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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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Fun and games15
Can machines that suck up atmospheric carbon truly help tackle climate change?9
Writers accept lower pay when using AI to help them with work6
A line in the sand5
Polaris Dawn crew prepare for riskiest spacewalk ever5
Grow it yourself?5
Giant black holes nurture small ones5
Feeling zesty4
Neuralink's brain implants were on our minds4
Habitats on Mars could be built from algae4
Strange meteorites traced to their source craters on Mars4
The enemy within4
Vanishing snow will cut forest carbon storage4
Spiders use firefly light to lure more prey into their web4
The first of many epic journeys4
Prehistoric Spanish people moved 2-tonne stone by boat4
Everything to say3
Peering at peppers3
A gentle giant ready to attack3
Bitter ends3
Which way?3
Gobbling up dark matter may help stars live forever3
The dark energy illusion3
Solar-powered ambush drones can wait for targets like land mines3
Did tiny black holes fill the cosmos?3
Feedback3
From the big screen…2
Inflammation may be the price of longevity2
Shackleton saga2
Baby talk2
Rogue agent2
AI boost to cancer detection2
Ancient scribes had terrible posture while working2
Spinning around2
Microscopic gears driven by light can power tiny machines2
Feedback2
Go with the flow2
Cryptic crossword #1852
Backwards computing2
Is Planet Y hiding past Neptune?2
Peak performance2
Testing relativity in the quantum realm2
Supernova sweep may have cleaned up our solar system2
New Scientist recommends2
Geysers may have created protocells2
Boost for lab-grown blood vessels2
Alien anxiety2
Micro marvels2
Letters2
Hot as hell2
“Women's neuroscience just isn't a field – we are so far behind”2
No escape2
Red or blue pill2
How Will these drugs change society?2
Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution2
Feedback2
Wegovy helps the heart even with minimal weight loss2
Do anti-inflammatory diets work?2
The real cost of flying2
Going nuclear2
Black holes may inherit magnetic fields from stars2
There's no end in sight2
Adding up2
Letters2
‘Dark radiation’ may solve cosmic clash2
The nose knows2
Hard hitting2
Sperm whale clicks are closest thing to human language yet found2
Ultra-processed foods could be making you age faster1
'We're precipitating an extermination rather than an extinction event'1
Magnetic weather1
Worlds apart1
Defossilise your life1
Irritating question1
Pollution from rockets could affect weather systems1
Bizarre galaxy died very young but may come back to life1
Spare change1
Fighting quantum with quantum1
Racing ahead1
New Scientist recommends1
'Water become bone’1
Plotting it out1
Self-cooling quantum computer made of diamonds1
Quest for the quectonewton1
Quick crossword #1551
'Demon' dreamed up by physics actually exists in our cells1
Wood made see-through using rice and egg whites1
Still beyond our grasp?1
End of the road?1
Feedback1
Tiny frog, big discovery1
Follow that star!1
How we feel the music inside us1
Leonardo da Vinci's 'helicopter' design beats today's drones1
Crucial Congo forest under threat1
The past 12 months were the hottest ever on record1
Can we prevent GPS attacks?1
Total recall1
Man with paralysis walks by activating brain and spine implants with his mind1
Blowing up1
The brain on fire1
PLANETS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS1
African birds of prey under threat1
Red or blue pill1
The world's oldest ever RNA sample1
Lizards stress eat as helicopters pass1
Feedback1
A crack in our view of the universe1
We're getting closer to being able to grow a brain inside a lab dish1
Far off1
Modern flu may be down to 1918 virus1
Self-driving car could be ordered to repossess itself1
Burning issue1
How to think about… Metaphysics1
Look to the future1
Spinning rotor made from DNA1
Can we trust AI search engines?1
Moths can travel by the light of the stars1
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have nurtured complex life1
A seismic mystery1
Breaking the ice1
The Amazon rainforest has already reached a crucial tipping point1
Reaching for the stars1
Laser on the moon may be able to guide future lunar landings1
Soya beans get a portion of pork1
Hurricane in Jamaica helped change mountain ecology1
