New Scientist - Home https://www.newscientist.com/ https://www.newscientist.com/build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png https://www.newscientist.com daily 1 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635463-200-why-nobody-is-neurodiverse-and-nobody-is-neurotypical/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Being accurate in the language we use to describe conditions like ADHD matters, and can lead to better outcomes for those affected. The words we choose to use are important, say Alex Conner and James Brown, hosts of podcast The ADHD Adults mg26635463-200-why-nobody-is-neurodiverse-and-nobody-is-neurotypical|2482646 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482461-the-bizarre-story-of-a-maths-proof-that-is-only-true-in-japan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 05 Jun 2025 09:00:26 +0100 A 500-page proof that only a handful of people in the world claim to understand kicked off a saga unlike anything else in the history of mathematics – and now there’s a new twist to the story, says Jacob Aron 2482461-the-bizarre-story-of-a-maths-proof-that-is-only-true-in-japan|2482461 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635460-200-ambitious-book-on-quantum-physics-still-fails-to-be-accessible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0100 A new book on quantum physics is pleasingly full of cutting-edge topics. Yet it isn't the accessible work it promised to be mg26635460-200-ambitious-book-on-quantum-physics-still-fails-to-be-accessible|2482478 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483114-is-adhd-on-the-rise-no-but-that-answer-doesnt-tell-the-whole-story/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 05 Jun 2025 01:01:08 +0100 Despite reports of a recent surge in ADHD, a global analysis has found no reliable evidence of an increase in the number of children diagnosed with the condition since 2020 2483114-is-adhd-on-the-rise-no-but-that-answer-doesnt-tell-the-whole-story|2483114 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483150-dead-sea-scrolls-analysis-may-force-rethink-of-ancient-jewish-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 20:00:27 +0100 Thanks to AI and modern carbon dating techniques, we have a new understanding of when the Dead Sea Scrolls were written – which could revise the story of Judea 2483150-dead-sea-scrolls-analysis-may-force-rethink-of-ancient-jewish-history|2483150 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635463-500-why-avoiding-a-sixth-mass-extinction-is-easier-than-it-sounds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low mg26635463-500-why-avoiding-a-sixth-mass-extinction-is-easier-than-it-sounds|2482766 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482872-rivers-are-leaking-ancient-carbon-back-into-the-atmosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:59 +0100 Carbon stored in landscapes for thousands of years is leaching back into the atmosphere via rivers, and human activity may be to blame 2482872-rivers-are-leaking-ancient-carbon-back-into-the-atmosphere|2482872 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:41 +0100 Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer 2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on|2481012 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482991-quantum-computers-are-on-the-edge-of-revealing-new-particle-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:03 +0100 Computer simulations of high-energy particles are pushing the boundaries of what we can learn about the interactions that happen inside particle colliders 2482991-quantum-computers-are-on-the-edge-of-revealing-new-particle-physics|2482991 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483083-massaging-the-neck-and-face-may-help-flush-waste-out-of-the-brain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:44 +0100 The glymphatic system flushes out waste products from the brain – now scientists have found a way to boost it in mice, which could open treatment possibilities for neurodegenerative diseases 2483083-massaging-the-neck-and-face-may-help-flush-waste-out-of-the-brain|2483083 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2483030-adhesive-made-from-wood-works-in-a-standard-glue-gun/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 12:17:09 +0100 Most widely used adhesives are toxic and derived from petroleum, but researchers have come up with a safe, recyclable alternative made from xylan, a component of plant cell walls 2483030-adhesive-made-from-wood-works-in-a-standard-glue-gun|2483030 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482613-can-ai-understand-a-flower-without-being-able-to-touch-or-smell/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 11:00:37 +0100 AI may be limited by a lack of taste, touch and smell which prevents it from fully understanding concepts in the same way as humans - suggesting that more advanced models may need to have a robot body 2482613-can-ai-understand-a-flower-without-being-able-to-touch-or-smell|2482613 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:25 +0100 Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to reframe the current biodiversity crisis 2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened|2481371 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482652-crafty-cockatoos-learn-to-use-public-drinking-fountains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 04 Jun 2025 01:01:25 +0100 Sulphur-crested cockatoos are waiting in line at public drinking fountains in Sydney to have their daily drinks of water in the latest example of cultural evolution in urban birds 2482652-crafty-cockatoos-learn-to-use-public-drinking-fountains|2482652 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482754-infant-rsv-shot-may-be-more-effective-than-vaccines-during-pregnancy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 