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/mg26234960-400-photos-of-a-rusting-alaskan-river-win-new-scientist-editors-award/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Taylor Roades's images of a river in north-west Alaska that has turned orange because of global warming have won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo competition mg26234960-400-photos-of-a-rusting-alaskan-river-win-new-scientist-editors-award|2435743 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234960-600-engaging-new-book-explores-how-vital-mathematics-is-to-map-making/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Paulina Rowińska's Mapmatics: How we navigate the world through numbers is an intelligent exploration of a fascinating subject mg26234960-600-engaging-new-book-explores-how-vital-mathematics-is-to-map-making|2435745 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436514-stunning-jwst-image-proves-we-were-right-about-how-young-stars-form/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 21:59:38 +0100 It has long been thought that young stars forming near each other will be aligned in terms of their rotation, and observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have offered confirmation 2436514-stunning-jwst-image-proves-we-were-right-about-how-young-stars-form|2436514 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435647-sick-chimpanzees-seek-out-range-of-plants-with-medicinal-properties/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:00:52 +0100 Chimpanzees with wounds or gut infections seem to add unusual plants to their diet, and tests show that many of these plants have antibacterial or anti-inflammatory effects 2435647-sick-chimpanzees-seek-out-range-of-plants-with-medicinal-properties|2435647 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436152-overheated-trees-are-contributing-to-urban-air-pollution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:00:05 +0100 An aerial survey of Los Angeles reveals that high temperatures cause plants to emit more compounds that can contribute to harmful ozone and PM2.5 air pollution 2436152-overheated-trees-are-contributing-to-urban-air-pollution|2436152 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436470-microphone-made-of-atom-thick-graphene-could-be-used-in-smartphones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 18:00:52 +0100 Reducing the size of the microphone in electronic devices would allow manufacturers to include more of them, increasing the capability for noise cancellation 2436470-microphone-made-of-atom-thick-graphene-could-be-used-in-smartphones|2436470 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436064-watch-leeches-jump-by-coiling-their-bodies-like-cobras/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 16:00:35 +0100 Researchers have confirmed a centuries-old rumour that leeches can jump, which they may do to land their next blood meal 2436064-watch-leeches-jump-by-coiling-their-bodies-like-cobras|2436064 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234960-200-could-we-merge-biologically-with-the-fungal-network-and-live-forever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 In this week's Future Chronicles column, which explores an imagined history of future inventions, we visit a cult in 2080s Japan that engineered a way of becoming chimeric with fungal biology. Rowan Hooper reveals their history mg26234960-200-could-we-merge-biologically-with-the-fungal-network-and-live-forever|2435731 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436255-triceratops-relative-had-the-weirdest-horns-ever-seen-on-a-dinosaur/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:29 +0100 A new species of dinosaur discovered in Montana and related to Triceratops had one of the strangest, most asymmetrical skulls that scientists have ever studied 2436255-triceratops-relative-had-the-weirdest-horns-ever-seen-on-a-dinosaur|2436255 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234961-900-is-it-a-severed-foot-no-its-a-sea-slug/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 A foot-shaped piece of flotsam has caused confusion among forensic scientists – but Feedback is relieved that the matter was cleared up thanks to that old stalwart, "examination" mg26234961-900-is-it-a-severed-foot-no-its-a-sea-slug|2435758 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934580-200-can-we-finally-reverse-balding-with-these-new-experimental-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0100 Male pattern baldness could soon be a thing of the past, with new hair loss treatments beginning to show tantalising results mg25934580-200-can-we-finally-reverse-balding-with-these-new-experimental-treatments|2393615 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436182-we-finally-know-why-some-people-seem-immune-to-catching-covid-19/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:00:49 +0100 Unique cell responses mean some people may be immune to catching the coronavirus, even if they are unvaccinated 2436182-we-finally-know-why-some-people-seem-immune-to-catching-covid-19|2436182 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234960-500-new-book-explores-how-games-shape-the-world-for-better-or-for-worse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 From chess to nuclear war planning, Kelly Clancy takes a wide-ranging look at how