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/2480857-how-the-us-military-wants-to-use-the-worlds-largest-aircraft/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 23:00:27 +0100 The world’s largest aircraft, called WindRunner, is being designed to carry huge wind turbine blades – but the US military is looking into its own applications for the proposed plane 2480857-how-the-us-military-wants-to-use-the-worlds-largest-aircraft|2480857 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480956-earliest-galaxy-ever-seen-offers-glimpse-of-the-nascent-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 19:00:08 +0100 The galaxy MoM-z14 dates back to 280 million years after the big bang, and the prevalence of such early galaxies is puzzling astronomers 2480956-earliest-galaxy-ever-seen-offers-glimpse-of-the-nascent-universe|2480956 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/2480576-vaccine-may-treat-cocaine-addiction-by-blocking-drugs-entry-to-brain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 16:00:58 +0100 A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective in a small trial 2480576-vaccine-may-treat-cocaine-addiction-by-blocking-drugs-entry-to-brain|2480576 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480743-ancient-maltese-temples-may-have-been-schools-for-celestial-navigation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 13:00:28 +0100 The alignment of some megalithic temples in Malta suggests they may have been used to teach sailors how to navigate by the stars 2480743-ancient-maltese-temples-may-have-been-schools-for-celestial-navigation|2480743 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480740-astronomers-double-down-on-claim-of-strongest-evidence-for-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 11:44:42 +0100 Are there aliens living on the exoplanet K2-18b? Some astronomers believe they have evidence for molecules on the planet that must have a biological origin, but others disagree 2480740-astronomers-double-down-on-claim-of-strongest-evidence-for-alien-life|2480740 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480579-ai-doesnt-know-no-and-thats-a-huge-problem-for-medical-bots/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 22:41:10 +0100 Many AI models fail to recognise negation words such as “no” and “not”, which means they can’t easily distinguish between medical images labelled as showing a disease and images labelled as not showing the disease 2480579-ai-doesnt-know-no-and-thats-a-huge-problem-for-medical-bots|2480579 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480666-sea-level-will-rise-fast-even-if-we-limit-global-warming-to-1-5c/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 20 May 2025 11:00:08 +0100 Satellite observations show the ice sheets are melting faster than expected, and slowing sea level rise to a manageable rate would require lowering the global temperature below the current level 2480666-sea-level-will-rise-fast-even-if-we-limit-global-warming-to-1-5c|2480666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480657-attempt-to-reach-expert-consensus-on-teens-and-phones-ends-in-argument/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 17:57:03 +0100 There are a range of competing views on whether smartphones and social media are harmful to adolescents, and an attempt to settle the debate has instead sparked more disagreement 2480657-attempt-to-reach-expert-consensus-on-teens-and-phones-ends-in-argument|2480657 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635440-400-this-new-book-is-a-one-sided-attempt-to-puncture-the-ai-bubble/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 17:45:00 +0100 The AI Con by Emily Bender and Alex Hanna wants to expose the hype generated by large artificial intelligence companies, but it is a frustrating read mg26635440-400-this-new-book-is-a-one-sided-attempt-to-puncture-the-ai-bubble|2480486 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480552-capuchin-monkeys-are-stealing-howler-monkey-babies-in-weird-fad/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:33 +0100 A group of white-faced capuchins on a remote island have started stealing infants from another primate species, and researchers don’t know why 2480552-capuchin-monkeys-are-stealing-howler-monkey-babies-in-weird-fad|2480552 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/2480582-cervix-on-a-chip-inspires-potential-new-treatment-for-preterm-birth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 13:00:39 +0100 Using human cells, researchers were able to create a novel cervix-on-a-chip model to study how the vaginal microbiome affects pregnancy 2480582-cervix-on-a-chip-inspires-potential-new-treatment-for-preterm-birth|2480582 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480461-is-the-cop30-climate-summit-already-in-crisis-with-six-months-to-go/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 19 May 2025 10:17:41 +0100 Mounting concerns about Brazil's approach to the COP30 climate summit have observers asking whether the meeting will be able to tackle the difficult choices involved in curbing emissions 2480461-is-the-cop30-climate-summit-already-in-crisis-with-six-months-to-go|2480461 