New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled student Annalee Newitz finds some silver linings

A new study hammers home how the "survival of the nicest" view makes no sense when it comes to evolution, says Jonathan R. Goodman

Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian apparently thinks the 1969 moon landing was fake. If Feedback comes up with an equally outlandish conspiracy theory, maybe we can also get a guided tour of NASA

These photographs of humanoid robots by Henrik Spohler are part of his project Tomorrow Is the Question

These photographs of humanoid robots by Henrik Spohler are part of his project Tomorrow Is the Question

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their partner – but they cleared up even quicker if these individuals were also intimate with their other half

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their partner – but they cleared up even quicker if these individuals were also intimate with their other half

A coronal mass ejection from a distant star has been confirmed for the first time, raising questions about how such events could impact exoplanet habitability

A coronal mass ejection from a distant star has been confirmed for the first time, raising questions about how such events could impact exoplanet habitability

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in planetary defence

When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in planetary defence

Epstein-Barr virus–mediated B cell reprogramming may initiate systemic lupus erythematosus (Younis et al., this issue).

Incorporation of 5-methylcytidine alleviates RIG-I–dependent sensing of a self-amplifying RNA vaccine and reduces reactogenicity in vivo.

Epstein-Barr virus reprograms autoreactive B cells as antigen-presenting cells to promote pathogenic antinuclear T and B cell responses in lupus.

snoRNA Snord3-mediated epigenetic activation of ESM1 is a potential therapeutic target in rheumatoid arthritis.

Neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound in conjunction with drug delivery can be successfully performed in children with progressive diffuse midline glioma without sedation.

Cationic nanogel–based nasal therapeutic vaccine induces cancer-specific immune responses and inhibits cancer development in cervical tissue.

High-throughput loading of sgRNA:Cas9 RNPs targeting Myo7aSh1 into extracellular vesicles prevents progressive hearing loss in an adult mouse model.

Previous attempts at building a chemical computer have been too simple, too rigid or too hard to scale, but an approach based on a network of reactions can perform multiple tasks without having to be reconfigured