games and gaming have changed society in Playing With Reality mg26234960-500-new-book-explores-how-games-shape-the-world-for-better-or-for-worse|2435744 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436308-walking-helps-keep-people-free-of-lower-back-pain-for-longer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:30:34 +0100 People who regularly have lower back pain go longer without the discomfort if they incorporate walks into their weekly routines 2436308-walking-helps-keep-people-free-of-lower-back-pain-for-longer|2436308 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436305-saturns-moon-titan-is-experiencing-coastal-erosion-from-methane-seas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:00:56 +0100 Saturn’s moon Titan has coastlines matching ones on Earth that have been carved by waves, hinting that Titan’s hydrocarbon seas and lakes also has them 2436305-saturns-moon-titan-is-experiencing-coastal-erosion-from-methane-seas|2436305 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234962-900-phased-introductions-to-smartphones-will-help-kids-more-than-bans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Creating "walled gardens", much like TV channels do, would provide children better tools to navigate a lifetime of social media than banning smartphones altogether mg26234962-900-phased-introductions-to-smartphones-will-help-kids-more-than-bans|2436167 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436102-glassy-gel-is-hard-as-plastic-and-stretches-7-times-its-length/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:00:43 +0100 A material made of liquid salt mixed with polymers is extremely stretchy but still as strong as the plastics used to make water bottles 2436102-glassy-gel-is-hard-as-plastic-and-stretches-7-times-its-length|2436102 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234962-800-is-an-old-nasa-probe-about-to-redraw-the-frontier-of-the-solar-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The New Horizons mission to Pluto, now zooming out of the Kuiper belt, has made a discovery that could upend what we know about where the solar system ends mg26234962-800-is-an-old-nasa-probe-about-to-redraw-the-frontier-of-the-solar-system|2435940 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436259-rare-corpse-flower-that-stinks-of-rotting-flesh-blooms-at-kew-gardens/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:09:41 +0100 A giant flower, one of the smelliest in the world, is currently blooming at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 2436259-rare-corpse-flower-that-stinks-of-rotting-flesh-blooms-at-kew-gardens|2436259 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435255-farmland-near-chernobyl-nuclear-reactor-is-finally-safe-to-use-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 19 Jun 2024 13:00:54 +0100 Radiation surveys suggest that it is now safe to grow food on farmland that has been unused since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, but changing its status would face local opposition in Ukraine 2435255-farmland-near-chernobyl-nuclear-reactor-is-finally-safe-to-use-again|2435255 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436112-why-herbs-evolved-to-smell-and-taste-so-delicious/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 22:18:23 +0100 Humans may have shaped the development of aromatic herbs like lavender and mint, but did herbs also shape our own evolution? 2436112-why-herbs-evolved-to-smell-and-taste-so-delicious|2436112 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436032-pluto-and-the-largest-moon-of-neptune-might-be-siblings/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 19:00:51 +0100 The chemical composition of Pluto and Triton suggests they originated in the same region of the outer solar system before the latter was pulled into Neptune’s orbit 2436032-pluto-and-the-largest-moon-of-neptune-might-be-siblings|2436032 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435896-driverless-cars-are-mostly-safer-than-humans-but-worse-at-turns/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:00:11 +0100 Driverless cars seem to have fewer accidents than human drivers under routine conditions, but higher crash risks when turning or in dim light – although researchers say more accident data is necessary 2435896-driverless-cars-are-mostly-safer-than-humans-but-worse-at-turns|2435896 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234960-900-the-truth-about-social-media-and-screen-times-impact-on-young-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 There are many scary claims about excess time on digital devices for children and teenagers. Here’s a guide to the real risks - and what to do about them mg26234960-900-the-truth-about-social-media-and-screen-times-impact-on-young-people|2435748 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435851-mathematicians-find-odd-shapes-that-roll-like-a-wheel-in-any-dimension/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 18:00:39 +0100 Not content with shapes in two or three dimensions, mathematicians like to explore objects in any number of spatial dimensions. Now they have discovered shapes of constant width in any dimension, which roll like a wheel despite not being round 2435851-mathematicians-find-odd-shapes-that-roll-like-a-wheel-in-any-dimension|2435851 