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Science News Roundup: New Books and Research
This week's science highlights include a new book by Helen Pearson on solving societal problems with evidence, another by Hannah Critchlow on the 21st-century brain, and research measuring pressure from individual particles for the first time.
Coverage timeline — 4 articles
New Scientist
A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremely small pressures and could help find a mysterious kind of neutrino
2026-05-07 06:00 UTC
New Scientist
Solving society's problems with evidence is a work in progress, argues a must-read new book. The process is surprisingly new – and riddled with complexities, finds Michael Marshall
2026-05-06 18:00 UTC
New Scientist
Feedback discovers that the prevailing themes of Eurovision songs may come and go, but the urge to win stays the same.
2026-05-06 18:00 UTC
New Scientist
Our brains need to adapt quickly to meet the challenges of our digital world, but a rigorous new book by a neuroscientist brings hope that we can do it, says Graham Lawton
2026-04-29 18:00 UTC