22:03:01 +0100 When an RSV vaccine became available for use during pregnancy, it offered a natural experiment between various countries to see how it compared to a one-time antibody injection 2482754-infant-rsv-shot-may-be-more-effective-than-vaccines-during-pregnancy|2482754 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482958-nasa-is-facing-the-biggest-crisis-in-its-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:10:07 +0100 Widespread proposed budget cuts have left the US space agency facing an uncertain future at the same time as NASA’s intended new leader has been withdrawn by the Trump administration 2482958-nasa-is-facing-the-biggest-crisis-in-its-history|2482958 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482594-why-its-taking-a-century-to-pin-down-the-speed-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:00:58 +0100 The Hubble constant, a set number that connects a galaxy’s speed to its distance from Earth and tells us how fast the universe is expanding, was first described more than a hundred years ago – but astronomers have debated it ever since 2482594-why-its-taking-a-century-to-pin-down-the-speed-of-the-universe|2482594 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482828-private-ispace-resilience-probe-will-attempt-lunar-landing-this-week/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:05:30 +0100 If successful, Resilience will be only the third private spacecraft to complete a landing on the moon, and the first operated by a non-US company 2482828-private-ispace-resilience-probe-will-attempt-lunar-landing-this-week|2482828 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481402-discovering-the-marvels-of-mucus-is-inspiring-amazing-new-medicines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:45 +0100 Mucus does far more than just act as a protective barrier. Emerging research reveals ways to harness its power and deliver treatments for everything from yeast infections to inflammatory bowel disease 2481402-discovering-the-marvels-of-mucus-is-inspiring-amazing-new-medicines|2481402 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482851-super-invasive-termites-could-spread-from-florida-around-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 18:32:04 +0100 Two of the most destructive invasive termite species are interbreeding in the US – they can survive a wider range of temperatures and could easily spread across the globe 2482851-super-invasive-termites-could-spread-from-florida-around-the-world|2482851 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482725-quarter-of-people-follow-rules-even-with-no-downside-to-breaking-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 03 Jun 2025 09:00:48 +0100 Why do we follow rules? A series of experiments with more than 14,000 people reveals that around a quarter of us will follow rules unconditionally, even if obeying them harms us and there is no downside to breaking them 2482725-quarter-of-people-follow-rules-even-with-no-downside-to-breaking-them|2482725 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482705-there-may-be-a-surprising-upside-to-losing-coral-reefs-as-oceans-warm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 21:00:17 +0100 As warmer waters and ocean acidification reduce coral formation, the seas will take up more carbon dioxide – an effect that hasn't been included in climate models 2482705-there-may-be-a-surprising-upside-to-losing-coral-reefs-as-oceans-warm|2482705 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482453-best-quantum-transistor-yet-could-lead-to-more-accurate-computers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 19:00:27 +0100 Microwaves can control a single quantum bit more precisely than ever before, creating a device similar to a quantum transistor – and potentially making quantum computers more reliable 2482453-best-quantum-transistor-yet-could-lead-to-more-accurate-computers|2482453 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482664-trillion-dollars-worth-of-platinum-waiting-to-be-mined-on-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:29 +0100 Mining craters on the moon could be more practical than extracting precious metals from asteroids, but it might also introduce new legal difficulties 2482664-trillion-dollars-worth-of-platinum-waiting-to-be-mined-on-the-moon|2482664 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482650-dogs-pollute-water-with-pesticides-even-weeks-after-flea-treatment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:04:31 +0100 When dogs given spot treatments for fleas go swimming, they release levels of pesticides dangerous to aquatic life for at least a month after the treatment 2482650-dogs-pollute-water-with-pesticides-even-weeks-after-flea-treatment|2482650 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482510-the-global-temperature-may-be-even-higher-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 02 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0100 Researchers have proposed a more accurate way to calculate the global surface air temperature, which suggests we are just three years away from breaching the 1.5°C climate goal 2482510-the-global-temperature-may-be-even-higher-than-we-thought|2482510 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480659-can-imagining-a-better-future-really-make-it-come-true/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:42 +0100 Manifestation is easy to dismiss as unscientific nonsense. Certain techniques used in the practice, though, do work — just not in the magical way some people think, as neuroscientist Sabina Brennan elucidates 2480659-can-imagining-a-better-future-really-make-it-come-true|2480659 