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Academy

Well-being revelations Discover the secrets of health and happiness

Academy

The science of

your well-being

Does being healthier actually

make us happier? This course

considers the way that the

interactions of mind, body,

diet and exercise affect our lives,

for better or for worse. Leading

experts will explain how we

can change our habits and how

food and exercise influence our

physical and mental health, and

debunk many myths about the

well-being industry along the way.

academy.newscientist.com

Event

Physics at the end

of the universe

The big bang theory tells the

story of the beginning of the

universe. But how does that

story end? Join astrophysicist

Katie Mack as she tells us about

the ultimate fate of our cosmic

home, and what the catastrophic

destruction of all reality would

look like to anyone still around

to see it. Watch online at

6pm BST on 28 April.

Also available on demand.

newscientist.com/events

Podcast

Weekly

The team discuss a world-first

gene therapy used to treat a rare

skin disease often called “the

worst disease you have never

heard of”. They also explain the

implications of detecting the

most distant individual star

that we have ever seen. Plus,

listen to the aquatic sounds

of Monterey Bay, California,

in an escapist audio quiz.

newscientist.com/nspod

Newsletter

Fix the Planet

Chief reporter Adam Vaughan

explores the launch of

Destination Earth – a

€140 million project to build

digital, interactive replicas

of the planet that will allow

everyone from scientists to

energy companies to explore

the impacts of climate change

and how we adapt to them.

newscientist.com/

fix-the-planet

Video

Slime robot

Head over to our YouTube channel

to watch a robot made of magnetic

slime navigate narrow passages,

grasp objects and fix broken

circuits. The slimy robot’s

custard-like consistency and

silicon-coated body could one

day make it safe enough to

deploy in humans to perform

tasks such as retrieving objects

swallowed by accident.

youtube.com/newscientist

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Listen carefully Hear the aquatic sounds of Monterey Bay, California

Podcast

Essential guide

More than 3 billion years in the

making, the latest New Scientist

Essential Guide is a sweeping

survey of the history of life on our

planet, the wonders of biodiversity

today and the unique threats

it faces from human activity.

Available to purchase now.

shop.newscientist.com

“ One whale

is worth

$2 million

in terms of

its carbon

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