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635430-800-already-know-the-big-dipper-theres-more-to-this-group-of-stars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Most of us can spot the group of stars known as the Plough or the Big Dipper. But there’s more to explore here, says Abigail Beall mg26635430-800-already-know-the-big-dipper-theres-more-to-this-group-of-stars|2479655 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635432-900-the-bold-attempt-to-solve-the-toughest-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Finding out whether gravity – and therefore space-time itself – is quantum in nature has long been thought impossible. But innovative new ideas might be about to help answer this crucial question mg26635432-900-the-bold-attempt-to-solve-the-toughest-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics|2479783 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635430-600-joshua-oppenheimers-the-end-is-a-superb-musical-set-in-the-end-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 In a luxury survival bunker, a rich family lie to each other as Earth's surface becomes unviable. But things change when a young woman stumbles on them in The End, a wonderful, end-of-the-world musical drama, says Simon Ings mg26635430-600-joshua-oppenheimers-the-end-is-a-superb-musical-set-in-the-end-times|2479643 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635433-000-the-wild-idea-that-we-all-get-nutrients-from-the-air-that-we-breathe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 13 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Growing evidence suggests a source of nutrition might be right under our noses. But how important are such aeronutrients – and can we harness them to better treat deficiencies? mg26635433-000-the-wild-idea-that-we-all-get-nutrients-from-the-air-that-we-breathe|2479784 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480435-us-east-coast-faces-rising-seas-as-crucial-atlantic-current-slows/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 20:00:24 +0100 The weakening of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is boosting the sea level along the New England coast on top of sea level rise from melting ice, adding to flooding 2480435-us-east-coast-faces-rising-seas-as-crucial-atlantic-current-slows|2480435 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480442-babies-start-showing-empathy-even-before-they-can-speak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 19:00:29 +0100 When adults pretended to be in pain, children as young as 9 months old comforted them, pushing back the earliest age when humans are known to display empathy 2480442-babies-start-showing-empathy-even-before-they-can-speak|2480442 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480524-the-most-and-least-satisfying-jobs-out-there-according-to-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 18:01:36 +0100 Some jobs are more satisfying than others, and they're not necessarily the ones with a high income or a lot of prestige 2480524-the-most-and-least-satisfying-jobs-out-there-according-to-science|2480524 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480365-baby-with-rare-disease-given-world-first-personal-crispr-gene-therapy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 19:00:28 +0100 An infant with a severe genetic condition has shown signs of improvement after receiving a gene-editing treatment tailored to his specific mutation 2480365-baby-with-rare-disease-given-world-first-personal-crispr-gene-therapy|2480365 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480055-toxic-waste-is-spilling-onto-beaches-as-rising-seas-erode-landfills/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 16:00:10 +0100 Waste from old landfill sites is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode coastlines - and some of it is toxic 2480055-toxic-waste-is-spilling-onto-beaches-as-rising-seas-erode-landfills|2480055 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480356-could-a-125-billion-investment-fund-halt-global-deforestation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 13:00:48 +0100 The Tropical Forests Forever Facility, an initiative spearheaded by Brazil, would raise money from investments and pay countries to preserve forests – can it succeed where carbon markets have failed? 2480356-could-a-125-billion-investment-fund-halt-global-deforestation|2480356 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480292-what-the-complete-ape-genome-is-revealing-about-the-earliest-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 12:00:07 +0100 We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially changing how we think of the earliest hominins 2480292-what-the-complete-ape-genome-is-revealing-about-the-earliest-humans|2480292 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480410-risk-of-a-star-destroying-the-solar-system-is-higher-than-expected/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 12:00:27 +0100 Stars that pass close to the solar system could pull planets out of alignment, sending them hurtling into the sun or out into space 2480410-risk-of-a-star-destroying-the-solar-system-is-higher-than-expected|2480410 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480167-an-interview-with-larry-niven-ringworld-author-and-sci-fi-legend/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 