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480780-how-visualisation-sets-you-up-for-success-by-changing-your-cognition/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:32 +0100 The vividness of your mind’s eye isn't fixed - and training it up is the secret tool of top athletes and businesspeople. Here’s how you can help develop yours 2480780-how-visualisation-sets-you-up-for-success-by-changing-your-cognition|2480780 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-900-does-the-old-concept-of-companion-planting-have-any-science-behind-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 The belief that adding certain plants around crops will boost their growth is an old one, but will your tomatoes' yield and flavour really be improved by growing tasty herbs alongside them? James Wong investigates mg26635450-900-does-the-old-concept-of-companion-planting-have-any-science-behind-it|2481582 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480739-the-extremes-of-imagination-reveal-how-our-brains-perceive-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 19:00:17 +0100 The worlds inside our heads can be dramatically different. What does that reveal about how our minds shape our lives, asks cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman 2480739-the-extremes-of-imagination-reveal-how-our-brains-perceive-reality|2480739 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480349-the-four-types-of-imagination-and-how-they-create-our-worlds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 17:00:13 +0100 Your imagination isn't just one thing. The latest neuroscience is untangling just how diverse this faculty really is, says cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman 2480349-the-four-types-of-imagination-and-how-they-create-our-worlds|2480349 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-700-how-the-new-murderbot-tv-series-made-me-a-reluctant-convert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Murderbot fans will be thrilled to learn that the cyborg security unit that gains free will by hacking its governor module is now the star of a compelling adaptation. Bethan Ackerley has unexpectedly joined their ranks mg26635450-700-how-the-new-murderbot-tv-series-made-me-a-reluctant-convert|2481570 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480355-your-imagination-doesnt-get-worse-as-you-age-but-it-does-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:06 +0100 It’s natural to associate wild flights of fantasy with children and a more mundane internal world with adult life. The latest research, though, shows that isn't the whole picture 2480355-your-imagination-doesnt-get-worse-as-you-age-but-it-does-change|2480355 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482507-any-wall-can-be-turned-into-a-camera-to-see-around-corners/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:09 +0100 Researchers have developed algorithms that reconstruct a hidden image from the scrambled light waves that bounce off a wall, making it possible to see things behind a corner 2482507-any-wall-can-be-turned-into-a-camera-to-see-around-corners|2482507 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482307-at-this-rate-carbon-dioxide-removal-will-never-matter-for-the-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 15:00:03 +0100 The carbon dioxide removal industry is struggling to grow at the pace needed to have a significant role in meeting climate targets 2482307-at-this-rate-carbon-dioxide-removal-will-never-matter-for-the-climate|2482307 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482190-should-you-still-learn-a-second-language-if-ai-can-translate-for-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:51 +0100 Artificial intelligence has removed many of the barriers to understanding a new language, but there are still good reasons to do things the old-fashioned way 2482190-should-you-still-learn-a-second-language-if-ai-can-translate-for-you|2482190 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482386-ptsd-in-9-11-responders-didnt-start-improving-for-nearly-a-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 12:00:58 +0100 Most 9/11 first responders experienced improvement in PTSD symptoms about 10 years after the traumatic event, but approximately 10 per cent saw symptoms worsen even two decades later 2482386-ptsd-in-9-11-responders-didnt-start-improving-for-nearly-a-decade|2482386 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482071-how-does-the-pill-affect-your-brain-were-finally-getting-answers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 11:00:22 +0100 Millions of women and teenage girls use oral contraception, but we are only now getting an idea of what effect these drugs have on our brains 2482071-how-does-the-pill-affect-your-brain-were-finally-getting-answers|2482071 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481728-dark-chocolate-is-rich-in-flavanols-does-that-make-it-a-health-food/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 08:00:57 +0100 Antioxidants like cocoa flavanols may benefit heart health, brain ageing and the microbiome. Columnist Alexandra Thompson investigates whether it’s time to rethink chocolate 2481728-dark-chocolate-is-rich-in-flavanols-does-that-make-it-a-health-food|2481728 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481268-our-verdict-on-ringworld-by-larry-niven-nice-maths-shame-about-teela/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 10:05:29 +0100 Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club’s thoughts on our latest read, the science fiction classic Ringworld by Larry Niven 2481268-our-verdict-on-ringworld-by-larry-niven-nice-maths-shame-about-teela|2481268 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480634-read-an-extract-from-time-travel-novel-the-ministry-of-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:20 +0100 