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/mg26234904-200-who-were-the-enigmatic-sea-peoples-blamed-for-the-bronze-age-collapse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Around 3000 years ago, several empires and kingdoms in the Mediterranean collapsed, with a group of sea-faring warriors implicated as the culprit. But new evidence shows that many of our ideas about this turbulent time need completely rethinking mg26234904-200-who-were-the-enigmatic-sea-peoples-blamed-for-the-bronze-age-collapse|2430137 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431927-physicists-are-grappling-with-their-own-reproducibility-crisis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 17 May 2024 21:58:32 +0100 A contentious meeting of physicists highlighted concerns, failures and possible fixes for a crisis in condensed matter physics 2431927-physicists-are-grappling-with-their-own-reproducibility-crisis|2431927 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431747-keto-diet-may-accelerate-organ-ageing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 17 May 2024 20:00:34 +0100 In mice, a ketogenic diet increases the build-up of zombie-like cells in the heart, kidney, lungs and brain, which can accelerate organ ageing and lead to health problems 2431747-keto-diet-may-accelerate-organ-ageing|2431747 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431520-einstein-was-right-about-the-way-matter-plunges-into-black-holes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 01:01:29 +0100 For the first time, astronomers have observed the area right at the edge of a black hole where matter stops orbiting and plunges straight in at near light speed 2431520-einstein-was-right-about-the-way-matter-plunges-into-black-holes|2431520 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431620-orchids-feed-their-young-through-underground-fungal-connections/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 17 May 2024 17:00:37 +0100 A common species of orchid seems to pass food packages to nearby seedlings, in a kind of plant parental care 2431620-orchids-feed-their-young-through-underground-fungal-connections|2431620 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431865-food-addiction-should-be-treated-like-drug-abuse-claim-doctors/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 17 May 2024 16:20:32 +0100 A group of doctors and scientists is getting behind the controversial idea that people can be addicted to certain trigger foods, in the same way as drugs and alcohol. The team says this addiction should be treated with abstinence, which goes against mainstream medical advice 2431865-food-addiction-should-be-treated-like-drug-abuse-claim-doctors|2431865 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430575-nomads-thrived-in-greece-after-the-collapse-of-the-roman-empire/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 17 May 2024 07:00:30 +0100 Analysis of pollen in sediment cores from a large lake in Greece shows that nomadic livestock herders took over the region after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire 2430575-nomads-thrived-in-greece-after-the-collapse-of-the-roman-empire|2430575 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234911-000-take-a-photographic-tour-around-the-worlds-first-fully-organic-state/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil mg26234911-000-take-a-photographic-tour-around-the-worlds-first-fully-organic-state|2430747 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234913-400-creativitys-origins-are-probably-too-complex-for-simple-explanations/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 What makes some people so creative? There are many common beliefs about the neuroscience of innovation, but they fail to capture its true complexity, says Anna Abraham in her book The Creative Brain: Myths and truths mg26234913-400-creativitys-origins-are-probably-too-complex-for-simple-explanations|2430969 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431828-tech-firms-claim-nuclear-will-solve-ais-power-needs-theyre-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 23:00:02 +0100 Some AI firms think nuclear power can help meet the electricity demand from Silicon Valley’s data centres, but building new nuclear power stations takes too long to plug the gap in the short term 2431828-tech-firms-claim-nuclear-will-solve-ais-power-needs-theyre-wrong|2431828 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431516-fragile-quantum-entanglement-may-survive-chaos-of-chemical-reactions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 20:00:55 +0100 Strange quantum characteristics of molecules can weather the chaos of chemical reactions, which may benefit quantum technologies or unveil hidden natural phenomena 2431516-fragile-quantum-entanglement-may-survive-chaos-of-chemical-reactions|2431516 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430508-ai-noise-cancelling-headphones-let-you-focus-on-just-one-voice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 19:20:03 +0100 You can blank out certain types of background noise and focus on just one conversation using prototype noise-cancelling headphones 2430508-ai-noise-cancelling-headphones-let-you-focus-on-just-one-voice|2430508 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431733-some-brain-injury-patients-would-recover-if-life-support-werent-ended/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 18:51:22 +0100 After comparing people with brain