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(The median citation count of New Scientist is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fast-evolving DNA linked to the brain129
Tangled up in forests48
Emissions from Australian wildfires mostly captured by algal blooms25
Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vast data storage needs20
Letters17
AI programmer may be reusing code without asking14
Frigid molecules act as a single quantum object11
Monkeys navigate using mental maps just like us11
Early farmers in the Atacama desert were brutally violent9
What will happen this year?7
Humanity under the lens6
The virus will evolve further6
Pterosaurs flew soon after hatching6
An unsung hero6
Absolute heat6
Robots raise wages for all but increase the gender pay gap6
Eyes wide open6
The great disappearing trick6
Don't miss6
AI algorithms can sway decisions5
Stellar shots5
Lizards stress eat as helicopters pass5
Baking boundaries5
Material impervious to radiation could be used in spaceships5
Nanosyringes inject drugs into cells4
Solar power4
Algal blooms4
Cockroaches adapt mating strategy due to poison bait4
Stand up for Earth4
Letters4
Insect afar4
Puzzle4
Asparagus tips4
Cause of morning sickness found3
The past appears to run slower3
Masturbation's evolutionary role3
Soya beans get a portion of pork3
Odd supernova defies our understanding of the cosmos3
Find your tribe3
Octopuses edit their own RNA to adapt to cold water3
Telling tails3
Uruguay faces severe drought3
Crocodiles can breed without any males3
Quick crossword #1333
Rise of the machines3
Taurine supplements may extend lifespan and health as we get older3
The emotional lives of animals3
Humans exploit one-third of all vertebrate species3
Metformin may cut the risk of long covid by 41 per cent3
Lined up3
How parasites help ward off obesity3
Collisions are less likely when you're walking as a couple3
Electric field aids kidneys kept on ice2
Largest of the water lilies2
Raining bullets2
Don't miss2
Cryptic crossword #872
Don't miss2
Cryptic crossword #982
Unsafe mercury levels found in Amazon fish2
Whale songs spread across the Pacific2
Volcanic eruption shut down key climate observatory2
Quick crossword #882
AI can tweak VR videos to stop cybersickness2
How vaccines are holding up against delta2
Proving it2
Your ears can reveal if you are drunk2
Solar vibe2
Measuring time2
Back to the Internet2
7 What is consciousness for?2
Dinosaurs' ability to survive cold helped them rule the planet2
Listen to the animals2
Self-cooling quantum computer made of diamonds2
Questions over Alzheimer's drug2
A twitcher's paradise2
The Amazon rainforest has already reached a crucial tipping point2
Crab-shell batteries that can degrade2
More people are going to space, but who will get to fly?2
Skin cells to help study infertility2
Covid-19 may raise premature birth risk2
Sand supplies may run low by 20602
Set of brain changes that made us human2
Antibiotic resistance tracked in wild bears' tooth plaque2
Opioids don't help short-term back pain2
Giant pandas snub their cubs2
Pro-Ukraine hackers achieved little after Russian invasion2
Into year three2
…and sees strange sandy clouds on a brown dwarf2
A matter of perception2
Feedback2
Faecal swap offers hope of lasting relief from IBS pain2
Was Homo naledi a fire starter?2
Time loops may be easier to achieve than we thought2
Puzzle2
Breathable oxygen pulled from Mars air2
Sights set on universal vaccine2
Sticking it out2
Don't miss2
Feedback2
Feedback2
Feedback2
Head-tingling videos may help people with anxiety2
The unexplained rise in UK deaths2
The limits of awareness1
Impact writ large1
Tolerance therapy could help children with milk allergies1
Spaced out1
Puzzle1
Searching for the earliest black holes1
Did warfare give rise to complex civilisations?1
US lab reaches the cusp of ignition for nuclear fusion1
Early land dwellers returned to water1
Women and men throw spears equally well using ancient atlatl tool1
3D-printed hand plays Super Mario Bros1
Crop-eating stink bugs could be kept at bay by wasps1
Where did covid-19 come from?1
Keep quiet and fight the robot apocalypse1
Antarctic bears1
Itchy bites1
Richest homes have higher wildfire risk1
On that note1
We're more likely to cheat multiple victims1
Cosmic whirlpool captured by JWST1
Giant whales have truly mighty appetite1
