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Can nuclear power be produced safely and affordably? A scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, is working to do just that.

QUEST Producer Sheraz Sadiq interviews Bay Area filmmaker and musician Jesse Hiatt about the experience of filming in one of the world's most extreme environments. His breathtaking footage was edited into the QUEST segme...

All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: super-recognisers fight crime, first transhumanist politician, on ecstasy in a brain scanner, and more

Graham Lawton reports the highs, lows and psychedelic purple doors involved in taking MDMA while having his brain scanned

Follow our reporter Graham Lawton as he takes pure MDMA and enters a brain scanner in the first ever experiment of its kind

Susan Savage-Rumbaugh is on administrative leave after ex-employees allege safety violations at the facility she directs

In 2009, after West Valley College built its brand new biology building, a group of faculty stood in the natural history lab staring at a blank wall. "It's too empty," they agreed. "How about a mural?" suggested biology ...

An animation of the most common cycle-hire routes resolves into a familiar map of London's commuter hubs, helping plan future expansions of the network

The tussle over who owns the Senkaku/Diaoyu islands is part of a broader struggle for control of oil and gas in the East China Sea

After an oil spill recovery device breaks during testing, Shell decides to delay Alaska drilling until next year

A new type of manufacturing robot announced today could have a profound impact on how we interact with machines

It's not necessarily a negative thing for us to become less human, says transhumanist politician Giuseppe Vatinno

People with an intriguing talent are proving themselves useful as a crime-fighting force. Could anyone learn their superpowers? (full text available to subscribers)