16 May 2025 10:30:33 +0100 The author of Ringworld, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, is quizzed on everything from if he’d like to meet an alien to the art of writing 2480167-an-interview-with-larry-niven-ringworld-author-and-sci-fi-legend|2480167 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479524-remarkable-photos-highlight-the-haunting-resilience-of-nature/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:26 +0100 Acclaimed photographers Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier showcase a changing planet as part of the Photo London photography fair 2479524-remarkable-photos-highlight-the-haunting-resilience-of-nature|2479524 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635430-400-grisly-new-book-reveals-what-zombie-insects-can-teach-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 In Rise of the Zombie Bugs, Mindy Weisberger zooms in on how parasites hijack the brains of their tiny host animals mg26635430-400-grisly-new-book-reveals-what-zombie-insects-can-teach-us|2479641 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480310-are-entangled-qubits-following-a-quantum-moores-law/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 20:43:48 +0100 Several recent experiments showcase a sharp increase in the number of quantum bits that can be entangled, echoing Moore’s law for increasing computing power on traditional chips 2480310-are-entangled-qubits-following-a-quantum-moores-law|2480310 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-200-robert-macfarlane-is-wrong-to-cast-rivers-as-life-forms-in-new-book/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100 We should protect Earth's rivers and forests with laws. But it is another matter to claim them as living beings, as Robert Macfarlane does in his new book Is a River Alive? mg26635410-200-robert-macfarlane-is-wrong-to-cast-rivers-as-life-forms-in-new-book|2478020 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480321-physicists-reveal-the-secret-to-chopping-onions-without-crying/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 15:00:50 +0100 Slicing an onion releases tear-inducing chemicals into the air, but the sharpness of the knife and the speed of the cut can affect how these droplets are expelled 2480321-physicists-reveal-the-secret-to-chopping-onions-without-crying|2480321 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635430-100-how-dark-energy-findings-may-inspire-a-new-generation-of-physics-nerds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 The discovery of the cosmic acceleration problem truly inspired me as a teenage physics nerd. Recent, related revelations about dark energy will hopefully capture the interest of today’s young science geeks, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein mg26635430-100-how-dark-energy-findings-may-inspire-a-new-generation-of-physics-nerds|2479638 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635431-500-who-needs-eurovision-when-we-have-the-dance-your-phd-contest/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 As Eurovision looms, Feedback enjoys discovering more about the winners of this year's Dance Your PhD contest, who have an original take on chemesthesis, the sense that detects the heat of chillies and the coolness of menthol mg26635431-500-who-needs-eurovision-when-we-have-the-dance-your-phd-contest|2479662 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480087-promises-to-improve-nature-are-being-broken-by-english-house-builders/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 11:00:34 +0100 In spite of policies requiring housing projects in England to benefit nature, many of the trees, habitats and nest boxes included in planning applications haven't materialised 2480087-promises-to-improve-nature-are-being-broken-by-english-house-builders|2480087 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635432-800-when-it-comes-to-crime-you-cant-algorithm-your-way-to-safety/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 There are serious issues with new proposals to use artificial intelligence to predict future crimes, says Yu Xiong, chair of the advisory board to the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Metaverse and Web 3.0 mg26635432-800-when-it-comes-to-crime-you-cant-algorithm-your-way-to-safety|2479782 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635430-300-a-doe-eyed-look-at-space-exploration-is-inadequate-for-the-zeitgeist/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 In highly politicised times, is living off-world something we should entertain, let alone do? Adriana Marais's futurist dream Out of This World and Into the Next feels tone deaf mg26635430-300-a-doe-eyed-look-at-space-exploration-is-inadequate-for-the-zeitgeist|2479640 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480289-chinas-co2-emissions-have-started-falling-is-this-finally-the-peak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 15 May 2025 01:01:42 +0100 For the first time ever, China’s carbon dioxide emissions have declined even as its power demand has increased, a possible sign of a longer-term fall in emissions 2480289-chinas-co2-emissions-have-started-falling-is-this-finally-the-peak|2480289 