In this short extract from Kaliane Bradley's sci-fi novel, her protagonist makes a startling discovery about the nature of time 2480634-read-an-extract-from-time-travel-novel-the-ministry-of-time|2480634 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480645-time-travel-was-just-a-metaphor-for-controlling-a-narrative/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 30 May 2025 10:00:10 +0100 The Ministry of Time author Kaliane Bradley on how she made time travel work in her bestselling novel, the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club 2480645-time-travel-was-just-a-metaphor-for-controlling-a-narrative|2480645 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-300-italian-festival-of-the-snake-catchers-revealed-in-colourful-photos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 The village of Cocullo celebrates a festa dei serpari every May – and scientists are getting in on the action mg26635450-300-italian-festival-of-the-snake-catchers-revealed-in-colourful-photos|2481566 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-500-a-rich-new-history-of-our-obsession-with-extracting-earths-resources/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Philip Marsden's book Under a Metal Sky is an engrossing look at how we have excavated key metals and rocks over the millennia. It's a story shot through with awe, power, greed and hubris mg26635450-500-a-rich-new-history-of-our-obsession-with-extracting-earths-resources|2481568 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482217-first-evidence-of-ancient-birds-nesting-above-the-arctic-circle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 20:00:32 +0100 Tiny bone fragments from Alaska suggest birds started breeding and nesting in the Arctic 30 million years earlier than previously thought 2482217-first-evidence-of-ancient-birds-nesting-above-the-arctic-circle|2482217 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482399-leprosy-was-in-the-americas-long-before-the-arrival-of-europeans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 20:00:20 +0100 The history books say Europeans brought leprosy to the Americas, but analysis of ancient DNA reveals that a form of the disease was present in Argentina and Canada much earlier 2482399-leprosy-was-in-the-americas-long-before-the-arrival-of-europeans|2482399 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-200-storm-clouds-threaten-a-promised-ai-revolution-in-weather-prediction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 New AI models from tech giants are set to revolutionise weather prediction. But as our climate becomes more extreme, we need to ensure broad public access to their forecasts, says Annalee Newitz mg26635450-200-storm-clouds-threaten-a-promised-ai-revolution-in-weather-prediction|2481565 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482339-will-spacexs-starship-rocket-ever-work-and-what-if-it-doesnt/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 12:25:39 +0100 The failure of SpaceX’s ninth Starship launch has raised fresh concerns about the future of the rocket, but is there any alternative to Elon Musk’s approach to space? 2482339-will-spacexs-starship-rocket-ever-work-and-what-if-it-doesnt|2482339 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482262-massive-glacier-collapse-triggers-landslide-that-buries-swiss-village/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:08:04 +0100 Villagers in Blatten, Switzerland, were evacuated earlier this month after authorities warned a nearby glacier was on the brink of collapse – one of many becoming less stable as global temperature rise 2482262-massive-glacier-collapse-triggers-landslide-that-buries-swiss-village|2482262 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482320-amazing-images-reveal-new-details-in-the-suns-atmosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 12:01:09 +0100 City-sized droplets and twisting streams of plasma have been picked up by incredibly detailed images of the sun’s corona, showing our star as we’ve never seen it before 2482320-amazing-images-reveal-new-details-in-the-suns-atmosphere|2482320 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635451-700-guess-who-brought-back-agatha-christie-as-an-ai-clone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback was surprised to learn that the late, great queen of crime fiction is presenting a creative writing course, and wonders if there aren't enough living authors around to impart their wisdom mg26635451-700-guess-who-brought-back-agatha-christie-as-an-ai-clone|2481590 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482057-qubit-breakthrough-could-make-it-easier-to-build-quantum-computers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 11:00:09 +0100 Quantum computers that correct their own errors usually require hundreds of thousands of qubits. Start-up Nord Quantique claims it can dramatically decrease that number – but many challenges remain 2482057-qubit-breakthrough-could-make-it-easier-to-build-quantum-computers|2482057 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-100-how-a-study-in-the-stockholm-subway-could-help-prevent-violent-crime/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 We need to learn the lessons from an ingenious piece of research done in Sweden and radically change policies around interpersonal violence, says Jens Ludwig mg26635450-100-how-a-study-in-the-stockholm-subway-could-help-prevent-violent-crime|2481564 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635450-400-is-this-book-the-ultimate-guide-for-getting-babies-to-sleep-sort-of/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Helen Ball's How Babies Sleep draws on anthropology and biology to help babies (and their parents) get a better night's sleep. It has some fascinating insights, but is somewhat