Aarav Mehta

Business · Jun 12, 2026

India's 'blue gold' starts a new drinks industry

Agave plants grow wild in India and new distillers are using them to create a spirits industry.

Science · Jun 12, 2026

Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are

Science · Jun 12, 2026

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed…

Science · Jun 12, 2026

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, aren’t covered by…

Science · Jun 12, 2026

Earth's underground fungal network is so massive, it would span 10% of the Milky Way, map reveals

The first global map of subterranean fungi networks reveals how massive its reach is worldwide.

Science · Jun 11, 2026

Dramatic photo of ibis being guided to their winter homes wins award

Student Gunnar Hartmann wins Nature’s 2026 Scientist at Work photography competition for this shot of migrating…

Business · Jun 11, 2026

New candy stores are popping up across NYC. Why?

While US consumer confidence is at an historic low the Big Apple's sweet shops are expanding.

Science · Jun 10, 2026

Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

With its origins in a creepy image posted on 4chan, Backrooms is an unusually potent big-screen experiment in fear and…

Science · Jun 10, 2026

Striking photos show how sands are encroaching on oases in the Sahara

A photo essay from Tommy Trenchard explores efforts to protect the fragile ecosystems of oases in Chad

Science · Jun 10, 2026

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving…

Science · Jun 9, 2026

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact site stayed hot for millions of years

Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the…

Science · Jun 9, 2026

A cosmic case of mistaken identity that can only be solved right now

Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of…