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435994-chemists-invoke-bizarre-maxwells-demon-on-the-largest-scale-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:29:04 +0100 A 19th-century thought experiment that was once thought to defy the laws of thermodynamics has now been realised to make molecules accumulate on one side of a U-bend 2435994-chemists-invoke-bizarre-maxwells-demon-on-the-largest-scale-yet|2435994 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435673-time-crystals-may-make-quantum-computers-more-reliable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:39:54 +0100 Extremely cold atoms that perpetually move in repeating patterns could be a promising building block for quantum computers 2435673-time-crystals-may-make-quantum-computers-more-reliable|2435673 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434990-ukraine-is-using-ai-to-manage-the-removal-of-russian-landmines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 18 Jun 2024 10:54:07 +0100 There are so many Russian landmines across Ukraine that removing them could take 700 years. To prioritise areas for de-mining, the Ukrainian government has turned to an artificial intelligence model that can identify the most important regions 2434990-ukraine-is-using-ai-to-manage-the-removal-of-russian-landmines|2434990 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435845-shipping-companies-are-testing-biofuel-made-from-cashew-nut-shells/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 21:31:18 +0100 Cashew nut shells are a source of low-emissions biofuel, which is being tested in several ships, but it is unlikely there will be enough to make much of a dent in the industry’s emissions 2435845-shipping-companies-are-testing-biofuel-made-from-cashew-nut-shells|2435845 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234960-100-why-humanitys-survival-may-depend-on-us-becoming-a-tribe-of-billions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Tribalism can be toxic, yet we need more of it if we are to meet today’s global challenges, argues one anthropologist. His research reveals how to create a “teratribe” mg26234960-100-why-humanitys-survival-may-depend-on-us-becoming-a-tribe-of-billions|2435664 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435826-watch-a-humanoid-robot-driving-a-car-extremely-slowly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:55:14 +0100 A robot named Musashi with a human-like "skeleton" and "musculature" can perform basic driving tasks – but this isn’t the safest approach to autonomous transport 2435826-watch-a-humanoid-robot-driving-a-car-extremely-slowly|2435826 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435816-googles-new-quantum-computer-may-help-us-understand-how-magnets-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:46:58 +0100 By combining two approaches to quantum computing into one device, Google has been able to simulate the behaviour of magnets in detail - and found discrepancies with our current understanding of certain magnet systems 2435816-googles-new-quantum-computer-may-help-us-understand-how-magnets-work|2435816 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234952-600-stop-criticising-ozempic-it-could-be-a-solution-to-more-than-obesity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Weight-loss drugs are proving their worth against addiction, high blood pressure and even depression, so let’s stop criticising them as a quick fix and start exploring their true potential mg26234952-600-stop-criticising-ozempic-it-could-be-a-solution-to-more-than-obesity|2435233 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435617-jwst-spotted-an-incredible-number-of-supernovae-in-the-early-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 12:00:08 +0100 Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have increased the number of known supernovae in the early universe by a factor of 10 and found the most distant one ever confirmed 2435617-jwst-spotted-an-incredible-number-of-supernovae-in-the-early-universe|2435617 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-500-how-dodo-de-extinction-is-helping-rescue-the-extraordinary-pink-pigeon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 18:05:00 +0100 The same genetic tools being used to resurrect the woolly mammoth and dodo could help many other vulnerable species that have yet to die out mg26234950-500-how-dodo-de-extinction-is-helping-rescue-the-extraordinary-pink-pigeon|2434851 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-600-the-science-behind-making-perfect-puff-pastry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 After a lifetime of avoidance, avid baker Catherine de Lange discovers that puff pastry isn't hard to make –you just need a bit of time mg26234950-600-the-science-behind-making-perfect-puff-pastry|2434852 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-400-what-naked-singularities-are-revealing-about-quantum-space-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:12:00 +0100 Are points of infinite curvature, where general relativity breaks down, always hidden inside black holes? An audacious attempt to find out is shedding light on the mystery of quantum gravity mg26234950-400-what-naked-singularities-are-revealing-about-quantum-space-time|2434850 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-300-its-a-decade-old-but-the-leftovers-is-still-painfully-resonant-today/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The