injuries whose life support was continued with those who had it turned off, scientists calculated that around 40 per cent in the latter group may have made some recovery 2431733-some-brain-injury-patients-would-recover-if-life-support-werent-ended|2431733 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431679-a-lost-branch-of-the-river-nile-flowed-past-the-pyramids-of-egypt/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 17:00:12 +0100 Soil core samples show an ancient riverbed under the desert near many Egyptian pyramids, revealing an ancient waterway that dried up thousands of years ago 2431679-a-lost-branch-of-the-river-nile-flowed-past-the-pyramids-of-egypt|2431679 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234910-900-how-the-us-used-science-to-wage-psychological-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The US has been honing its psychological warfare skills since the 19th century, when it started sending anthropologists onto battlefields, says Annalee Newitz mg26234910-900-how-the-us-used-science-to-wage-psychological-war|2430746 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431579-smiling-black-bear-caught-on-camera-in-pasadena-goes-viral/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 14:15:53 +0100 Wildlife photographer Johanna Turner used a trail camera to capture this cheery shot of a black bear, which is going viral after she posted it on social media 2431579-smiling-black-bear-caught-on-camera-in-pasadena-goes-viral|2431579 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431348-genetic-mutation-gives-cats-a-salty-liquorice-coat-colour/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 12:56:50 +0100 Researchers have discovered the gene variant responsible for a distinctive colour pattern seen in cats in Finland, named salmiak after a variety of liquorice 2431348-genetic-mutation-gives-cats-a-salty-liquorice-coat-colour|2431348 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430544-virtual-power-plants-could-ease-growing-strain-on-us-electric-grid/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 12:00:42 +0100 Energy-saving networks that link smart devices, solar panels and batteries could regulate power demand and help avoid fossil fuel use at peak times 2430544-virtual-power-plants-could-ease-growing-strain-on-us-electric-grid|2430544 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234912-300-beans-beans-do-they-really-make-you-fart-scientists-investigate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback gets wind of new research into flatulence, and reminds us all of past studies into "the gas-producing ability of Boston baked beans" mg26234912-300-beans-beans-do-they-really-make-you-fart-scientists-investigate|2430769 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234913-200-why-a-new-literary-prize-for-climate-fiction-will-make-a-difference/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The new Climate Fiction prize aims to reward the best novels about climate change, because books can shift the narrative on global warming, says Tori Tsui mg26234913-200-why-a-new-literary-prize-for-climate-fiction-will-make-a-difference|2430967 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234913-300-the-man-transforming-data-from-two-dramatic-storms-into-music/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby's cancer diagnosis added urgency to his project, as part of musical collective Mining, to turn weather and sea data into music mg26234913-300-the-man-transforming-data-from-two-dramatic-storms-into-music|2430968 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431083-surgeons-can-use-ai-chatbot-to-tell-robots-to-help-with-suturing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 16 May 2024 07:00:37 +0100 A virtual assistant for surgeons translates text prompts into commands for a robot, offering a simple way to instruct machines to carry out small tasks in operations 2431083-surgeons-can-use-ai-chatbot-to-tell-robots-to-help-with-suturing|2431083 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431012-cameras-inspired-by-insect-eyes-could-give-robots-a-wider-view/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 20:00:23 +0100 Artificial compound eyes made without the need for expensive and precise lenses could provide cheap visual sensors for robots and driverless cars 2431012-cameras-inspired-by-insect-eyes-could-give-robots-a-wider-view|2431012 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234913-500-why-its-vital-we-fight-prejudices-about-the-elderly-once-and-for-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Ageism is a widespread global prejudice. It's about time we started acknowledging our unconscious bias towards old age – not least because our own future health depends on it mg26234913-500-why-its-vital-we-fight-prejudices-about-the-elderly-once-and-for-all|2431161 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431326-openai-overtakes-google-in-race-to-build-the-future-but-who-wants-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 17:27:11 +0100 With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues 2431326-openai-overtakes-google-in-race-to-build-the-future-but-who-wants-it|2431326 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431464-quantum-internet-draws-near-thanks-to-entangled-memory-breakthroughs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 17:00:54 +0100 Researchers aiming to create a secure quantum version of the internet need a device called