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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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)
ArticleCitations
Spaced out155
Driverless cars could be tricked into crashing49
EU's search-and-rescue drones20
Letters19
Male fertility could be restored with frozen testicular tissue implants15
The secretive world of online streaming12
Warming could shift jet stream with danger for Europe11
Buzz off9
Feel the beat6
Penis worms lived in borrowed shells long before hermit crabs6
Taking it personally6
UK covid-19 cases fall6
The physics of a soap opera5
A wooden circular economy5
All the world's a stage5
Feedback5
Don't miss5
Head-tingling videos may help people with anxiety4
Synthetic spider silk laced with graphene can rapidly heal itself4
Puzzle4
Improving even tiny green spaces boosts urban wildlife4
To Me' Mery Christmas! From Me4
Fossil footprints hint at mystery hominin with unusual walking style4
Quantum hook-up for supercomputer4
Bright and early4
Grow it yourself?3
Lifeless planet3
Here be sandworms3
Is gravity a quantum force?3
Pre-eclampsia link to risk of early stroke3
Covid-19 may raise premature birth risk3
Spring comes early3
Letters3
Quick crossword #883
Particle accelerator is so small it could fit inside a pen tip3
Running out of river3
Should more countries vaccinate against chickenpox?3
Antibiotic resistance tracked in wild bears' tooth plaque3
Rethinking obesity3
Eyelash expression3
Puzzle3
The Einstein machine3
Feedback3
Quick crossword #1552
End of the road?2
Keeping of livestock predates farming2
Norway hooks up to the UK2
Why AlphaFold is transformational2
Web3 is a fantasy, but it can still hurt you2
Trilobite stuffed itself with food2
Adding to the team2
Why using pig fat to fuel planes is hogwash2
Know your limits2
Unsustainable conservation2
Feeling zesty2
Letters2
Strange meteorites traced to their source craters on Mars2
Ice dreams2
Starship rocket reaches orbit2
Will woolly mammoths be resurrected soon?2
Quick crossword #1172
The great disappearing trick2
Ivermectin buyers clubs2
Supersized AI2
Fun and games2
Physics Nobel goes to trio who sliced up time with light2
Unravelling words2
Modern flu may be down to 1918 virus2
The first of many epic journeys2
Sloths grip stronger than humans and other primates2
Into year three2
Crowing about it2
Fastest free-moving star in galaxy caught going 2285 km/s2
Giant black holes nurture small ones2
Sticking it out2
Irritating question2
BrainTwister2
A seismic mystery2
Polaris Dawn crew prepare for riskiest spacewalk ever2
Science: a team sport2
Speedy light2
In hot water2
Drugs seem to help repair damaged mouse lungs2
Feedback2
Genetically engineered bacteria could one day heal us from inside our cells2
Absolute heat2
Snap, crackle, pop2
Early farmers in the Atacama desert were brutally violent2
Your gut microbes may affect how ill malaria makes you2
Quick crossword #982
Spiders use firefly light to lure more prey into their web2
Tiny robot could stop bleeding from inside the body using heat2
A line in the sand2
Believe it or not!2
Bizarre galaxy died very young but may come back to life2
Polar bears seem to be ageing faster as the Arctic warms1
Fighting quantum with quantum1
A glimpse of chemistry in a distant galaxy1
Go with the flow1
Stick to the old plan1
Life and climate, a co-production1
Super tug1
Tongan volcano erupts1
Climate change is turning snow to rain1
Plotting it out1
Chemical reaction used in cooking may have nurtured complex life1
Jupiter's strange atmosphere was born in shadows1
Creative juice1
Self-driving car could be ordered to repossess itself1
Jumping parasitic worms use static to hit their targets1
Most precise measurement of a particle ever made1
Exercising can help people with long covid – at least a bit1
CERN measurement casts doubt on shock W boson result1
Newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning1
The biodiversity diet1
IS MY BRAIN THE MOST COMPLEX OBJECT IN THE UNIVERSE?1
Quick crossword #1291
'Demon' dreamed up by physics actually exists in our cells1
Still beyond our grasp?1
AI detects diarrhoea from toilet sounds1
Does even a mild case of covid-19 affect your cognitive skills?1
Letters1
Cryptic crossword #1361
Consciousness expanded1