Leftovers follows those left behind after 140 million people vanish, unaccountably, in The Departure. The parallels with the covid-19 pandemic are obvious in this jewel of a TV show, says Bethan Ackerley mg26234950-300-its-a-decade-old-but-the-leftovers-is-still-painfully-resonant-today|2434849 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435695-light-activated-drugs-could-keep-sleep-deprived-military-pilots-alert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 23:15:44 +0100 A US military program led by DARPA is modifying the stimulant drug dextroamphetamine so it can be switched on or off in the brain using near-infrared light, avoiding risks like addiction 2435695-light-activated-drugs-could-keep-sleep-deprived-military-pilots-alert|2435695 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435613-einsteins-theory-was-wrong-about-black-holes-made-out-of-light/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:18:19 +0100 The theory of relativity predicts black holes should be able to form from light alone, but incorporating quantum effects makes it impossible 2435613-einsteins-theory-was-wrong-about-black-holes-made-out-of-light|2435613 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435679-hybrid-design-could-make-nuclear-fusion-reactors-more-efficient/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:19:26 +0100 Two types of fusion reactor called tokamaks and stellarators both have drawbacks – but a new design combining parts from both could offer the best of both worlds 2435679-hybrid-design-could-make-nuclear-fusion-reactors-more-efficient|2435679 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435467-did-rock-art-spread-from-one-place-or-was-it-invented-many-times/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 17:00:09 +0100 Rock art is a truly global phenomenon, with discoveries of cave paintings and etchings on every continent that ancient humans inhabited – but how many times was it invented over human history? 2435467-did-rock-art-spread-from-one-place-or-was-it-invented-many-times|2435467 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435579-uk-election-how-can-the-next-government-get-climate-goals-on-track/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:00:22 +0100 The UK’s journey to net zero has stalled – whoever wins the 4 July election will need to get it moving again, but many climate scientists are frustrated with what the main parties are offering 2435579-uk-election-how-can-the-next-government-get-climate-goals-on-track|2435579 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234952-200-spellbinding-shots-capture-the-milky-way-in-all-its-glory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 These stunning photographs are some of the winners of this year’s Milky Way Photographer of the Year competition mg26234952-200-spellbinding-shots-capture-the-milky-way-in-all-its-glory|2435048 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234952-400-documentary-explores-a-geneticists-motivation-to-understand-the-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Hunt for the Oldest DNA, the story of Eske Willerslev, a Danish evolutionary geneticist reconstructing ecosystems from ancient DNA, is as compelling as his scientific discoveries mg26234952-400-documentary-explores-a-geneticists-motivation-to-understand-the-past|2435050 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435532-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-could-be-treated-with-a-malaria-drug/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:45 +0100 The malaria treatment artemisinin improved hormone levels and regulated menstrual cycles in women with polycystic ovary syndrome 2435532-polycystic-ovary-syndrome-could-be-treated-with-a-malaria-drug|2435532 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435205-cooling-fabric-blocks-heat-from-pavement-and-buildings-in-hot-cities/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:39 +0100 A three-layered textile made from fabric, plastic and silver nanowires can keep a person several degrees cooler than silk or other cooling materials 2435205-cooling-fabric-blocks-heat-from-pavement-and-buildings-in-hot-cities|2435205 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435568-lung-targeted-crispr-therapy-offers-hope-for-cystic-fibrosis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:00:14 +0100 Gene therapies for cystic fibrosis have previously struggled to reach the faulty lung cells, but a new approach has succeeded in achieving long-lasting modifications in mice 2435568-lung-targeted-crispr-therapy-offers-hope-for-cystic-fibrosis|2435568 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435472-odd-black-holes-smaller-than-protons-may-have-once-littered-the-cosmos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 19:56:29 +0100 Minuscule black holes that formed right after the big bang could have had a strange property called colour charge, and spotting them could help unravel the mystery of dark matter 2435472-odd-black-holes-smaller-than-protons-may-have-once-littered-the-cosmos|2435472 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435215-what-would-a-wormhole-look-like-if-we-ever-found-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 15:00:13 +0100 How could we tell the difference