impractical mg26635450-400-is-this-book-the-ultimate-guide-for-getting-babies-to-sleep-sort-of|2481567 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482263-before-the-great-wall-chinese-rulers-built-a-shallow-ditch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 29 May 2025 01:01:13 +0100 A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been erected to control the flow of people, perhaps for tax reasons 2482263-before-the-great-wall-chinese-rulers-built-a-shallow-ditch|2482263 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481910-were-about-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-ancient-human-brains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 20:00:42 +0100 For the first time, we have a method for extracting proteins from preserved soft tissues like brains – which could be a treasure trove of evolutionary information 2481910-were-about-to-unlock-the-secrets-of-ancient-human-brains|2481910 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480674-how-your-whole-imagination-is-conjured-up-from-three-brain-processes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:49 +0100 Understanding the neurological systems that produce the world inside your head can help you to harness its transformative power 2480674-how-your-whole-imagination-is-conjured-up-from-three-brain-processes|2480674 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481354-do-we-have-free-will-quantum-experiments-may-soon-reveal-the-answer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 16:30:30 +0100 Whether or not we have partial free will could soon be resolved by experiments in quantum physics, with potential consequences for everything from religion to quantum computers 2481354-do-we-have-free-will-quantum-experiments-may-soon-reveal-the-answer|2481354 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481751-fossils-show-puzzling-lack-of-evolution-during-last-ice-age-peak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:12 +0100 Thousands of fossils from the La Brea tar pits in California show no signs of mammals and birds evolving in response to shifting temperatures over the past 50,000 years 2481751-fossils-show-puzzling-lack-of-evolution-during-last-ice-age-peak|2481751 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482073-you-can-make-fair-dice-from-any-shape-you-like/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 11:57:59 +0100 Want to roll an armadillo when you play Dungeons & Dragons, instead of standard dice? Now you can, thanks to a technique for mapping the probabilities produced by any shape 2482073-you-can-make-fair-dice-from-any-shape-you-like|2482073 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2482049-were-getting-close-to-recreating-the-first-step-in-evolution-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 11:00:51 +0100 Life is thought to have begun when RNA began replicating itself, and researchers have got close to achieving this in the lab 2482049-were-getting-close-to-recreating-the-first-step-in-evolution-of-life|2482049 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480927-your-imagination-holds-the-power-to-make-you-healthier-and-happier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 10:35:44 +0100 Imagination isn’t mere childhood whimsy – harnessing its extraordinary capacities can benefit us all 2480927-your-imagination-holds-the-power-to-make-you-healthier-and-happier|2480927 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481905-the-sun-is-killing-off-spacexs-starlink-satellites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 15:00:28 +0100 There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink internet service - and now we are learning just how the sun's activity can affect them 2481905-the-sun-is-killing-off-spacexs-starlink-satellites|2481905 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481945-the-world-could-experience-a-year-above-2c-of-warming-by-2029/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 28 May 2025 06:00:19 +0100 2024 was the first single year to surpass the 1.5°C global warming threshold – now scientists predict that a year above 2°C is possible in the near future 2481945-the-world-could-experience-a-year-above-2c-of-warming-by-2029|2481945 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481790-test-of-ai-weather-forecasts-shows-they-miss-extreme-storms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 22:00:13 +0100 Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events – which are becoming more common as the climate changes 2481790-test-of-ai-weather-forecasts-shows-they-miss-extreme-storms|2481790 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481442-medieval-woman-was-executed-and-displayed-on-london-riverbank/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 19:00:01 +0100 A skeleton found in London records a brutal killing about 1200 years ago, thought to be a rare example of a judicial execution of a woman in medieval England 2481442-medieval-woman-was-executed-and-displayed-on-london-riverbank|2481442 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481873-humans-were-crafting-tools-from-whale-bones-20000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 17:00:27 +0100 More than 60 ancient tools found in France and Spain have been identified as whale bone, and the evidence shows that people made tools from this material a thousand years earlier than previously thought 2481873-humans-were-crafting-tools-from-whale-bones-20000-years-ago|2481873 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481931-was-planet-nine-exiled-from-the-solar-system-as-a-baby/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:20 +0100 The chance of a planet forming in the outer reaches of the solar system – a hypothetical Planet Nine – could be as high as 40 per cent, but it