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480206-norovirus-vaccine-pill-protects-against-winter-vomiting-bug/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 20:00:14 +0100 An oral vaccine reduced infection risk in a trial where people were deliberately exposed to high doses of norovirus, and could also slow the spread of the pathogen 2480206-norovirus-vaccine-pill-protects-against-winter-vomiting-bug|2480206 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479613-exquisite-new-to-science-frog-species-has-golden-legs-and-odd-habits/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 20:00:05 +0100 A newly described poison dart frog, which is about the size of a thumbnail, has been found in the forests of the Juruá river basin in Brazil 2479613-exquisite-new-to-science-frog-species-has-golden-legs-and-odd-habits|2479613 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480268-are-democratic-countries-like-the-uk-just-climate-hypocrites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 20:00:01 +0100 New research suggests wealthy democracies offshore their pollution to other nations – but is that what’s really going on? 2480268-are-democratic-countries-like-the-uk-just-climate-hypocrites|2480268 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635433-200-the-complexity-of-female-sex-hormones-calls-for-more-science-not-less/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the data, and this has left us with a lack of understanding about a range of conditions mg26635433-200-the-complexity-of-female-sex-hormones-calls-for-more-science-not-less|2479945 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480137-one-half-of-the-moon-is-hotter-than-the-other/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:48 +0100 Anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field suggest our satellite’s insides are warmer on one side than the other – which means that its interior is asymmetric 2480137-one-half-of-the-moon-is-hotter-than-the-other|2480137 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479817-fossil-tracks-rewrite-history-of-animals-leaving-water-to-live-on-land/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:45 +0100 The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the earliest known instance of animals emerging from the water to live on land 2479817-fossil-tracks-rewrite-history-of-animals-leaving-water-to-live-on-land|2479817 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635433-100-surprising-insights-into-the-causes-of-pmdd-promise-better-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder can cause monthly cycles of rage, depression, anxiety and self-harm. Treatments are limited, but new ideas about the condition could change that mg26635433-100-surprising-insights-into-the-causes-of-pmdd-promise-better-treatments|2479785 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480207-earth-is-heading-for-a-second-year-above-1-5c-climate-goal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 15:27:46 +0100 After record temperatures in 2024, climate scientists had expected this year to be cooler, but instead the planet seems to be heading for a second year above the 1.5°C climate goal 2480207-earth-is-heading-for-a-second-year-above-1-5c-climate-goal|2480207 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480221-chemists-discover-anti-spice-that-could-make-chilli-peppers-less-hot/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 14:02:17 +0100 An analysis of compounds in chilli peppers has revealed chemicals that seem to negate their heat-giving capsaicinoids. This explains why the Scoville scale for measuring spicyness isn't always accurate, and could eventually lead to the development of an "anti-spice" condiment 2480221-chemists-discover-anti-spice-that-could-make-chilli-peppers-less-hot|2480221 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2480051-smart-device-can-measure-how-much-milk-breastfed-babies-really-drink/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 14 May 2025 11:00:18 +0100 Not knowing how much milk a baby consumes when breastfeeding can cause anxiety for parents, but an innovative device seems to provide objective measurements 2480051-smart-device-can-measure-how-much-milk-breastfed-babies-really-drink|2480051 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479739-radical-photon-idea-could-rewrite-standard-model-of-particle-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 21:00:12 +0100 Experiments with hydrogen atoms could soon reveal whether particles that were long thought to be forbidden by physics actually do exist 2479739-radical-photon-idea-could-rewrite-standard-model-of-particle-physics|2479739 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479914-the-fbi-is-getting-new-technology-to-see-through-walls/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 13 May 2025 18:50:49 +0100 A lunchbox-sized radar system could help the FBI detect moving or stationary people by peering through walls via radio waves 2479914-the-fbi-is-getting-new-technology-to-see-through-walls|2479914 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479881-massive-wildfires-in-canada-helped-keep-the-world-cooler-in-2023/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 13 May 2025 15:00:32 +0100 Despite setting a global temperature record, 2023 might have been even hotter were it