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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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Driverless cars could be tricked into crashing49
EU's search-and-rescue drones19
Male fertility could be restored with frozen testicular tissue implants15
The secretive world of online streaming13
Buzz off11
Feel the beat9
Penis worms lived in borrowed shells long before hermit crabs6
Taking it personally6
All the world's a stage6
The physics of a soap opera5
Fossil footprints hint at mystery hominin with unusual walking style5
Don't miss5
Puzzle5
A wooden circular economy5
Quantum hook-up for supercomputer4
Grow it yourself?4
Synthetic spider silk laced with graphene can rapidly heal itself4
Rethinking obesity4
To Me' Mery Christmas! From Me4
Head-tingling videos may help people with anxiety4
Letters4
Spring comes early3
The Einstein machine3
BrainTwister3
Irritating question3
Quick crossword #1553
Should more countries vaccinate against chickenpox?3
Particle accelerator is so small it could fit inside a pen tip3
Pre-eclampsia link to risk of early stroke3
Will woolly mammoths be resurrected soon?3
Starship rocket reaches orbit3
Eyelash expression3
Covid-19 may raise premature birth risk3
Crowing about it3
Bizarre galaxy died very young but may come back to life3
A line in the sand3
Sticking it out2
Self-cooling quantum computer made of diamonds2
Quick crossword #1172
Modern flu may be down to 1918 virus2
Supersized AI2
Unravelling words2
End of the road?2
Physics Nobel goes to trio who sliced up time with light2
Feeling zesty2
Feedback2
Giant black holes nurture small ones2
Ice dreams2
Know your limits2
Don't miss2
Your gut microbes may affect how ill malaria makes you2
Letters2
Into year three2
'Water become bone’2
Keeping of livestock predates farming2
‘Viking skin’ nailed to medieval church doors in England is actually animal hide2
Spiders use firefly light to lure more prey into their web2
Crop-eating stink bugs could be kept at bay by wasps2
Norway hooks up to the UK2
Trilobite stuffed itself with food2
Science: a team sport2
Drugs seem to help repair damaged mouse lungs2
Polaris Dawn crew prepare for riskiest spacewalk ever2
Tiny robot could stop bleeding from inside the body using heat2
Snap, crackle, pop2
Believe it or not!2
Pollution from rockets could affect weather systems2
Speedy light2
The viral superconductor2
Unsustainable conservation2
Don't miss2
Fastest free-moving star in galaxy caught going 2285 km/s2
Time loops may be easier to achieve than we thought2
Ivermectin buyers clubs2
Why AlphaFold is transformational2
Why using pig fat to fuel planes is hogwash2
Genetically engineered bacteria could one day heal us from inside our cells2
A seismic mystery2
Adding to the team2
The first of many epic journeys2
Fun and games2
Strange meteorites traced to their source craters on Mars2
In hot water2
Sloths grip stronger than humans and other primates2
Quick crossword #1292
Letters2
Wagging question2
Quick crossword #982
Tiny machine parts made of self-assembled proteins2
Google launches quantum quest1
Different strokes1
Cancer foes1
Grinding bones into an edible paste could reduce food waste1
Long covid struck 1 in 8 adults who got infected1
Protected areas fail to stop loss of insects and spiders1
Bolivia's blight1
The rainy Hyades1
Earth's core is oddly squishy and we may now know why1
Running out of river1
Visitor from the outer reaches1
Polar bears adapt to hunt without sea ice1
Cuts hit NASA1
The biodiversity diet1
How to think about… Quantum computers1
New Scientist recommends1
Black holes may inherit magnetic fields from stars1
AI detects diarrhoea from toilet sounds1
Fighting quantum with quantum1
Boost for lab-grown blood vessels1
Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?1
Practical magic1
‘Dark radiation’ may solve cosmic clash1
Feedback1
Bitter ends1
Rogue agent1
Super-fast battery charges in minutes1
Red or blue pill1
Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF1
Vanishing snow will cut forest carbon storage1
Writers accept lower pay when using AI to help them with work1
Astronomers may have found a huge moon around a Jupiter-like exoplanet1
Factual evolution1
Feedback1
The enemy within1
CERN measurement casts doubt on shock W boson result1
Feedback1
Peak performance1
Eurasia has seen a surge in droughts1
'Demon' dreamed up by physics actually exists in our cells1
What is killing urban trees?1