between an ordinary black hole and one connected to a tunnel through space-time? 2435215-what-would-a-wormhole-look-like-if-we-ever-found-one|2435215 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234953-900-the-surprising-mental-health-and-brain-benefits-of-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have unexpected effects on the brain, opening up potential new ways to treat depression, anxiety, addiction and Alzheimer’s mg26234953-900-the-surprising-mental-health-and-brain-benefits-of-weight-loss-drugs|2435246 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435109-walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 16:00:42 +0100 Taking a combination of short and long strides as you walk increases the amount of energy used by the body 2435109-walking-with-irregular-strides-may-help-you-burn-more-calories|2435109 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434417-we-could-detect-a-malfunctioning-warp-drive-on-an-alien-starship/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 13:00:35 +0100 Faster-than-light warp drives are theoretically possible to build, and if aliens are using them, we should be able to detect the gravitational waves produced when one goes wrong 2434417-we-could-detect-a-malfunctioning-warp-drive-on-an-alien-starship|2434417 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/mg26234952-100-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-the-2015-ashley-madison-scandal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Nine years after hackers targeted Ashley Madison, the dating site for wannabe adulterers, many people still don't grasp what was truly chilling about the scandal, says Annalee Newitz mg26234952-100-what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-the-2015-ashley-madison-scandal|2435047 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234951-400-why-scientists-are-dropping-fake-birds-onto-fake-planes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback looks into new research into whether air passengers need to worry about collisions with birds, and is relieved to discover no real animals were used in the experiments mg26234951-400-why-scientists-are-dropping-fake-birds-onto-fake-planes|2434860 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2432195-mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 11:00:18 +0100 Using the tools of computational complexity, researchers have discovered it is impossible to figure out whether certain Super Mario Bros levels can be beaten without playing them, even if you use the world's most powerful supercomputer 2432195-mathematicians-discover-impossible-problem-in-super-mario-games|2432195 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234950-100-evidence-of-consciousness-in-newborns-has-implications-for-their-care/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Babies cannot tell us what they are experiencing, so it is hard to know what they are conscious of. But new research suggesting they perceive the world consciously could change how we care for them, says Claudia Passos-Ferreira mg26234950-100-evidence-of-consciousness-in-newborns-has-implications-for-their-care|2434836 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234952-300-immersive-new-exhibition-explores-the-pitfalls-of-defying-old-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Michael Schindhelm's exhibition explores the possibilities and perils of living healthily for centuries – or at least much longer than today mg26234952-300-immersive-new-exhibition-explores-the-pitfalls-of-defying-old-age|2435049 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435389-russia-faces-32-billion-bill-for-carbon-emissions-from-ukraine-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 13 Jun 2024 00:01:59 +0100 The estimated greenhouse gas emissions caused by the war in Ukraine are equivalent to around 175 million tonnes of carbon dioxide, and Ukraine plans to include the associated climate damage in its compensation claim against Russia 2435389-russia-faces-32-billion-bill-for-carbon-emissions-from-ukraine-war|2435389 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435384-martin-rees-why-challenge-prizes-can-solve-our-most-pressing-issues/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 20:30:17 +0100 As the winner of the Longitude prize on antimicrobial resistance is announced, chair of the prize committee Martin Rees, the UK's Astronomer Royal, explains why it pays to reward ideas 2435384-martin-rees-why-challenge-prizes-can-solve-our-most-pressing-issues|2435384 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435010-liquid-crystals-could-improve-quantum-communication-devices/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:53 +0100 Quantum light is key to futuristic quantum technologies, but researchers have been creating it in the same way for 60 years – now liquid crystals offer an easier way to produce it 2435010-liquid-crystals-could-improve-quantum-communication-devices|2435010 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435140-quantum-sensor-gets-a-read-on-tiny-worm-implanted-with-nanodiamonds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 16:00:17 +0100 Tiny diamonds and quantum sensors can be used to measure conditions inside cells or living organisms, potentially offering a way to detect diseases or study biology in minute detail 