a quantum repeater, which doesn't yet exist - but now two teams say they are well on the way to building one 2431464-quantum-internet-draws-near-thanks-to-entangled-memory-breakthroughs|2431464 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431224-sunlight-trapping-device-can-generate-temperatures-over-1000c/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 17:00:48 +0100 A solar energy absorber that uses quartz to trap heat reached 1050°C in tests and could offer a way to decarbonise the production of steel and cement 2431224-sunlight-trapping-device-can-generate-temperatures-over-1000c|2431224 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431131-buildings-that-include-weak-points-on-purpose-withstand-more-damage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 17:00:23 +0100 If a building is hit with an earthquake or explosives, the entire thing can collapse – but a design balancing strong and weak structural connections lets part of it fall while preserving the rest 2431131-buildings-that-include-weak-points-on-purpose-withstand-more-damage|2431131 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431089-will-sucking-carbon-from-air-ever-really-help-tackle-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 14:02:40 +0100 The direct air capture industry got a boost last week with the opening of Mammoth, the largest plant yet for sucking carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, but questions remain about whether the technology can scale up 2431089-will-sucking-carbon-from-air-ever-really-help-tackle-climate-change|2431089 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430674-around-half-the-world-could-lose-easily-accessible-groundwater-by-2050/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 13:00:45 +0100 In coming decades, major groundwater sources may become economically unfeasible — this could raise food prices and shift diets, among other impacts 2430674-around-half-the-world-could-lose-easily-accessible-groundwater-by-2050|2430674 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431153-frozen-human-brain-tissue-can-now-be-revived-without-damage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 12:07:59 +0100 Using a new approach, scientists have successfully frozen and thawed brain organoids and cubes of brain tissue from someone with epilepsy, which could enable better research into neurological conditions 2431153-frozen-human-brain-tissue-can-now-be-revived-without-damage|2431153 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430910-why-did-hominins-like-us-evolve-at-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 10:00:36 +0100 Animal life on Earth existed for over half a billion years before hominins hit the scene – a complex combination of environmental changes, innovations in technology and competition may have led to us 2430910-why-did-hominins-like-us-evolve-at-all|2430910 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431126-huge-jellyfish-invasion-could-disrupt-arctic-ecosystems-as-waters-warm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 09:01:01 +0100 The Arctic could see a surge of jellyfish as climate change leads to warmer waters and less ice – a process known as “jellification” 2431126-huge-jellyfish-invasion-could-disrupt-arctic-ecosystems-as-waters-warm|2431126 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431022-one-day-mental-health-workshop-improves-teenagers-mood-for-six-months/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 15 May 2024 00:30:32 +0100 The one-day courses were particularly beneficial to those pupils with worse mental health problems initially 2431022-one-day-mental-health-workshop-improves-teenagers-mood-for-six-months|2431022 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2371780-everything-you-need-to-know-about-semaglutide-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 17:15:35 +0100 From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on new weight loss injections that work by blocking a hormone that normally reduces appetite 2371780-everything-you-need-to-know-about-semaglutide-weight-loss-drugs|2371780 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430141-flu-vaccine-for-children-linked-to-pneumonia-risk-for-their-relatives/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 17:00:57 +0100 The nasal flu vaccine may reduce cases of pneumonia illness in population over the whole flu season because flu infections are likely to lead to even higher boost in bacteria 2430141-flu-vaccine-for-children-linked-to-pneumonia-risk-for-their-relatives|2430141 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430080-how-could-we-give-boring-blobby-galaxies-a-new-exciting-shape/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 16:00:56 +0100 Galaxies could do with a few more arms or some decorative designs – on this episode of Dead Planets Society, our hosts are using collisions, black holes and dark matter to reshape our galaxy 2430080-how-could-we-give-boring-blobby-galaxies-a-new-exciting-shape|2430080 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430732-did-humans-evolve-to-chase-down-prey-over-long-distances/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 17:00:17 +0100 Outrunning prey over long distances is an efficient method of hunting for humans, and it was widely used until recently, according to an analysis of ethnographic accounts 2430732-did-humans-evolve-to-chase-down-prey-over-long-distances|2430732 