would have been a rough start 2481931-was-planet-nine-exiled-from-the-solar-system-as-a-baby|2481931 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481865-how-fast-you-age-is-dictated-by-your-sex-ethnicity-and-education/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 27 May 2025 13:30:02 +0100 The pace of ageing accelerates as you get older, and it is linked to an individual's sex, ethnicity and level of education, according to studies of US and UK populations 2481865-how-fast-you-age-is-dictated-by-your-sex-ethnicity-and-education|2481865 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481629-a-photon-caught-in-two-places-at-once-could-destroy-the-multiverse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 26 May 2025 10:00:22 +0100 The idea of a multiverse of universes is derived from a particular interpretation of quantum mechanics, but now a new twist on a classic experiment says it is time to put the idea to bed 2481629-a-photon-caught-in-two-places-at-once-could-destroy-the-multiverse|2481629 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481776-cord-blood-banking-is-not-living-up-to-its-promise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 26 May 2025 16:00:57 +0100 Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned out to be mere hype 2481776-cord-blood-banking-is-not-living-up-to-its-promise|2481776 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481497-how-captured-carbon-dioxide-could-help-mine-carbon-negative-nickel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 26 May 2025 15:00:38 +0100 Captured carbon dioxide could be injected deep in the Earth to dissolve rocks, freeing up nickel and other key metals vital for batteries 2481497-how-captured-carbon-dioxide-could-help-mine-carbon-negative-nickel|2481497 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481555-physicists-are-waging-a-cosmic-battle-over-the-nature-of-dark-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 26 May 2025 13:00:26 +0100 Results from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) suggest that dark energy, a mysterious force in the universe, is changing over time. This would completely re-write our understanding of the cosmos - but now other physicists are challenging this view 2481555-physicists-are-waging-a-cosmic-battle-over-the-nature-of-dark-energy|2481555 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478861-how-buried-cables-are-revealing-earths-interior-in-incredible-detail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 17:00:22 +0100 The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend against earthquakes and produce an unprecedented map of the underground world 2478861-how-buried-cables-are-revealing-earths-interior-in-incredible-detail|2478861 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635441-000-the-handy-piece-of-maths-that-can-help-with-organising-chores/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Should you mow the lawn first or cut the hedge? Mathematics will help you decide what to tackle first, says Peter Rowlett mg26635441-000-the-handy-piece-of-maths-that-can-help-with-organising-chores|2480502 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:15 +0100 A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. But restoring our most neglected sense might not only reduce cognitive decline – studies also show it could even reverse it 2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age|2479542 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479332-how-an-ancient-alchemy-technique-is-transforming-modern-chemistry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 17:00:38 +0100 Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push towards using dry powders instead is proving surprisingly effective 2479332-how-an-ancient-alchemy-technique-is-transforming-modern-chemistry|2479332 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635440-600-this-sci-fi-debut-is-a-quietly-brilliant-look-at-a-disturbing-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 The premise of Grace Chan’s debut novel – that you can choose to upload yourself to a virtual reality – might sound dated, but this is a stunning big‑picture look at what might lie ahead for us, says Emily H. Wilson mg26635440-600-this-sci-fi-debut-is-a-quietly-brilliant-look-at-a-disturbing-future|2480488 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481477-new-dwarf-planet-spotted-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 21:00:23 +0100 The unusual orbit of a possible dwarf planet, known as 2017 OF201, makes it less likely that our solar system contains a hidden ninth “Planet X” 2481477-new-dwarf-planet-spotted-at-the-edge-of-the-solar-system|2481477 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481710-trumps-golden-dome-defence-project-could-spur-a-space-arms-race/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 22:00:03 +0100 US President Trump has proposed a Golden Dome defence system that includes missile interceptors in space. But the idea would cost hundreds of billions of dollars – and could accelerate the weaponisation of space 2481710-trumps-golden-dome-defence-project-could-spur-a-space-arms-race|2481710 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481513-breaking-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer-just-got-20-times-easier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 16:13:19 +0100 A quantum computer with a million qubits would be able to crack the vital RSA encryption algorithm, and while such machines don't yet exist, that estimate could still fall further 2481513-breaking-encryption-with-a-quantum-computer-just-got-20-times-easier|2481513 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481659-are-microplastics-in-ultra-processed-food-harming-your-mental-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 15:56:54 +0100 Many people are worried about the health effects of ultra-processed foods and microplastics, but could these two issues actually be linked? 