not for the cooling effect of smoke from massive wildfires in Canada 2479881-massive-wildfires-in-canada-helped-keep-the-world-cooler-in-2023|2479881 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479755-parkinsons-disease-could-be-detected-by-listening-to-someones-voice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 13 May 2025 11:00:21 +0100 The pitch and hoarseness of a person's voice often changes if they have Parkinson's disease, suggesting there could be a non-invasive way of screening for the condition 2479755-parkinsons-disease-could-be-detected-by-listening-to-someones-voice|2479755 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479671-migraine-drug-that-treats-headache-also-eases-symptoms-like-dizziness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:09 +0100 The drug ubrogepant doesn't just ease the headache of a migraine, but also relieves symptoms like neck stiffness and fatigue if taken early enough 2479671-migraine-drug-that-treats-headache-also-eases-symptoms-like-dizziness|2479671 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479879-go-to-migraine-drug-actually-does-nothing-to-relieve-vertigo-symptoms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 The drug rizatriptan is often recommended for vestibular migraines, which cause vertigo as well as headache, but doesn't actually seem to be effective 2479879-go-to-migraine-drug-actually-does-nothing-to-relieve-vertigo-symptoms|2479879 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479668-how-ancient-humans-survived-a-global-climate-disaster-8200-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 15:00:22 +0100 Plummeting temperatures forced some human populations to adapt to the new conditions thousands of years ago, but the changes they made varied widely 2479668-how-ancient-humans-survived-a-global-climate-disaster-8200-years-ago|2479668 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479677-alien-megastructures-would-likely-self-destruct-before-we-spot-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 13:00:57 +0100 Dyson spheres, a type of huge megastructure designed to capture the energy output of a star, would be a sign of an alien civilisation – if we can find one before they disappear 2479677-alien-megastructures-would-likely-self-destruct-before-we-spot-them|2479677 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479709-new-way-to-pull-uranium-from-water-can-help-chinas-nuclear-power-push/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 12 May 2025 11:00:33 +0100 Chinese researchers have a new method to extract uranium from seawater twice as cheaply as previous technologies. Their success comes as China needs uranium to fuel its unprecedented nuclear expansion 2479709-new-way-to-pull-uranium-from-water-can-help-chinas-nuclear-power-push|2479709 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479590-all-living-things-emit-an-eerie-glow-that-is-snuffed-out-upon-death/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 15:52:44 +0100 Our bodies emit a stream of low-energy photons, and now experiments in mice have revealed that this ghostly glow is cut off when we die 2479590-all-living-things-emit-an-eerie-glow-that-is-snuffed-out-upon-death|2479590 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635421-000-what-are-microplastics-doing-to-your-brain-were-starting-to-find-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 17:10:00 +0100 The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour mg26635421-000-what-are-microplastics-doing-to-your-brain-were-starting-to-find-out|2478927 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478479-why-physicists-keep-trying-to-get-rid-of-space-time-entirely/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 19:00:15 +0100 Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. Quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why 2478479-why-physicists-keep-trying-to-get-rid-of-space-time-entirely|2478479 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635421-100-can-we-get-better-at-spotting-when-someone-is-lying/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 A reader wonders if they can become less gullible. Our science-based advice columnist David Robson has some surprising answers mg26635421-100-can-we-get-better-at-spotting-when-someone-is-lying|2478928 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-900-what-7-fiendishly-hard-puzzles-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-mathematics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of seven incredibly hard maths riddles. With only one of them now solved, what will it take to crack the rest? mg26635420-900-what-7-fiendishly-hard-puzzles-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-mathematics|2478926 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479093-nothing-is-stronger-than-quantum-connections-and-now-we-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 23:00:15 +0100 The mathematics of graphs has helped reveal a principle that limits the strength of quantum correlations – and explains why physicists have never measured any stronger connections in some post-quantum realm 2479093-nothing-is-stronger-than-quantum-connections-and-now-we-know-why|2479093 