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430389-oldest-known-human-viruses-found-hidden-within-neanderthal-bones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 07:00:17 +0100 Genetic analysis of 50,000-year-old Neanderthal skeletons has uncovered the remnants of three viruses related to modern human pathogens, and the researchers think they could be recreated 2430389-oldest-known-human-viruses-found-hidden-within-neanderthal-bones|2430389 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430616-underwater-data-centres-could-be-destroyed-by-loud-noises/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 13:00:30 +0100 Underwater data centres being installed off the coasts of China, the US and Europe could be disrupted by sounds from military-grade sonar on ships and submarines, or even whales 2430616-underwater-data-centres-could-be-destroyed-by-loud-noises|2430616 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430715-mystery-of-impossible-star-resolved-by-three-body-solution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:17 +0100 A white dwarf star orbiting a sun-like star was thought to be impossibly small, but now astronomers have found another star in the system that solves the puzzle 2430715-mystery-of-impossible-star-resolved-by-three-body-solution|2430715 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430926-chatgpt-got-an-upgrade-to-make-it-seem-more-human/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 23:45:51 +0100 OpenAI's new ChatGPT model, called GPT-4o, provides more human-like interactions through a voice mode, and it is capable of conversations that incorporate text, audio and video in real time 2430926-chatgpt-got-an-upgrade-to-make-it-seem-more-human|2430926 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430553-ultrasound-therapy-could-treat-lung-condition-linked-to-heart-failure/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 22:06:22 +0100 Mice benefitted from ultrasound therapy for a rare lung condition – the treatment might work for common forms of high blood pressure, too 2430553-ultrasound-therapy-could-treat-lung-condition-linked-to-heart-failure|2430553 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430801-sticky-oil-sprayed-onto-plants-offers-alternative-to-pesticides/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 21:00:41 +0100 A sticky liquid made from vegetable oil could be sprayed onto plants to catch small pests such as thrips without affecting larger insects such as bees 2430801-sticky-oil-sprayed-onto-plants-offers-alternative-to-pesticides|2430801 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430828-edible-gel-prevents-and-treats-alcohol-intoxication-in-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 17:02:37 +0100 Mice given unlimited access to alcohol recovered faster after consuming a gel based on a milk protein, with the same treatment also preventing intoxication in another group of mice. If proved safe and effective in humans, it could offer a quick way to sober up 2430828-edible-gel-prevents-and-treats-alcohol-intoxication-in-mice|2430828 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2398937-your-ultimate-guide-to-ultra-processed-food-how-bad-is-it-really/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 23 Oct 2023 18:04:00 +0100 Highly processed foods, from pizza to bread, are said to be seriously bad for your health. Here is a digestible guide to what the evidence says, to help you make sense of the conflicting claims 2398937-your-ultimate-guide-to-ultra-processed-food-how-bad-is-it-really|2398937 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430557-having-more-children-protects-parents-brains-from-age-related-decline/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 14:00:46 +0100 The brains of adults who have raised children appear younger later in life. Child-rearing seemed to have this effect on both mothers and fathers, and it was stronger the more children they had 2430557-having-more-children-protects-parents-brains-from-age-related-decline|2430557 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430601-dozens-of-stars-show-signs-of-hosting-advanced-alien-civilisations/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 15:43:28 +0100 Sufficiently advanced aliens would be able to capture vast quantities of energy from their star using a massive structure called a Dyson sphere. Such a device would give off an infrared heat signature - and astronomers have just spotted 60 stars that seem to match 2430601-dozens-of-stars-show-signs-of-hosting-advanced-alien-civilisations|2430601 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430403-watch-a-mobius-strip-robot-move-and-climb-when-hit-by-light/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 13:00:49 +0100 When light strikes a soft robot made from a twisted strip of hydrogel sheets, it moves in a predictable way and can climb a vertical rod or haul up a load 2430403-watch-a-mobius-strip-robot-move-and-climb-when-hit-by-light|2430403 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430522-500-year-old-maths-problem-turns-out-to-apply-to-coffee-and-clocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 13:00:42 +0100 A centuries-old maths problem asks what shape a circle traces out as it rolls along a line. The answer, dubbed a “cycloid”, turns out to have applications in a variety of scientific fields 2430522-500-year-old-maths-problem-turns-out-to-apply-to-coffee-and-clocks|2430522 