2481659-are-microplastics-in-ultra-processed-food-harming-your-mental-health|2481659 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481300-why-birds-decorate-their-nests-with-weird-and-unnatural-objects/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 14:00:04 +0100 Puzzlingly, many birds add human-made material to their nests with no obvious function – now there is evidence that these home improvements might ward off predators 2481300-why-birds-decorate-their-nests-with-weird-and-unnatural-objects|2481300 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481394-we-assume-women-are-morally-superior-to-men-and-thats-a-bad-thing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 12:12:43 +0100 Women seem to be judged as being more moral than men, which could mean they have further to fall if they don't meet societal expectations 2481394-we-assume-women-are-morally-superior-to-men-and-thats-a-bad-thing|2481394 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481536-flash-floods-sweep-through-vital-sanctuary-for-australian-animals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 23 May 2025 11:46:07 +0100 Wildlife carers fostering some of Australia’s most precious animals have had to rescue them one by one from rising waters and are now racing to repair fencing that keeps feral predators away 2481536-flash-floods-sweep-through-vital-sanctuary-for-australian-animals|2481536 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635440-200-powerful-images-capture-the-fragility-and-resilience-of-our-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 From battling drought to caring for wildlife, shots from the Earth Photo 2025 competition shortlist show how we are coping with a changing world mg26635440-200-powerful-images-capture-the-fragility-and-resilience-of-our-planet|2480484 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481364-ultracold-atoms-have-been-hyperentangled-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 20:00:57 +0100 By exerting unprecedented control over extremely cold atoms, researchers have put them in a state with several simultaneously quantum-entangled properties 2481364-ultracold-atoms-have-been-hyperentangled-for-the-first-time|2481364 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481349-giant-ground-sloths-evolved-three-different-times-for-the-same-reason/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 20:00:48 +0100 An analysis of the sloth family tree suggests three different groups of the animals evolved to gigantic sizes in response to cold and dry conditions 2481349-giant-ground-sloths-evolved-three-different-times-for-the-same-reason|2481349 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481356-special-contact-lenses-let-you-see-infrared-light-even-in-the-dark/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 17:00:39 +0100 Nanoparticle-infused contact lenses can transform infrared radiation into different colours of visible light, potentially enabling a new form of night vision – no batteries required 2481356-special-contact-lenses-let-you-see-infrared-light-even-in-the-dark|2481356 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481436-penguin-poo-helps-keep-antarctica-cool/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 17:00:28 +0100 Huge colonies of penguins in Antarctica fill the air with ammonia, which boosts particles in the atmosphere that allow climate-cooling clouds to form 2481436-penguin-poo-helps-keep-antarctica-cool|2481436 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481409-colossal-scientist-now-admits-they-havent-really-made-dire-wolves/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 15:33:55 +0100 Despite a huge media fanfare in which Colossal Biosciences claimed to have resurrected the extinct dire wolf, the company's chief scientist now concedes that the animals are merely modified grey wolves 2481409-colossal-scientist-now-admits-they-havent-really-made-dire-wolves|2481409 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635440-100-hiking-parking-costs-is-a-great-way-to-reduce-car-usage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 A huge increase in parking costs in my home of York has provoked outrage. This may sound like a local problem, but reducing car use is an issue for all of us, says Graham Lawton mg26635440-100-hiking-parking-costs-is-a-great-way-to-reduce-car-usage|2480483 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481392-giant-boulder-on-clifftop-in-tonga-was-carried-by-a-50-metre-high-wave/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 22 May 2025 13:03:06 +0100 A huge tsunami hit a cliff in Tonga 7000 years ago and carried a 1200-tonne boulder 200 metres inland, making it the biggest wave-lifted boulder ever found on a cliff 2481392-giant-boulder-on-clifftop-in-tonga-was-carried-by-a-50-metre-high-wave|2481392 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635441-100-the-egg-drop-experiment-but-make-it-peer-review/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback is delighted to discover that a team of scientists has tackled the popular school experiment in which children design a device to protect a dropped egg from cracking. But what was the answer? mg26635441-100-the-egg-drop-experiment-but-make-it-peer-review|2480503 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635441-600-this-is-how-to-avoid-annihilating-ourselves-in-a-nuclear-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 21 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 We have been lucky to dodge nuclear Armageddon so far, but we can't keep trusting to fortune. 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