Sperm whale clicks are closest thing to human language yet found1
Shedding light on dark energy1
A modern guide to sex1
Tiny machine parts made of self-assembled proteins1
A blooming problem1
Feedback1
Backwards computing1
mRNA work wins medicine Nobel1
Self-cooling quantum computer made of diamonds1
Headscratcher1
Earth's core is oddly squishy and we may now know why1
AI chatbots ‘think’ in English even when asked questions in other languages1
The rainy Hyades1
Don't miss1
Did tiny black holes fill the cosmos?1
Long covid struck 1 in 8 adults who got infected1
Reaching for the stars1
Letters1
Evolution's urban hothouse1
Gene-edited pork on the menu1
Migraine drug eases early symptoms like dizziness1
Robotic laser can target and kill cockroaches1
1.5°C climate goal is slipping away1
Superstitious creatures1
Super-thickeners made of starch could cut calorie content1
Strange nebula changes colour like a galactic mood lamp1
Magnetic weather1
Height of change1
Making shift work more palatable1
Does Viagra help to protect against Alzheimer's?1
Escape from a whale1
Astronomers may have found a huge moon around a Jupiter-like exoplanet1
Early humans lived at high altitude as much as 2 million years ago1
Cold snaps1
Symptoms of long covid can differ depending on age1
Super-fast battery charges in minutes1
Hard hitting1
Letters1
Feedback1
Wildlife populations are declining on a ‘devastating’ scale, says WWF1
A floating polar research station will uncover the secrets of Arctic winter1
Racing ahead1
Feedback1
W boson surprise throws a spanner into standard model1
Google launches quantum quest1
The viral superconductor1
Hot on the trail of ET1
Black holes may inherit magnetic fields from stars1
There may be an exoplanet orbiting three stars at once1
Protected areas fail to stop loss of insects and spiders1
Don't miss1
Expansive objects1
Lizards stress eat as helicopters pass1
‘Dark radiation’ may solve cosmic clash1
A new era for stargazing1
Visitor from the outer reaches1
'Water become bone’1
New Scientist recommends1
Menopause research may help improve fertility treatment1
Red or blue pill1
Device can image heart as you run1
The dark energy illusion1
Going nuclear1
Mars has enough wind to power bases all year round1
Peak performance1
Our microbial world1
What is killing urban trees?1
A gentle giant ready to attack1
Don't miss1
Geysers may have created protocells1
Wikipedia uses AI to track down contradictions1
Clues to purpose of Stonehenge1
How periods change with age1
How to think about…1
The language puzzle1
Lampshade can cut indoor air pollution1
Robofish built with human heart cells1
A silver lining1
Never-ending cities created for VR1
Look to the future1
Musical game could boost your memory1
Feedback1
Man with paralysis walks by activating brain and spine implants with his mind1
Don't Miss1
Say it loud and clear1
Portal-like “ring wormholes” could be used as a time machine1
Unravelling the causes of migraine1
Global warming and farming may have already hit insects1
Eurasia has seen a surge in droughts1
Crucial Congo forest under threat1
Space oddities1
Snub-nosed alligator chomped on snails1
An epigenome-editing injection1
Does 23andMe's decline show genetic-based medicine has been overhyped?1
Nerve pain from diabetes treated by faecal transplants1
Cuts hit NASA1
Life, death and wormholes1
Sense of direction1
Wagging question1
GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest1
On the boil1
New Scientist recommends1
Cancer foes1
Roll with it1
‘Viking skin’ nailed to medieval church doors in England is actually animal hide1
Don't miss1
African birds of prey under threat1
AI boost to cancer detection1
Feedback1
Quick crossword #1431
Time loops may be easier to achieve than we thought1
Cryptic crossword #1541
Worlds apart1
Overheated trees are contributing to urban air pollution1
How to think about… Quantum computers1
Crop-eating stink bugs could be kept at bay by wasps1
Making sense of it all1
Thumbs up for video call hand signals1
Holograms could help spot urinary tract infections1
Cryptic crossword #861
A tale of two halves1
What Einstein got wrong about ultra-speedy mirrors1
How to think about… Metaphysics1
Spinning rotor made from DNA1
Whale shark seen feeding on seabed1
Face mask lets you detect odours in VR1
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