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New Scientist’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

Humans

51¶¯Âþ’s guide to the 21 best ideas of the 21st century

A quarter of a century in, this is our definitive pick of the ideas in science and technology that are already transforming the world

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Society

Should Europe boycott US tech over Greenland, and is it even possible?

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Mind

2026 will shed light on whether a little-known drug helps with autism

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The weight-loss drugs on trial in 2026 may trump Ozempic and Zepbound

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The cost of weight-loss drugs should fall in 2026

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Technology

How not to misread science fiction

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Environment

How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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Health

The potential of GLP-1 drugs to transform medicine exploded in 2025

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Timing cancer drug delivery around our body clock may boost survival

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We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

Mathematics

We’ve finally cracked how to make truly random numbers

From machine learning to voting, the workings of the world demand randomisation, but true sources of randomness are surprisingly hard to find. Now quantum mechanics has supplied the answer

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Technology

How worried should you be about spending too much time on your phone?

Analysis

Health

Monthly injection could replace daily steroid pills for severe asthma

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A revolutionary way to map our bodies is helping cure deadly diseases

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Grace Chan: 'How to stay in love after uploading into virtual reality'

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