New Scientist

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4.0
6.49K reviews
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About this app

Discover award-winning journalism with the New Scientist app. From artificial intelligence to climate change, and the latest innovations in healthcare to the mysteries of quantum physics and the human mind, New Scientist is your trusted, impartial source of information about what is going on in the world.
• Read daily news updates and our latest issues
• Watch fascinating videos – from robotics to rare animal behaviour
• Listen to our weekly podcast and audio articles

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Updated on
10 Jun 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
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Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

4.1
5.73K reviews
Damien Lynch
29 October 2020
Do not use this App! Despite being subscribed, the App is asking me to pay for new issues. When I contact New Scientist, they say it is a Google Play Store issue, when I contact Play Store, they say it is an issue for New Scientist. Looking at the other reviews, I am not the only one with this problem. Update: after 3 weeks without access, I can now use my subscription again. Let's see how long this lasts.
24 people found this review helpful
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Yo Blo
3 September 2025
Nice app, useful articles that are handy to keep up to date with science. The only issue i have is that content is not cycled quickly enough. E.g., on 4 out of 5 visits i only find 1 or 2 new articles, and if they don't happen to interest me I leave a bit disappointed. Consider more frequent updates and adding Earth, Chemistry, and Society sections, which are only available if you log in with a Web browser but not via the app.
36 people found this review helpful
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Sarah O'Riordan
9 September 2025
Adore the content. Reading is broadly comfortable, and navigation is generally easy. I prefer the audio version of articles, and here, however, I have to say it's disappointing that so few of each issue's articles are read aloud. It's particularly frustrating that there is a feature that, for all intents and purposes, allows you to create a "playlist" of articles only for there to be no continuity or capacity to follow the order you've selected - the articles jump around or just repeat. fix plz
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What's new

Various improvements and bug fixes