Spinning rotor made from DNA1
A gentle giant ready to attack1
Reaching for the stars1
Evolution's urban hothouse1
A glimpse of chemistry in a distant galaxy1
How periods change with age1
Crucial Congo forest under threat1
Stick to the old plan1
Super tug1
Mars has enough wind to power bases all year round1
A 48,500-year-old virus has been revived from permafrost1
Climate change is turning snow to rain1
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have nurtured complex life1
Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution1
Sense of direction1
Dash of tomato colouring makes better solar panels1
Creative juice1
The language puzzle1
Plotting it out1
Device can image heart as you run1
Cool melt1
Symptoms of long covid can differ depending on age1
A silver lining1
Resistance training may also strengthen your gut microbiome1
Quick crossword #1431
Headscratcher1
Have we found Earth's oldest rocks?1
W boson surprise throws a spanner into standard model1
How to think about…1
Quest for the quectonewton1
Letters1
New Scientist recommends1
There may be an exoplanet orbiting three stars at once1
Migraine drug eases early symptoms like dizziness1
Go with the flow1
Strange nebula changes colour like a galactic mood lamp1
AI boost to cancer detection1
Does Viagra help to protect against Alzheimer's?1
Gobbling up dark matter may help stars live forever1
Shackleton saga1
Look to the future1
Quick crossword #1331
Feedback1
Exercising can help people with long covid – at least a bit1
Prehistoric Spanish people moved 2-tonne stone by boat1
Hot on the trail of ET1
Don't Miss1
Massaging muscle might boost repair1
Making sense of it all1
Is Planet Y hiding past Neptune?1
Racing ahead1
Wikipedia uses AI to track down contradictions1
Feedback1
On the boil1
A tale of two halves1
Self-driving car could be ordered to repossess itself1
What Einstein got wrong about ultra-speedy mirrors1
Cold snaps1
Face mask lets you detect odours in VR1
Magnetic weather1
Polar bears seem to be ageing faster as the Arctic warms1
Space oddities1
Making shift work more palatable1
Escape from a whale1
Going nuclear1
IS MY BRAIN THE MOST COMPLEX OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE?1
Lifestyle can counter genetic dementia risk1
Say it loud and clear1
Portal-like “ring wormholes” could be used as a time machine1
A floating polar research station will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter1
Does even a mild case of covid-19 affect your cognitive skills?1
Hurricane in Jamaica helped change mountain ecology1
Clues to purpose of Stonehenge1
Worlds apart1
Don't miss1
A modern guide to sex1
Polluted partnerships1
Thumbs up for video call hand signals1
An epigenome-editing injection1
The nose knows1
JWST shows ancient galaxy may be merging with another1
Inflammation may be the price of longevity1
Life, death and wormholes1
How to think about… Metaphysics1
New Scientist recommends1
mRNA work wins medicine Nobel1
African birds of prey under threat1
Sperm whale clicks are closest thing to human language yet found1
Shedding light on dark energy1
Web3 is a fantasy, but it can still hurt you1
Which way?1
Most precise measurement of a particle ever made1
Backwards computing1
Newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning1
Neuralink's brain implants were on our minds1
DNA repair captured in step-by-step detail1
Tongan volcano erupts1
Enigmatic Planet Nine may have been seen by a space telescope in 1980s1
Hard hitting1
Habitats on Mars could be built from algae1
The real cost of flying1
Life and climate, a co-production1
PLANETS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS1
Did tiny black holes fill the cosmos?1
Still beyond our grasp?1
Nerve pain from diabetes treated by faecal transplants1
Early humans lived at high altitude as much as 2 million years ago1
Geysers may have created protocells1
Lizards stress eat as helicopters pass1
Global warming and farming may have already hit insects1
Robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches1
Gene-edited pork on the menu1
Holograms could help spot urinary tract infections1
Robofish built with human heart cells1
Never-ending cities created for VR1
Super-thickeners made of starch could cut calorie content1
Pain1
Musical game could boost your memory1
Man with paralysis walks by activating brain and spine implants with his mind1
AI chatbots ‘think’ in English even when asked questions in other languages1
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