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Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?

Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?

Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien... does your favourite science fiction movie about space make our list?

Marine protected areas in the English channel are still at risk from fishing activities, finds Adam Vaughan as he visits one on board a Greenpeace vessel

Tokyo is seeing a record-breaking rise in covid-19 cases as thousands of athletes and coaches fly in from around the world for the postponed 2020 Olympic games

When black holes are born with magnetic fields, simulations show they shed those fields quickly, in accordance with the predictions of the no-hair theorem

Old, directed by The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan, is a stylish sci-fi horror film about a group of tourists stranded on a beach who age at an accelerated rate

People who live in dense urban areas, particularly those with closely packed apartments, are more likely to experience loneliness and isolation, a large-scale study of UK cities has found

A comet approaching the sun from the outer solar system might sweep a trail of dust particles over the planet Venus when it swings into the inner reaches of our planetary neighbourhood this December

Covert messages sent underwater can be camouflaged in the sounds of whales and dolphins, making them harder for others to detect

Subtle patterns in the way we breathe can be used to generate a secure password to keep paired smartwatches and smart phones safe from hackers

A tiny flexible camera made from an extremely thin fibre-optic cable can transmit accurate 3D images in real time. It could eventually be used in surgery or surveillance

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

As the world awaits the next key IPCC climate report, the rapidly warming Arctic archipelago of Svalbard provides a glimpse into the future for other parts of Earth that are changing more slowly

Maleos, colourful Indonesian birds that look a bit like quirky chickens, are endangered. But an initiative to protect the species has helped boost the number of nesting birds at some sites

Bowhead and right whales are among the biggest animals alive today, but a new look at how they evolved suggests that the two groups ballooned in size independently of each other, and probably for different reasons

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and essential information about the covid-19 pandemic

An analysis of around 5000 posts by Q, the figurehead of a far-right conspiracy theory, suggests that there is more than one person writing under that name

The earliest humans known to have lived outside Africa shared their environment with hunting dogs – and may even have stolen food from them

In lab tests where people are able to take money from groups of people, they nearly always do – but the same individuals tend to be fair when dealing with just one other person