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-800-how-to-harness-your-emotions-for-a-happier-calmer-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 From anger to envy, research is revealing how to shift your mental state and put bad feelings to good use – with benefits for longevity, relationships and mental health mg26635420-800-how-to-harness-your-emotions-for-a-happier-calmer-life|2478925 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-600-climate-drama-families-like-ours-deserves-to-be-a-word-of-mouth-hit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 A disturbing new Danish TV series, which follows a wealthy family as rising seas force the evacuation of Denmark, is wildly popular in its home country. We should all be watching it, says Bethan Ackerley mg26635420-600-climate-drama-families-like-ours-deserves-to-be-a-word-of-mouth-hit|2478912 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479666-does-intermittent-fasting-improve-gut-health-why-its-hard-to-say/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 22:17:30 +0100 While intermittent fasting may be growing in popularity, relatively little is known about how it impacts our gut microbiome – for better or for worse 2479666-does-intermittent-fasting-improve-gut-health-why-its-hard-to-say|2479666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479545-ai-hallucinations-are-getting-worse-and-theyre-here-to-stay/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 21:00:13 +0100 An AI leaderboard suggests the newest reasoning models used in chatbots are producing less accurate results because of higher hallucination rates. Experts say the problem is bigger than that 2479545-ai-hallucinations-are-getting-worse-and-theyre-here-to-stay|2479545 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478856-the-everyday-ways-climate-change-is-already-making-our-lives-worse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 20:00:29 +0100 Extreme weather events are the most dramatic consequence of climate change, but there are many smaller ways it disturbs our daily life 2478856-the-everyday-ways-climate-change-is-already-making-our-lives-worse|2478856 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479634-was-a-famous-supernova-an-alien-invader-from-another-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 18:00:07 +0100 Kepler's Supernova, seen in 1604, is one of the most famous exploding stars ever seen, and now astronomers think it may have been an interloper from another galaxy 2479634-was-a-famous-supernova-an-alien-invader-from-another-galaxy|2479634 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479462-chimps-share-building-blocks-of-musical-rhythm-with-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 17:00:56 +0100 Just like humans, chimps have rhythm when drumming, which suggests that the trait evolved in our common ancestor 2479462-chimps-share-building-blocks-of-musical-rhythm-with-humans|2479462 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479326-major-us-cities-like-new-york-and-seattle-are-sinking-at-a-rapid-rate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 May 2025 11:00:30 +0100 Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US's biggest cities are sinking 2479326-major-us-cities-like-new-york-and-seattle-are-sinking-at-a-rapid-rate|2479326 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479490-is-the-fungal-science-in-the-last-of-us-going-off-the-rails/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 13:00:01 +0100 With season 2 unfolding, the science of the fungal horror drama is becoming shakier. It is a pity that the creators haven’t thought about terrifying scenarios of real-life infection, says Corrado Nai 2479490-is-the-fungal-science-in-the-last-of-us-going-off-the-rails|2479490 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479004-our-favourite-science-fiction-books-of-all-time-the-ones-we-forgot/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 11:00:18 +0100 Following on from our first list, we asked New Scientist staff to pick even more of their favourite sci-fi books of all time. From Isaac Asimov and Ursula K. Le Guin to Star Wars – the list has it all this time, we hope… 2479004-our-favourite-science-fiction-books-of-all-time-the-ones-we-forgot|2479004 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479534-europe-increasingly-vulnerable-to-hailstones-the-size-of-golfballs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 09 May 2025 10:47:29 +0100 Very large hail – hailstones more than 5 centimetres in diameter – poses a growing threat to Europe as the climate warms, with increasing risk of expensive damage to cars and property 2479534-europe-increasingly-vulnerable-to-hailstones-the-size-of-golfballs|2479534 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-200-these-photos-reveal-the-unique-agricultural-system-of-the-maya-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Combining sustainability, climate resilience and environmental preservation, the ancient “milpa” system of the Maya revealed in these images has been practiced for millennia mg26635420-200-these-photos-reveal-the-unique-agricultural-system-of-the-maya-people|2478908 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-400-marcus-du-sautoys-new-book-is-good-on-maths-less-so-on-the-arts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 The