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Future Martian explorers will need water if they are going to survive. They may be able to melt it out of underground ice sheets using a type of well already used in Antarctica from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2SEyJTZ

A plan for the future of the UK’s National Health Service aims to improve mental health services and provide genome sequencing for all children with cancer from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2C4RpFl

Plug-and-play human organs, non-human intelligences and missions to Mars add speculative spice to a year of cultural events focused on the future from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2TzTEaZ

From what to do about Einstein to tricks for survival to doing away with sexist neurotrash, it is looking like a good year for books from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2LU1Ksb

On the last of our 12 Days of Culture, a film about pioneering liver transplant surgeon Thomas Starzl is one of sacrificing family life for medical advance from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2C1yfA1

A significant data breach has exposed the personal information of chancellor Angela Merkel along with hundreds of other German politicians from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2RxOlv4

Mars and the Moon are covered in abrasive dust that will stick to and shred spacesuits – but not if those spacesuits are made using non-stick carbon nanotube-based materials from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2BYmkmO

We’re using the wrong words to talk about artificial intelligence. The 11th of our 12 Days of Culture shows where we’ve gone wrong and why it really matters from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2AtK81G

Japan’s move is bad news for whales within its waters, but spells the end of high seas whaling, says Matthew Collis from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2Qnahoj

In some ways it is great news that electricity demand in the UK is falling, but paradoxically to meet climate goals it should be rising from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2VwJ99V

From simply flying planes in straighter lines to sucking fuel from thin air, a raft of new technologies that could help us fly guilt-free are in the offing from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2QnJAj1

We know that rabbits eat some of their own faeces - they may do so in order to better metabolise their food so they can grow larger from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2VBBzuW

Alleged dangers of screen time have been exaggerated, worrying parents. Here are some guidelines to ensure screens are used positively, says paediatrician Max Davie from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2F7uU5H

Fact-checking politicians' statements alters both the views and the voting intentions of people in Australia – but makes far less difference in the US from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2s8Rsez

The nearby Large Magellanic Cloud may be on a collision course with the Milky Way - and it could make our galaxy less strange when they smash in 2 billion years from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2CMWvrg

Compensating for a fundamental flaw in photosynthesis boosts biomass in tobacco by up to 40 per cent – next up are food crops from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2BWLuCj

Sequencing the genomes of healthy newborns has helped identify genetic mutations that can result in childhood-onset diseases from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2s937dG

On the 10th of our 12 Days of Culture, artists from CERN’s Collide International Residency show how they tackle the problem of describing science like it is from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2CNnwuK

Brain scanning has revealed that grieving people can actively suppress thoughts of a dead relative without realising that they are doing it from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2Qma7gH

On a mountaintop in Chile sits the world’s most powerful optical telescope, searching for the edge of black holes, and using huge lasers to guide its gaze from New Scientist - Home http://bit.ly/2GR2z6o