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2025 news review

From the US war on science to a brand-new colour, read New Scientist’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories and most stunning images of 2025
GERMANY. 1990. Celebrating the unification of Germany on October 3, 1990 at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin.

Mind

What to read this week: Bonded by Evolution by Paul Eastwick

We are told we need cynical strategies to "play" the dating game, but the science says this is totally wrong. David Robson enjoys an evidence-based takedown from psychologist Paul Eastwick

Culture

Illustration depicting a tidal disruption event (TDE). TDEs are causes when a star passes close to a supermassive black hole and get torn apart by the gravity of the latter. The debris forms a fan-shaped pattern around the black hole before eventually falling in.

Space

A new 'brief history' of the universe paints a wide picture

Culture

Directly above view of a chef chopping tomatoes

Society

Can we battle the downsides of a rule-based world, asks a new book

Culture

Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Technology

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

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Space

The first commercial space stations will start orbiting Earth in 2026

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Technology

Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?

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Technology

Controversial satellites launching in 2026 will reflect light to Earth

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The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

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Society

Russia-US nuclear pact is about to end and we won't see another

After the New START treaty expires in February, there will be no cap on the number of US and Russian nuclear weapons - but some are sceptical about whether the deal actually made the world safer

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Space

BepiColombo mission will start to unpick Mercury's secrets in 2026

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Environment

World's first subsea desalination facility will start running in 2026

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Space

NASA's Artemis II mission aims to return astronauts to moon in 2026

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The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

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