mathematician is out to show the close link between maths and the arts. This idea isn't new, and while Blueprints is lyrical on maths, it falls a bit flat when it comes to covering artists mg26635420-400-marcus-du-sautoys-new-book-is-good-on-maths-less-so-on-the-arts|2478910 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479550-failed-soviet-probe-will-soon-crash-to-earth-and-we-dont-know-where/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 May 2025 22:20:41 +0100 Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 May 2479550-failed-soviet-probe-will-soon-crash-to-earth-and-we-dont-know-where|2479550 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479059-the-maths-that-tells-us-when-a-scientific-discovery-is-real-or-not/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 May 2025 10:00:18 +0100 When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or pass a threshold called “5 sigma” – but those calculations can be manipulated to make claims seem grander than they are, finds Jacob Aron 2479059-the-maths-that-tells-us-when-a-scientific-discovery-is-real-or-not|2479059 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479501-record-heat-in-2023-and-2024-may-just-have-been-natural-variability/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 08 May 2025 15:36:30 +0100 Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be natural variability, rather than a new phase of climate change as some researchers have suggested 2479501-record-heat-in-2023-and-2024-may-just-have-been-natural-variability|2479501 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-100-what-if-we-could-experience-life-as-another-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 In this latest instalment of our speculative column Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, Rowan Hooper explores the pros (and cons) of networking our brains with those of other animals mg26635420-100-what-if-we-could-experience-life-as-another-species|2478907 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479275-the-birds-upending-our-idea-of-shared-parenting/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:44 +0100 Superb starlings appear to swap between parent and ‘nanny’ roles to help raise chicks over their lifetimes, even when they aren’t related to them 2479275-the-birds-upending-our-idea-of-shared-parenting|2479275 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478357-quantum-computers-could-protect-our-data-from-quantum-computers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:20:18 +0100 A powerful enough quantum computer could crack the encryption methods currently used to protect data around the world, but the solution might be a quantum algorithm once thought to be completely useless 2478357-quantum-computers-could-protect-our-data-from-quantum-computers|2478357 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635423-200-would-snails-be-better-than-whales-for-explaining-big-data-maybe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback's proposal that the genome of the blue whale could be used to communicate the scale of large datasets is knocked back by a reader with a radical alternative suggestion mg26635423-200-would-snails-be-better-than-whales-for-explaining-big-data-maybe|2479132 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635424-200-dont-ban-kids-from-social-media-create-a-site-that-works-for-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Rather than simply keeping children away from social media, we need a specially designed option for them. This is how it should look, says Michael Marshall mg26635424-200-dont-ban-kids-from-social-media-create-a-site-that-works-for-them|2479378 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635420-300-an-experts-new-book-unravels-the-amazing-secrets-of-the-vagus-nerve/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 Kevin Tracey's authoritative look at the vagus nerve and its healing potential is comprehensive and compelling, cutting through the hype mg26635420-300-an-experts-new-book-unravels-the-amazing-secrets-of-the-vagus-nerve|2478909 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479344-dementia-cases-are-rising-faster-in-china-than-the-rest-of-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 20:00:23 +0100 Cases of dementia doubled worldwide between 1990 and 2021, but more than quadrupled in China during the same period 2479344-dementia-cases-are-rising-faster-in-china-than-the-rest-of-the-world|2479344 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479288-99-999-per-cent-of-the-deep-seabed-remains-unexplored-by-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 20:00:09 +0100 Deep-sea submersibles have been diving for decades, but records show that we have still only explored a tiny area of the deep seabed, which makes up the majority of Earth's topography 2479288-99-999-per-cent-of-the-deep-seabed-remains-unexplored-by-humans|2479288 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635421-900-science-is-a-pandoras-box-but-we-should-open-it-anyway/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 19:00:00 +0100 We are often warned of the consequences of knowing too much, but even when scientific ideas have the potential to be harmful we should still seek to understand them