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430295-pigs-seem-less-stressed-if-their-barn-is-scented-with-lavender/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 11:00:46 +0100 If a lavender scent is sprayed into pig pens three times a day, the animals show less aggressive behaviour and appear more relaxed 2430295-pigs-seem-less-stressed-if-their-barn-is-scented-with-lavender|2430295 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430621-does-using-the-internet-make-us-happier-or-sadder/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 13 May 2024 01:01:14 +0100 A study of more than 2 million people in 168 countries suggests that having access to the internet is linked to higher life satisfaction, but many questions remain unanswered 2430621-does-using-the-internet-make-us-happier-or-sadder|2430621 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430465-extreme-exercise-may-help-you-live-longer-without-stressing-your-heart/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 00:30:17 +0100 People who can run a mile in less than 4 minutes generally live almost five years longer than would otherwise be expected, challenging the idea that too much strenuous exercise is bad for the heart 2430465-extreme-exercise-may-help-you-live-longer-without-stressing-your-heart|2430465 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430007-longest-living-cat-breeds-revealed-by-life-expectancy-study/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 02:00:33 +0100 Birman and Burmese cats typically live for more than 14 years while sphynxes live less than half as long on average, finds a study of pet cats in the UK 2430007-longest-living-cat-breeds-revealed-by-life-expectancy-study|2430007 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-900-how-science-can-help-you-whip-up-perfect-egg-whites-for-your-bakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Egg whites are key to so many baked goods but can be tricky to work with. These tips will help you master the technique, says Catherine de Lange mg26234900-900-how-science-can-help-you-whip-up-perfect-egg-whites-for-your-bakes|2429740 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429912-lack-of-us-bird-flu-tracking-in-cows-may-raise-risk-of-human-infection/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 07 May 2024 13:00:32 +0100 The strategy for tracking bird flu in US dairy cattle falls worryingly short of what is needed to prevent the outbreak from widening and potentially spreading to humans 2429912-lack-of-us-bird-flu-tracking-in-cows-may-raise-risk-of-human-infection|2429912 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-800-sarah-perrys-enlightenment-is-a-moving-story-of-love-and-astronomy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 This beautifully written and compassionate novel tells the story of how comet Halle-Bopp turns a small-town writer onto astronomy and opens him up to fresh adventures mg26234900-800-sarah-perrys-enlightenment-is-a-moving-story-of-love-and-astronomy|2429739 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234903-100-the-forever-chemicals-toxic-to-your-health-and-how-to-avoid-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 15:00:00 +0100 From your popcorn bag to your waterproof jacket, forever chemicals are all around us. We're finally starting to understand what they are doing to our health - and how to get rid of them mg26234903-100-the-forever-chemicals-toxic-to-your-health-and-how-to-avoid-them|2429961 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430351-invisible-dark-radiation-may-explain-a-big-problem-with-dark-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 20:00:47 +0100 Surprising recent measurements hint that the universe isn’t expanding in the way we had thought, and it could be explained by still-theoretical dark radiation 2430351-invisible-dark-radiation-may-explain-a-big-problem-with-dark-energy|2430351 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234903-200-why-we-are-finally-within-reach-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 07 May 2024 17:00:00 +0100 A practical superconductor would transform the efficiency of electronics. After decades of hunting, several key breakthroughs are inching us very close to this coveted prize mg26234903-200-why-we-are-finally-within-reach-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor|2429962 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430549-doughnut-shaped-swirls-of-laser-light-can-be-used-to-transmit-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 20:00:21 +0100 Ultra-fast pulses of laser light can be shaped into vortices similar to smoke rings – when chained together, they can carry enough information to transmit a simple image 2430549-doughnut-shaped-swirls-of-laser-light-can-be-used-to-transmit-images|2430549 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430214-global-capacity-to-directly-suck-co2-from-air-has-just-quadrupled/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 17:00:36 +0100 A new plant in Iceland operated by the firm Climeworks can remove up to 36,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the air per year, more than quadrupling existing global capabilities 2430214-global-capacity-to-directly-suck-co2-from-air-has-just-quadrupled|2430214 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430654-how-to-see-tonights-northern-lights-the-strongest-in-20-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 19:42:18 +0100 A rare geomagnetic storm not seen for nearly 20 years