# New Scientist: latest headlines

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- Type: Magazine
- Country: United Kingdom
- Website: https://newscientist.com
- Subscription required for most articles
- About 1.7 headlines a day

Mostly covers: Health & Science (92%), Tech (8%)

## Latest headlines

- Nov 11, 2026, 2:00 AM: [Voyager is one light day away from us. Here’s what it discovered on its epic journey](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598369-voyager-is-one-light-day-away-from-us-heres-what-it-discovered-on-its-epic-journey/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/707332.md)
  The Voyager 1 spacecraft is the most distant human-made object from Earth. What it saw on its 50-year journey to the edge of the solar system revolutionised our understanding of the planets and ourselves
- Nov 10, 2026, 2:00 PM: [Correcting quantum computer errors may be more complicated than expected](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598161-correcting-quantum-computer-errors-may-be-more-complicated-than-expected/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/150317.md)
  Correcting quantum computer errors is key for making the devices practical, but some types of errors, and the complications they could introduce, may be more likely to occur than we had thought
- Nov 10, 2026, 10:00 AM: [What terrifying sleep paralysis demons reveal about the mind-body connection](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2596521-what-terrifying-sleep-paralysis-demons-reveal-about-the-mind-body-connection/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7698.md)
  After waking with the feeling of a shadowy presence pressing on his chest, neuroscientist Baland Jalal went on to study sleep paralysis. He explains what this frightening condition might reveal about consciousness
- Nov 10, 2026, 8:49 AM: [What is the electrification target at COP31 and can countries meet it?](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598177-what-is-the-electrification-target-at-cop31-and-can-countries-meet-it/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7699.md)
  The world will need to quadruple its pace on electrification to meet the target being pushed by the COP31 presidency this week, but increasingly affordable renewable energy could put the goal within reach
- Nov 10, 2026, 7:48 AM: [A science fiction novel has finally won the Booker prize. It’s about time](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598314-a-science-fiction-novel-has-finally-won-the-booker-prize-its-about-time/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7700.md)
  The literary world has long been reluctant to allow science fiction works into the starry ranks of literary fiction. Will M. John Harrison’s landmark win for The End of Everything finally change that?
- Nov 10, 2026, 4:00 AM: [Newly described insect may live its whole life on a spider’s web](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598153-newly-described-bug-lives-its-whole-life-on-a-spider-web/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7701.md)
  A species of “web-loving bug” from China lives on a spider's web and seems to follow its arachnid host around. The insect may be too small for the spider to bother attacking
- Nov 10, 2026, 3:00 AM: [How neutrinos are beginning to reveal the secrets of our galaxy](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598051-how-neutrinos-are-beginning-to-reveal-the-secrets-of-our-galaxy/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7702.md)
  Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein says understanding neutrinos is one of the most pressing scientific issues in physics. She shares the latest neutrino discoveries that are exciting her and that could bring us new insights about the galactic centre
- Nov 9, 2026, 7:00 PM: [Global carbon emissions set to fall in 2026 due to Iran energy shock](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598130-global-carbon-emissions-fall-in-2026-due-to-iran-energy-shock/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7703.md)
  Carbon dioxide emissions are projected to fall 0.4 per cent this year, driven in part by higher oil prices resulting from disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
- Nov 9, 2026, 1:00 PM: [Cold therapy may be worse than doing nothing for post-exercise recovery](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598085-cold-therapy-may-be-worse-than-doing-nothing-for-post-exercise-recovery/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7704.md)
  Many are convinced that ice baths or cold showers are an effective way to speed recovery after exercise, but a study finds that cold therapy may actually have the opposite effect
- Nov 9, 2026, 12:00 PM: [A true paleo diet would include a lot more insects](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598048-a-true-paleo-diet-would-include-a-lot-more-insects/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7705.md)
  When we talk about prehistoric foods, we often focus on meat or perhaps cereal grains. But columnist Michael Marshall finds that ancient humans may have dined on more insects than we previously thought
- Nov 9, 2026, 11:00 AM: [X chromosome gene may reduce autism rates in women and girls](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2598114-x-chromosome-gene-may-reduce-autism-rates-in-women-and-girls/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7706.md)
  A gene called ZFX exerts powerful effects on an entire network of genes linked to autism, which may help explain why the condition is less common in females
- Nov 9, 2026, 10:00 AM: [Is Schrödinger’s cat both dead and alive? No, it’s just haunted by its past](<https://www.newscientist.com/article/2595461-is-schrodingers-cat-both-dead-and-alive-no-its-just-haunted-by-its-past/>) · [All coverage](https://helixnews.one/story/7707.md)
  A radical new approach suggests some of quantum theory’s most bizarre and inexplicable effects might be down to physics failing to account properly for time