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Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

Cave diver explores a Mexican sinkhole in atmospheric photograph

11 September 2024

This claustrophobia-inducing image is taken from photographer Martin Broen's new book Light in the Underworld, a collection of shots from the Yucatán’s cenotes, or sinkholes

Earthquakes may explain how huge gold nuggets form in quartz rock

2 September 2024

Quartz crystals produce electricity when they are deformed by mechanical stress, which may explain how enormous chunks of gold can form in inert rock
MH56FG View of Seoul city and autumn in Deoksugung palace

A dramatic twist to the Gaia hypothesis

21 August 2024

James Lovelock's hypothesis that our planet is a living entity is well known. Ferris Jabr's new book Becoming Earth takes it a step further
2TDDHCE Bob Givehchi, right, and his son Daniel, 8, Toronto residents visiting Miami for the first time, walk past debris and palm trees blowing in gusty winds, at Matheson Hammock Park in Coral Gables, Fla., Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. It's beginning to look at lot like?hurricane season, at least across much of South Florida, where it's been windy and rainy for two days and the forecast predicts more of the same this busy holiday season weekend. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Part of the Atlantic is cooling at record speed and nobody knows why

19 August 2024

After over a year of record-high global sea temperatures, the equatorial Atlantic is cooling off more quickly than ever recorded, which could impact weather around the world
In the village of Tshabula, villagers search for cobalt and copper in the waste tailings dumped by the lorries of the Chinese company Commus, which extracts minerals from one of the town's largest open-cast mines.

Dramatic images show the dark side of cobalt mining boom

14 August 2024

Pascal Maitre's photos from the Democratic Republic of Congo detail the problems arising as demand for cobalt grows

Record-breaking drill core reaches 1.2 kilometres into Earth's mantle

8 August 2024

A scientific drilling ship has burrowed further into Earth’s mantle than ever before, obtaining new clues about the processes that feed oceanic volcanoes and the possible origins of life
Warner Bros handout film still: Twisters. (from_left)_Lily_(Sasha_Lane)_and_Tyler_(Glen_Powell),_in_Twisters

New Scientist recommends Twisters – action sequel with added tornadoes

7 August 2024

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
Red-winged parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) natural pied mutant colour morph, landing in farmland to feed, Northern Territory, Australia.

Ambitious story of how life shapes Earth ends superb trilogy

7 August 2024

The dynamics of how plants and animals change Earth is central to this last book in a trilogy by Other Minds author and "scuba-diving philosopher" Peter Godfrey-Smith
Nature's Ribbon ? Winner ? Ammar Alsayed Ahmed, United Arab Emirates

Mangrove forests celebrated in stunning photographs

7 August 2024

See some of the top entries to this year's Mangrove Photography Awards, showing the beauty and fragility of these unique ecosystems
25 Jinyun Quarries ? DnA_Design and Architecture

Epic images show old mines transformed into a library, lab and museum

24 July 2024

Amazing images of an open-air library, underground lab and design museum show the reincarnation of dead mines, captured in a new book, 102 Things to Do With a Hole in the Ground

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