Lifestyle can counter genetic dementia risk1
A seismic mystery1
A DNA replication mystery1
A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from permafrost1
Different strokes1
Trees beat energy crops as CO2 sink1
More than just a phage1
Universal truths1
Fluffy freeze1
Origami-inspired robot could deliver drugs in the body1
A dangerous beginning1
Eyelash expression1
A net-negative world1
Hunt for alien transmissions draws a blank1
Drones track disease in olive trees1
Feeling zesty1
Fire and ice1
Printed chain mail is flexible but strong1
Wildfires may have worsened impact of covid-19 in the US1
Planet found in star's 'forbidden zone'1
Building blocks for life at galaxy's edge1
It will be increasingly difficult to adapt to a warming world, but it's not too late1
Colourful thinking1
Feedback1
Pollution makes coral less resilient1
Insect-killing plant found by Australian road new to science1
Rare pink diamonds appeared after geological break-up1
Menthol block1
How Galapagos giant tortoises avoid cancer1
On a roll1
Extinct species will stay extinct1
A carbon credit card1
New whale species found hiding in plain sight1
Map of every molecule could be possible with AI1
Russian science lab launched to expand ISS1
Age-defying food1
Cosmopolitan crew went down with the Mary Rose1
Learning to love sharks1
Bones of contention1
Deciphering Dumbo1
Tortoises challenge theories of ageing1
The secretive world of online streaming1
A new climate battle cry1
Plastic bottles can be recycled into supercapacitors1
Being green1
Micro machine can climb through body1
Whale sharks gulp in air to float vertically while eating1
Sniffing out allergies1
TV remote powers up via Wi-Fi waves1
Dash of tomato colouring makes better solar panels1
Liquid crystals shape laser beam into a photorealistic cat1
Tomatoes' inbuilt attack warning1
'Demon' dreamed up by physics actually exists in our cells1
Specific brain markers found for ADHD in children1
Take part in the teabag trials1
End of the road?1
In real life1
Why using pig fat to fuel planes is hogwash1
Feedback1
Driverless cars could be tricked into crashing1
Discrimination and harassment1
Artificial neuron swaps dopamine with rat brain cells1
Coral reef microbe community is staggeringly diverse1
Eyes in the sky1
Worst days in the world1
New Scientist recommends1
A super sewer designed to fight river pollution1
Romans may have set rare seals on the path to peril1
In a tin can1
Enzyme test may let doctors diagnose Parkinson's earlier1
Many species of reptile are at risk of being wiped out1
In a spin1
We may finally know how galaxy-scale magnetic fields arise1
Fake bird flies by flapping wings made with goose feathers1
Circadian clock made in lab to probe biological rhythms1
Gum up1
Don't miss1
Now is the time1
Don't miss1
NASA's UFO task force finds no evidence for alien craft1
Big increase in fish demand by 20501
Largest ever AI suggests limits to scaling up1
Amazon monkeys can ape 'accent' of rival primates1
Cougars are shifting their hunting tactics to outsmart bears1
The brains that time forgot1
Bring on the new1
In the dark1
Feel the heat1
Turtles can act as radioactivity records1
Feedback1
Halt the mineral rush1
The first of many epic journeys1
Feedback1
Headscratcher1
How our ape ancestors lost their tails1
Too much time1
New diode could speed up computing1
See-through wood: knotty issue solved1
Prosthetic leg can help with stairs1
Don't miss1
Privileged people misjudge pro-equality policies1
Speed limit1
Hot on the trail of ET1
Britain's lost rainforests1
Rites of passage1
Science: a team sport1
Puzzle1
Backpack for bees tracks their location1
Keeping of livestock predates farming1
19th-century dairy farming women didn't breastfeed1
Toxic foam clouds hit Colombia1
The universe by numbers1
Stacking up1
Aitch issue1
Day flights are better for the climate1
Bottoms up1
People visited Stonehenge site thousands of years before it was built1
Closest black hole to Earth could be visible in the skies of nearby planets1
Chocolate expected to taste sweeter from a pink packet1
Sexy Asian lady robots?1
Tumours targeted by a precision radioactive ion beam1
AI can change a fashion model's pose and clothing1
Daily aspirin raises risk of brain bleeds for little benefit1
Letters1
Clove and thyme oils stop invasive beetles eating palm trees1
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