mg26635421-900-science-is-a-pandoras-box-but-we-should-open-it-anyway|2479119 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479335-strange-microbes-give-clues-to-the-ancestor-of-all-complex-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 17:00:32 +0100 The origin of complex eukaryotic cells, of the type found in all plants and animals, is shrouded in mystery. Now, strange microbes from wetlands in China are helping us to understand when they first emerged, and what they were like 2479335-strange-microbes-give-clues-to-the-ancestor-of-all-complex-life|2479335 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479302-concerns-raised-over-ai-trained-on-57-million-nhs-medical-records/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 15:28:38 +0100 The makers of an AI model called Foresight say it could help predict disease or hospitalisation rates, but others have expressed concern about the fact it is trained on millions of health records 2479302-concerns-raised-over-ai-trained-on-57-million-nhs-medical-records|2479302 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479154-england-has-just-given-the-thumbs-up-to-gene-edited-plants-hooray/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 07 May 2025 11:00:24 +0100 A UK parliamentary committee has greenlit gene-edited plants. This is great news, as it will boost food production and reduce waste, says Michael Le Page 2479154-england-has-just-given-the-thumbs-up-to-gene-edited-plants-hooray|2479154 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478753-a-clean-energy-source-may-be-lurking-beneath-mountain-ranges/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 18:00:50 +0100 As the search for geologic hydrogen - a potential clean source of energy beneath the ground - continues, some researchers are turning to mountains 2478753-a-clean-energy-source-may-be-lurking-beneath-mountain-ranges|2478753 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479145-chronic-pain-could-be-eased-by-learning-to-regulate-negative-emotions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 17:59:53 +0100 An adaptation of cognitive behavioural therapy that focuses on mindfulness and tolerating distress has shown promise for relieving chronic pain 2479145-chronic-pain-could-be-eased-by-learning-to-regulate-negative-emotions|2479145 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478699-landslide-rescuers-to-get-help-from-rapid-analysis-of-seismic-data/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 12:54:27 +0100 Being able to quickly pinpoint the location of events such as landslides and pyroclastic flows will help rescue efforts, say the team behind a new technique for doing so 2478699-landslide-rescuers-to-get-help-from-rapid-analysis-of-seismic-data|2478699 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478889-irelands-iconic-megalithic-tombs-may-have-had-an-unexpected-function/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 May 2025 09:00:56 +0100 Tombs that are scattered across Ireland may have helped bring ancient societies together for feasting and remembering their ancestors 2478889-irelands-iconic-megalithic-tombs-may-have-had-an-unexpected-function|2478889 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479075-shingles-vaccine-linked-with-lower-risk-of-many-common-heart-problems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 06 May 2025 01:05:36 +0100 Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, but receiving a shingles jab seems to curb the risk of such cardiovascular problems 2479075-shingles-vaccine-linked-with-lower-risk-of-many-common-heart-problems|2479075 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479045-us-government-is-using-ai-for-unprecedented-social-media-surveillance/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 May 2025 23:00:11 +0100 Under the Trump administration, multiple US government agencies are using AI and other tools to broadly track the social media of tourists and immigrants – and potentially to watch US citizens as well 2479045-us-government-is-using-ai-for-unprecedented-social-media-surveillance|2479045 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2479069-psychedelics-may-boost-mental-health-by-dampening-inflammation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 May 2025 20:29:40 +0100 Psychedelic drugs like MDMA and psilocybin may help treat depression, anxiety and other mental health conditions by reducing the number of inflammatory cells around the brain 2479069-psychedelics-may-boost-mental-health-by-dampening-inflammation|2479069 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478864-quantum-computers-dont-always-need-more-qubits-just-add-chaos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 05 May 2025 11:00:16 +0100 To create useful randomness in a quantum computer, you could add more quantum bits, but using quantum chaos does the trick too 2478864-quantum-computers-dont-always-need-more-qubits-just-add-chaos|2478864 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-900-can-running-too-far-be-bad-for-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100 There’s no doubt that doing some long-distance running improves our fitness, but at what point does it become too much, asks Grace Wade mg26635410-900-can-running-too-far-be-bad-for-your-health|2478038