could cause a stunning aurora borealis on 10 and 11 May 2430654-how-to-see-tonights-northern-lights-the-strongest-in-20-years|2430654 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430388-heavy-or-painful-menstrual-periods-are-linked-to-worse-exam-results/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 14:00:32 +0100 Heavy, prolonged or painful menstrual periods are associated with more days off school and scoring worse on compulsory exams in a UK study 2430388-heavy-or-painful-menstrual-periods-are-linked-to-worse-exam-results|2430388 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430264-monkeys-can-learn-to-tap-to-the-beat-of-the-backstreet-boys/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 10 May 2024 10:00:10 +0100 With a bit of training, macaques can make rhythmic movements in time with music, an ability only shown before by a handful of animals 2430264-monkeys-can-learn-to-tap-to-the-beat-of-the-backstreet-boys|2430264 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234870-800-a-new-understanding-of-tinnitus-and-deafness-could-help-reverse-both/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Investigations of the paradoxical link between tinnitus and hearing loss have revealed a hidden form of deafness, paving the way to possible new treatments mg26234870-800-a-new-understanding-of-tinnitus-and-deafness-could-help-reverse-both|2426860 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-600-the-hunt-for-alien-planets-and-extraterrestrial-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Lisa Kaltenegger has been working on how to find life on exoplanets since the 1990s. Her new book, Alien Earths, brings her quest to vivid life mg26234900-600-the-hunt-for-alien-planets-and-extraterrestrial-life|2429737 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430346-game-theory-shows-we-can-never-learn-perfectly-from-our-mistakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 17:10:07 +0100 An analysis of a mathematical economic game suggests that even learning from past mistakes will almost never help us optimise our decision-making – with implications for our ability to make the biggest financial gains 2430346-game-theory-shows-we-can-never-learn-perfectly-from-our-mistakes|2430346 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430187-mars-is-blasting-plasma-out-of-its-atmosphere-into-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 16:00:27 +0100 The Red Planet launches large bursts of plasma into space from its upper atmosphere, much like the sun’s coronal mass ejections, despite not having a global magnetic field 2430187-mars-is-blasting-plasma-out-of-its-atmosphere-into-space|2430187 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-200-why-carbon-offsetting-your-flight-isnt-the-answer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 I always add the carbon offset option when buying a flight, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was being greenwashed. Turns out I was right, says Graham Lawton mg26234900-200-why-carbon-offsetting-your-flight-isnt-the-answer|2429713 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428724-has-the-biggest-problem-in-cosmology-finally-been-solved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 14:00:08 +0100 For decades, cosmologists have been fighting over the Hubble constant, a number that represents the expansion rate of the universe – it may have finally been pinned down 2428724-has-the-biggest-problem-in-cosmology-finally-been-solved|2428724 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234901-700-how-the-discovery-of-a-nest-in-a-roman-museum-caused-a-kerfuffle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 On a recent visit to the National Roman Museum, Feedback was an onlooker to the furore that ensued when a sparrow's nest was spotted in the mouth of an ancient stone face mg26234901-700-how-the-discovery-of-a-nest-in-a-roman-museum-caused-a-kerfuffle|2429748 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430124-how-to-reconnect-with-long-lost-friends-according-to-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 11:00:22 +0100 We are generally as reluctant to contact a long-lost friend as we are to talk to a stranger, but scientists have come up with an approach so it's easier to make the first move 2430124-how-to-reconnect-with-long-lost-friends-according-to-science|2430124 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-100-why-criticisms-of-the-proposed-anthropocene-epoch-miss-the-point/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 A proposal to define the Anthropocene as a geological epoch was rejected this March, but humanity's impact on Earth is real, whether formalised or not, says Jan Zalasiewicz mg26234900-100-why-criticisms-of-the-proposed-anthropocene-epoch-miss-the-point|2429712 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234900-500-why-eggs-should-be-front-and-centre-in-the-story-of-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 From large and shell-covered to tiny and jelly-like, the developmental story of eggs offers a way to rethink the story of life, says Jules Howard in his new book Infinite Life mg26234900-500-why-eggs-should-be-front-and-centre-in-the-story-of-evolution|2429736 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430354-deepmind-is-experimenting-with-a-nearly-indestructible-robot-hand/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 01:00:20 +0100 A new robotic hand can withstand being smashed by pistons