Why brains tune things out and how to overcome it1
Burning bright1
Gene-edited pork on the menu1
Peeling it off1
A silver lining1
Symptoms of long covid can differ depending on age1
Super-thickeners made of starch could cut calorie content1
Eyelash expression1
Life and climate, a co-production1
Talk to me1
Elusive particle may be in reach1
Polluted partnerships1
How periods change with age1
What's in a name?1
Migraine drug eases early symptoms like dizziness1
Science: a team sport1
Headscratcher1
Trilobite stuffed itself with food1
A floating polar research station will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter1
Time loops may be easier to achieve than we thought1
Will woolly mammoths be resurrected soon?1
Just three years of high temperatures will mean we have missed 1.5°C goal1
Nerve pain from diabetes treated by faecal transplants1
Quick crossword #1801
The limits of awareness1
Lifestyle can counter genetic dementia risk1
Taking it personally1
Are farmed oysters, mussels and clams the ultimate green foods?1
Cryptic crossword #1771
Headscratcher1
Seeing is believing1
Letters1
Keeping our cool1
Ozempic-like drugs may help with alcohol addiction1
'Dark matter music’1
Portal-like “ring wormholes” could be used as a time machine1
Feedback1
Hunting elusive elephants1
Adding to the team1
COP29 host faces climate disaster1
Time for a shower1
Don't miss1
The ant species in which everyone is a queen1
CAR T-cell therapy makes ageing guts heal themselves1
To Me' Mery Christmas! From Me1
Feedback1
Tyre change1
Should more countries vaccinate against chickenpox?1
New Scientist recommends1
How to think about… Quantum computers1
Cryptic crossword #1361
Letters1
CERN measurement casts doubt on shock W boson result1
How to think about… Language1
Cuts hit NASA1
Your gut microbes may affect how ill malaria makes you1
New Scientist recommends1
Crop-eating stink bugs could be kept at bay by wasps1
Never-ending cities created for VR1
Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system1
Particle accelerator is so small it could fit inside a pen tip1
Figure of eight1
“We're not going to go extinct any time soon”1
BrainTwister1
A glimpse of chemistry in a distant galaxy1
BrainTwister1
Particle discovered at CERN solves 20-year-old mystery1
Escape from a whale1
Polar bears adapt to hunt without sea ice1
Starship rocket reaches orbit1
Alternative periodic table could change how we measure time1
Micro to macro1
Dash of tomato colouring makes better solar panels1
Remember this1
Rare pink diamonds appeared after geological break-up1
Ancient supervolcano had only mild impact on climate1
Have we found Earth's oldest rocks?1
Super tug1
AI brings John Lennon's vocals to new Beatles' song1
Even moderate CO2 emissions could lead to 7°C of warming1
Eurasia has seen a surge in droughts1
Different strokes1
Chinese station caught from above1
Chimps and humans share a sense of rhythm1
A better way to measure quantum objects1
Hot on the trail of ET1
THE WORLD INSIDE YOUR HEAD1
Pre-eclampsia link to risk of early stroke1
Grinding bones into an edible paste could reduce food waste1
New Scientist recommends1
De-extinction didn't live up to the hype1
Fastest free-moving star in galaxy caught going 2285 km/s1
Urban jungle1
Feedback1
Space oddities1
DNA repair captured in step-by-step detail1
New Scientist recommends1
A star-fuelled mystery1
The past appears to run slower1
Spinosaurs may have hunted like herons1
Outlandish origins1
The physics of a soap opera1
Shedding light on dark energy1
BrainTwister1
What Einstein got wrong about ultra-speedy mirrors1
Not so random1
Resistance training may also strengthen your gut microbiome1
A tale of two halves1
Why AlphaFold is transformational1
Making sense of it all1
How to think about… Quasiparticles1
How to think about…1
Covid-19 may raise premature birth risk1
Mysterious summer marsquakes shake the Red Planet1
Speedy light1
Quantum hook-up for supercomputer1
California wildfires fuelled by months of unusual extreme weather1
Polar bears seem to be ageing faster as the Arctic warms1
To halt measles' resurgence, we must fight the plague of misinformation1
Cryptic crossword #1541
Quick crossword #1291
Most-ancient bird tracks in Australia1
Fluid-like light simulates space-time1
Lighting up1
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