend
16 May 2025
The author of Ringworld, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, is quizzed on everything from if he’d like to meet an alien to the art of writing
Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest?
14 May 2025
As Eurovision looms, Feedback enjoys discovering more about the winners of this year's Dance Your PhD contest, who have an original take on chemesthesis, the sense that detects the heat of chillies and the coolness of menthol
Our favourite science fiction books of all time (the ones we forgot)
9 May 2025
Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope…
Would snails be better than whales for explaining big data? Maybe
7 May 2025
Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked back by a reader with a radical alternative suggestion
The world, the universe and us: We're relaunching our weekly podcast
3 May 2025
After 300 episodes of New Scientist Weekly, it's time for a refresh. Our flagship podcast has a new name but remains a show that can restore optimism and nourish your brain