or walloped with a hammer. It was designed to survive the trial-and-error interactions required to train AI robots 2430354-deepmind-is-experimenting-with-a-nearly-indestructible-robot-hand|2430354 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429915-being-in-two-places-at-once-could-make-a-quantum-battery-charge-faster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 09 May 2024 00:00:12 +0100 The quantum principle of superposition – the idea of particles being in multiple places at once – could help make quantum batteries that charge within minutes 2429915-being-in-two-places-at-once-could-make-a-quantum-battery-charge-faster|2429915 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234903-300-its-time-to-clean-up-forever-chemicals-and-companies-should-pay/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Artificial compounds found in things like food packaging can be a risk to our health. We can clean them up, but who will foot the vast bill? mg26234903-300-its-time-to-clean-up-forever-chemicals-and-companies-should-pay|2430128 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429520-deepmind-ai-can-predict-how-drugs-interact-with-proteins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 17:00:18 +0100 The latest version of the AlphaFold AI can help biologists predict how proteins interact with each other and other molecules, which is a boon to pharmaceutical research 2429520-deepmind-ai-can-predict-how-drugs-interact-with-proteins|2429520 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430072-psychedelic-toxins-from-toads-could-treat-depression-and-anxiety/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 17:00:01 +0100 A compound emitted by the Colorado river toad may reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression in a similar way to LSD and psilocybin, according to a study in mice 2430072-psychedelic-toxins-from-toads-could-treat-depression-and-anxiety|2430072 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430111-ultrasonic-coffee-maker-produces-the-perfect-cold-brew-in-minutes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 11:59:10 +0100 Cold-brewing coffee can reduce its bitter taste, but it normally takes up to 24 hours as the grounds slowly steep. A new method that involves pummelling the grounds with ultrasound can drastically speed up the process 2430111-ultrasonic-coffee-maker-produces-the-perfect-cold-brew-in-minutes|2430111 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430012-fusion-reactors-could-create-ingredients-for-a-nuclear-weapon-in-weeks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 09:00:29 +0100 Concern over the risks of enabling nuclear weapons development is usually focused on nuclear fission reactors, but the potential harm from more advanced fusion reactors has been underappreciated 2430012-fusion-reactors-could-create-ingredients-for-a-nuclear-weapon-in-weeks|2430012 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430024-can-genetically-modifying-a-rare-marsupial-save-it-from-extinction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 06:31:25 +0100 Researchers are aiming to make the northern quoll resistant to the toxic cane toads wiping it out in Australia, but little progress has been made 2430024-can-genetically-modifying-a-rare-marsupial-save-it-from-extinction|2430024 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2430049-hottest-april-on-record-is-the-11th-record-breaking-month-in-a-row/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 04:00:22 +0100 Global temperatures in April 2024 were 1.6°C higher than the average for April during the pre-industrial era 2430049-hottest-april-on-record-is-the-11th-record-breaking-month-in-a-row|2430049 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429430-renewables-supply-30-per-cent-of-global-electricity-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 08 May 2024 01:01:11 +0100 The rapid growth of solar power led to a record-breaking year for clean energy generation in 2023, and the year is expected to mark the start of a long-term decline in fossil fuels 2429430-renewables-supply-30-per-cent-of-global-electricity-for-the-first-time|2429430 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429941-sperm-whale-clicks-could-be-the-closest-thing-to-a-human-language-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 07 May 2024 17:00:23 +0100 Analysis of thousands of exchanges between the intelligent cetaceans suggests they combine short click patterns – similar to letters of the alphabet - into longer sequences 2429941-sperm-whale-clicks-could-be-the-closest-thing-to-a-human-language-yet|2429941 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429684-autoimmune-conditions-linked-to-reactivated-x-chromosome-genes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 03 May 2024 20:00:47 +0100 The inactivation of one copy of the X chromosome in female mammals may start to fail as they get older, which may be why women have a higher risk of autoimmune conditions such as lupus 2429684-autoimmune-conditions-linked-to-reactivated-x-chromosome-genes|2429684 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426533-hackers-can-steal-data-by-messing-with-a-computers-processor/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 07 May 2024 15:23:05 +0100 Software that has been blocked from connecting to the internet should be secure from hacking attempts, but now researchers have found a way to sneak data out by varying the speed of the