2435140-quantum-sensor-gets-a-read-on-tiny-worm-implanted-with-nanodiamonds|2435140 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435229-australian-pterosaur-had-a-huge-tongue-to-help-gulp-down-prey/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 11:55:25 +0100 Scientists have identified a new species of pterosaur from a 100-million-year-old fossil in Australia, which appears to have had a massive tongue to push prey down its throat 2435229-australian-pterosaur-had-a-huge-tongue-to-help-gulp-down-prey|2435229 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434065-muscle-zapping-during-exercise-helps-people-recover-after-a-stroke/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 12 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0100 A small trial has found that electrical stimulation of arm muscles while people do physiotherapy exercises leads to more improvement 2434065-muscle-zapping-during-exercise-helps-people-recover-after-a-stroke|2434065 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435133-astronaut-medical-records-reveal-the-health-toll-of-space-travel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 17:00:05 +0100 The largest collection yet of detailed medical data and tissue samples from astronauts should help researchers better understand the impacts of space flight on health 2435133-astronaut-medical-records-reveal-the-health-toll-of-space-travel|2435133 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406514-how-bad-is-vaping-for-your-health-were-finally-getting-answers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 As more of us take up vaping and concerns rise about the long-term effects, we now have enough data to get a grip on the health impact – and how it compares to smoking 2406514-how-bad-is-vaping-for-your-health-were-finally-getting-answers|2406514 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434998-how-many-moons-and-moonmoons-could-we-cram-into-earths-orbit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:36:48 +0100 Earth is lagging behind other worlds with its single moon, so on this episode of Dead Planets Society we are giving it more – and giving those moons moonmoons to orbit them 2434998-how-many-moons-and-moonmoons-could-we-cram-into-earths-orbit|2434998 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2435037-marine-fungus-can-break-down-floating-plastic-pollution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:00:07 +0100 The plastic-digesting capabilities of the fungus Parengyodontium album could be harnessed to degrade polyethylene, the most abundant type of plastic in the ocean 2435037-marine-fungus-can-break-down-floating-plastic-pollution|2435037 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434826-ozempic-and-wegovy-linked-to-lower-risk-of-alcoholism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:00:20 +0100 People taking semaglutide, also called Ozempic and Wegovy, either for weight loss or type 2 diabetes, were less likely to become addicted to alcohol 2434826-ozempic-and-wegovy-linked-to-lower-risk-of-alcoholism|2434826 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434725-the-first-stars-in-the-universe-could-have-formed-surprisingly-early/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:00:29 +0100 Huge stars might have formed in the first million years of the universe if there was enough matter clumped together, according to a computer model 2434725-the-first-stars-in-the-universe-could-have-formed-surprisingly-early|2434725 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434896-elephants-seem-to-invent-names-for-each-other/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:00:50 +0100 An analysis of their vocalisations suggests that African savannah elephants invent names for each other, making them the only animals other than humans thought to do so 2434896-elephants-seem-to-invent-names-for-each-other|2434896 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434940-the-largest-volcanoes-on-mars-have-frosted-tips-during-winter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 17:00:45 +0100 We know that there is ice at the Martian poles and underground, but until now it wasn't clear it could exist on the surface of the Red Planet 2434940-the-largest-volcanoes-on-mars-have-frosted-tips-during-winter|2434940 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2433852-a-surprisingly-quick-enzyme-could-shift-our-understanding-of-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 15:00:45 +0100 Biological processes such as DNA replication or cellular structure formation may become more accurate when done as quickly as possible, offering new hints into life's origins 2433852-a-surprisingly-quick-enzyme-could-shift-our-understanding-of-evolution|2433852 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434206-bacteria-evolve-to-get-better-at-evolving-in-lab-experiment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 13:00:54 +0100 When bacteria were put in alternating environments, some became better at evolving to cope with the changes – evidence that “evolvability” can be gained through natural selection 2434206-bacteria-evolve-to-get-better-at-evolving-in-lab-experiment|2434206 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434831-cosmic-cloud-exposed-earth-to-interstellar-space-3-million-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 