New Scientist - Current Issue Articles

1. Tom Gauld on stars and gutters and Oscar Wilde
   Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
2. Twisteddoodles on the first time doing an experiment
   This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles
3. James Webb captures a beautiful smattering of blue stars
   The striking blue stars of the Leo P dwarf galaxy appear dashed across the lower right corner of this image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
4. BrainTwister #57: Prime jumps
   Can you solve this week’s logic puzzle? Plus our quick quiz and the answer to last week’s problem
5. New Tom Hanks film fails to wow despite the cutting-edge tech
   Robert Zemeckis's would-be epic film Here relies on real-time de-ageing technology. But do its ambitions conceal a more mundane project?
6. Wake up to the bigger picture on how to get a better night’s sleep
   We often obsess about nighttime routines for good sleep, but mounting evidence shows that what we do during our waking hours is also important – a more holistic view that could ease the modern pressure to create a perfect environment for when our heads hit the pillow
7. New Scientist recommends Spike Jonze’s eerily prescient 2013 film Her
   The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
8. Severance is still the most thoughtful, complex show on television
   After three long years of hoping, it seemed impossible that the second season of Severance could live up to the scope and ambition of the first. But, mercifully, it has, says Bethan Ackerley
9. Why giving Jurassic Park's velociraptors feathers is a good thing
   Feedback is delighted by a YouTuber's sterling efforts to make Michael Crichton's velociraptors more accurate – but points out that they're still far too big
10. What should we do about societal divisions that run deeper than ever?
    Kurt Gray's new book Outraged is a clear and insightful look at our society's deep divides, with valuable tips on building bridges