computer's processor 2426533-hackers-can-steal-data-by-messing-with-a-computers-processor|2426533 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429889-implantable-heart-pump-could-let-children-wait-for-transplants-at-home/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 07 May 2024 11:00:40 +0100 An implantable heart pump could help children with heart failure awaiting transplants forego bulky devices that require long hospital stays 2429889-implantable-heart-pump-could-let-children-wait-for-transplants-at-home|2429889 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429894-boeings-starliner-spacecraft-launch-delayed-due-to-rocket-fault/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 19:04:26 +0100 Two astronauts will have to wait to set off for the International Space Station aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule, following a problem with the Atlas V rocket that caused the mission to be aborted before launch 2429894-boeings-starliner-spacecraft-launch-delayed-due-to-rocket-fault|2429894 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429855-how-schrodingers-cat-could-make-quantum-computers-work-better/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 17:00:36 +0100 A quantum bit inspired by Schrödinger’s cat can resist making errors for an unprecedentedly long time, which makes it a candidate for building less error-prone quantum computers 2429855-how-schrodingers-cat-could-make-quantum-computers-work-better|2429855 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429653-ball-balancing-robot-could-assist-wheelchair-users/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 18:00:06 +0100 A robot that moves around by balancing on a ball could prove a better assistant for wheelchair users than humanoid robots that walk on two legs 2429653-ball-balancing-robot-could-assist-wheelchair-users|2429653 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429489-black-holes-scramble-information-but-may-not-be-the-best-at-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 14:00:47 +0100 Information contained within quantum objects gets scrambled when they interact. Physicists have now derived a speed limit for this process, challenging the idea that black holes are the fastest data scramblers 2429489-black-holes-scramble-information-but-may-not-be-the-best-at-it|2429489 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429632-zebras-bob-their-heads-at-each-other-to-signal-cooperation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 13:00:09 +0100 Head-bobbing seems to be a way for zebras to invite others to groom, graze or move together, suggesting sophisticated social and cognitive capabilities 2429632-zebras-bob-their-heads-at-each-other-to-signal-cooperation|2429632 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429850-swallowable-sensor-unfurls-in-stomach-to-monitor-gut-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 11:00:44 +0100 A ribbon of electrodes could nestle in the gut to help diagnose gastrointestinal diseases linked to Parkinson’s 2429850-swallowable-sensor-unfurls-in-stomach-to-monitor-gut-health|2429850 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2429711-stink-bugs-grow-a-fungal-garden-on-their-legs-to-fight-parasitic-wasps/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 06 May 2024 09:00:39 +0100 A surprise discovery has revealed that female stink bugs have a small indent on their hind legs that they use for cultivating fungi before spreading it on their eggs 2429711-stink-bugs-grow-a-fungal-garden-on-their-legs-to-fight-parasitic-wasps|2429711 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234890-500-the-new-drugs-preventing-allergic-reactions-to-peanuts-and-other-foods/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 01 May 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Incredible results from trials of several new medications show they can prevent potentially deadly reactions to foods like peanuts, eggs and dairy - and may one day treat asthma mg26234890-500-the-new-drugs-preventing-allergic-reactions-to-peanuts-and-other-foods|2428772 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234890-800-heres-an-easier-way-to-improve-the-drainage-of-heavy-clay-soil/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 01 May 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Digging sand or grit into clay soils is a drainage fix that has been around for years, but James Wong turns to nature to find a less backbreaking solution mg26234890-800-heres-an-easier-way-to-improve-the-drainage-of-heavy-clay-soil|2428775 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234890-200-the-galactic-anomalies-hinting-dark-matter-is-weirder-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 29 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Cosmological puzzles are tempting astronomers to rethink our simple picture of the universe – and ask whether dark matter is even stranger than we thought mg26234890-200-the-galactic-anomalies-hinting-dark-matter-is-weirder-than-we-thought|2428621 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234890-100-can-these-awesome-rocks-become-central-asias-first-unesco-geopark/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Long feted by fossil hunters and geologists, if UNESCO recognises the extraordinary rock formation at Madygen in Kyrgyzstan, it will soon be a player on the world stage mg26234890-100-can-these-awesome-rocks-become-central-asias-first-unesco-geopark|2428620