12:56:05 +0100 The protective bubble around the sun retreated dramatically after colliding with a freezing interstellar cloud, leaving much of the solar system exposed to radiation that may have shaped our evolution, a study suggests 2434831-cosmic-cloud-exposed-earth-to-interstellar-space-3-million-years-ago|2434831 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434742-the-word-bot-is-increasingly-being-used-as-an-insult-on-social-media/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:00:53 +0100 The meaning of the word "bot" on Twitter/X seems to have shifted over time, with people originally using it to flag automated accounts, but now employing it to insult people they disagree with 2434742-the-word-bot-is-increasingly-being-used-as-an-insult-on-social-media|2434742 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234940-300-how-materials-that-rewind-light-can-test-physics-most-extreme-ideas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 03 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Strange solids called temporal metamaterials finally make it possible to investigate the controversial idea of quantum friction – and push special relativity to its limits mg26234940-300-how-materials-that-rewind-light-can-test-physics-most-extreme-ideas|2433708 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234941-100-why-i-wont-be-fertilising-plants-with-milk-despite-what-tiktok-says/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Social media is adamant that you can fertilise your houseplants with milk, but I'll be saving mine for a hot drink, says James Wong mg26234941-100-why-i-wont-be-fertilising-plants-with-milk-despite-what-tiktok-says|2433886 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234940-600-michael-crichton-and-james-pattersons-novel-eruption-fails-to-thrill/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Eruption, the much-vaunted "collaboration" of the late Michael Crichton and thriller king James Patterson, may work better as a film than a book. Wait till then, says Emily H. Wilson mg26234940-600-michael-crichton-and-james-pattersons-novel-eruption-fails-to-thrill|2433872 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434752-tiny-great-ape-fossils-identified-as-new-species-from-europe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 20:00:46 +0100 A kneecap and two teeth found in Germany have been identified as belonging to a new species of ape from 11.6 million years ago, thought to have weighed as little as 10 kilograms 2434752-tiny-great-ape-fossils-identified-as-new-species-from-europe|2434752 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434771-starliner-and-starship-launches-propel-space-industry-into-a-new-era/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:57:38 +0100 SpaceX successfully launched its Starship rocket the day after Boeing’s Starliner craft made its first crewed flight, a sign that the space industry is hotting up 2434771-starliner-and-starship-launches-propel-space-industry-into-a-new-era|2434771 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434744-what-is-a-heat-dome-and-are-they-getting-worse-with-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 18:02:32 +0100 Mexico and the southern US have seen extreme temperatures due to a heat dome, a weather phenomenon that will become more intense with climate change 2434744-what-is-a-heat-dome-and-are-they-getting-worse-with-climate-change|2434744 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434307-writers-accept-lower-pay-when-they-use-ai-to-help-with-their-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 17:00:30 +0100 When writers are allowed to get help from ChatGPT, they accept lower pay, fuelling fears that AI will lower the value of skilled workers 2434307-writers-accept-lower-pay-when-they-use-ai-to-help-with-their-work|2434307 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434325-physicists-want-to-drill-a-5-kilometre-deep-hole-on-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:00:30 +0100 Going deep into lunar rock could give us an opportunity to see if protons can decay into something else – a finding that could help us unify conflicting physics theories 2434325-physicists-want-to-drill-a-5-kilometre-deep-hole-on-the-moon|2434325 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434625-how-to-wrap-your-mind-around-the-real-multiverse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 14:00:22 +0100 Fictional portrayals of parallel universes are fun to explore, but the scientific view of the multiverse looks very different 2434625-how-to-wrap-your-mind-around-the-real-multiverse|2434625 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434477-male-lemurs-grow-bigger-testicles-when-there-are-other-males-around/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 13:00:25 +0100 Dominant male Verreaux’s sifakas always have the largest testicles in their group to make the most sperm, and they can grow their gonads to make sure of it 2434477-male-lemurs-grow-bigger-testicles-when-there-are-other-males-around|2434477 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434069-atoms-at-temperatures-beyond-absolute-zero-may-be-a-new-form-of-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 12:00:10 +0100 Physicists have coaxed a cloud of atoms into having a temperature beyond absolute zero and placed them in a geometric structure that could produce an unknown form of matter 2434069-atoms-at-temperatures-beyond-absolute-zero-may-be-a-new-form-of-matter|2434069 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434100-would-an-ai-judge-be-able-to-efficiently-dispense-justice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 07 Jun 2024 11:00:49 +0100 Judges are only human and can make mistakes, so could an artificial intelligence make better and more efficient decisions? 