New Scientist

A study involving 12,000 adults in the US suggests that taking action to prevent dementia during your 50s can make a big difference later in life

Altering the gut microbiomes of people with peanut allergy using faeces donated from an allergy-free individual improved their peanut tolerance in a clinical trial

The devastating wildfires in Europe demand urgent measures to make landscapes more resilient, but without action to reduce use of fossil fuels, the danger is only going to increase

This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon

Humans can see water but not air. So can fish see air? And would it be possible to have anti-black holes, and how could we tell if we were looking at one?

Readers continue to give their examples of dogs who do notice passing aircraft – but also put forward some ideas as to why they generally don’t

A reader weighs in on this one – and finds it will depend on how far you’re travelling

Readers debate how the introduction of bicycles and trains will have led to less closely related prospective partners for our ancestors – and consider various royal dynasties from this perspective

Feedback is delighted to be pointed towards an old but still vital piece of research that presents “a general mathematical and algorithmic theory for balloon-twisting structures”