2434100-would-an-ai-judge-be-able-to-efficiently-dispense-justice|2434100 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234942-800-new-scientist-recommends-now-you-see-us-at-the-tate-britain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week mg26234942-800-new-scientist-recommends-now-you-see-us-at-the-tate-britain|2434082 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234940-500-striking-image-lets-you-see-inside-a-deep-sea-anglerfishs-killer-jaws/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 This astonishing image may look like a deep-sea monster, with its big teeth and gaping mouth, but the humpback anglerfish is really no bigger than your hand mg26234940-500-striking-image-lets-you-see-inside-a-deep-sea-anglerfishs-killer-jaws|2433871 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234942-700-amazonian-activist-nemonte-nenquimo-tells-her-story-in-a-potent-memoir/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 19:00:00 +0100 From a child's curiosity about a visiting missionary to fighting oil companies, Amazonian activist Nemonte Nenquimo's autobiography shows the journey of an extraordinary Indigenous woman mg26234942-700-amazonian-activist-nemonte-nenquimo-tells-her-story-in-a-potent-memoir|2434081 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434620-single-celled-predator-extends-its-neck-with-the-help-of-origami/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 06 Jun 2024 20:00:54 +0100 The mystery of how a single-celled predator extends its "neck" by more than 30 times its overall length has finally been solved 2434620-single-celled-predator-extends-its-neck-with-the-help-of-origami|2434620 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234940-100-how-to-easily-satisfy-your-salt-cravings-without-damaging-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 05 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Could potassium fortification be the answer we're looking for when it comes to battling our unhealthy addiction to salt? mg26234940-100-how-to-easily-satisfy-your-salt-cravings-without-damaging-your-health|2433706 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234940-200-why-excessive-positivity-is-bad-for-your-health-and-mental-well-being/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:56:00 +0100 There are real benefits to a positive mindset, but the idea that we should always look on the bright side has gone too far. Research into toxic positivity can help restore balance mg26234940-200-why-excessive-positivity-is-bad-for-your-health-and-mental-well-being|2433707 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434640-origins-of-modern-horses-traced-to-breeding-revolution-4200-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 06 Jun 2024 17:00:36 +0100 A genetic analysis of ancient horses reveals that breeding techniques developed by people in the Pontic-Caspian steppes enabled the rapid spread of horse-powered travel 2434640-origins-of-modern-horses-traced-to-breeding-revolution-4200-years-ago|2434640 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431853-uk-ban-on-quantum-computer-exports-is-pointless-say-researchers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 06 Jun 2024 16:00:43 +0100 The UK government has set limits on the capabilities of quantum computers that can be exported from the country and has declined to explain these limits on the grounds of national security. Experts say this make no sense 2431853-uk-ban-on-quantum-computer-exports-is-pointless-say-researchers|2431853 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434565-starship-launch-fourth-test-succeeds-as-both-stages-splash-into-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 06 Jun 2024 15:59:36 +0100 SpaceX's Starship has been to orbit and back in its fourth flight test, with both rocket stages soft landing in the ocean, though parts of the spacecraft appeared to be damaged during descent 2434565-starship-launch-fourth-test-succeeds-as-both-stages-splash-into-sea|2434565 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2434553-sweetener-xylitol-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 06 Jun 2024 13:00:36 +0100 People who had higher levels of xylitol in their blood were more likely to have a heart attack or stroke within the next three years, with lab experiments suggesting the sweetener promotes blood clotting 2434553-sweetener-xylitol-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attacks-and-strokes|2434553 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2433685-periods-are-starting-younger-and-were-struggling-to-pin-down-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 03 Jun 2024 13:00:50 +0100 Menstruation is occurring earlier and earlier in life for younger generations in the Western world, but researchers are puzzled as to why 2433685-periods-are-starting-younger-and-were-struggling-to-pin-down-why|2433685