Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ - Home / /build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png daily 1 /article/2529635-frozen-squirrel-scat-preserves-ancient-dna-from-hundreds-of-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:33 +0100 A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small rodents that probably ate the bigger animals 2529635-frozen-squirrel-scat-preserves-ancient-dna-from-hundreds-of-species|2529635 /article/2528456-the-last-ditch-plan-to-save-coral-reefs-from-utter-destruction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:00:22 +0100 Bleaching has devastated reefs around the world, raising fears of an irreversible shift. Yet new interventions have revealed that corals can be remarkably resilient if we can give them enough help to recover 2528456-the-last-ditch-plan-to-save-coral-reefs-from-utter-destruction|2528456 /article/2529183-why-we-should-all-take-quantum-physics-extremely-personally/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:45 +0100 Physics is considered a cold, hard science – but it will transform your life if you view it with a bit more subjectivity, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan 2529183-why-we-should-all-take-quantum-physics-extremely-personally|2529183 /article/2529145-a-cosmic-case-of-mistaken-identity-that-can-only-be-solved-right-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jun 2026 10:00:32 +0100 Brown dwarfs are somewhere between the size of a planet and a star, so how could we have potentially mistaken two of them for distant galaxies? Columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein argues that solving this cosmic mix-up is particularly possible now, as galaxy research has never been stronger 2529145-a-cosmic-case-of-mistaken-identity-that-can-only-be-solved-right-now|2529145 /article/2529627-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact-site-stayed-hot-for-millions-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:01:59 +0100 Drill cores at the impact site of the Chicxulub asteroid show evidence that, alongside widespread destruction, the collision created a vast underground ecosystem filled with hot water that sheltered microbial life 2529627-dinosaur-killing-asteroid-impact-site-stayed-hot-for-millions-of-years|2529627 /article/2529403-unpicking-endometriosis-reveals-how-it-affects-more-than-the-pelvis/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 13:00:22 +0100 Endometriosis is usually thought of as a gynaecological condition, but a huge study shows it has links with cholesterol levels, inflammation and an altered microbiome 2529403-unpicking-endometriosis-reveals-how-it-affects-more-than-the-pelvis|2529403 /article/2529553-you-dont-need-to-worry-about-recursive-self-improving-ai-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:14:51 +0100 Anthropic has warned that recursive-self-improving AI could be on the horizon, but the truth is the company is more immediately concerned with marketing itself for a blockbuster initial public offering on the stock market, says Matthew Sparkes 2529553-you-dont-need-to-worry-about-recursive-self-improving-ai-yet|2529553 /article/2529312-what-really-happened-when-ancient-humans-migrated-out-of-africa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:38 +0100 The out-of-Africa migration, in which ancient humans went on to inhabit every other continent except Antarctica, may not have been one moment in time, but a long and slow process. Columnist Michael Marshall examines how archaeologists are rethinking this critical part of our history 2529312-what-really-happened-when-ancient-humans-migrated-out-of-africa|2529312 /article/2527645-what-is-a-normal-memory-slowdown-and-when-should-i-worry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:35 +0100 Lapses in memory are a normal part of ageing but can also be signs of dementia. Here’s how to distinguish between typical brain ageing and cognitive decline 2527645-what-is-a-normal-memory-slowdown-and-when-should-i-worry|2527645 /article/2529590-wildlife-thrives-in-solar-farm-built-on-restored-peatland/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 19:00:11 +0100 A diverse range of bird species has been recorded at a solar park on rewetted peatland in Germany, suggesting that combining energy generation with habitat restoration could benefit biodiversity, the climate and the economy 2529590-wildlife-thrives-in-solar-farm-built-on-restored-peatland|2529590 /article/2529562-can-apple-and-google-stop-children-from-sharing-explicit-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 18:02:52 +0100 UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned tech firms, including Apple and Google, that they must voluntarily implement tools to stop children sharing explicit images, but experts warn this is easier said than done 2529562-can-apple-and-google-stop-children-from-sharing-explicit-images|2529562 /article/2529526-half-the-worlds-reservoirs-could-be-clogged-up-with-dirt-by-2060/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 16:05:57 +0100 Each decade the world is losing over 7 per cent of its freshwater storage capacity to sediment build-up, according to an analysis of over half a million reservoirs 2529526-half-the-worlds-reservoirs-could-be-clogged-up-with-dirt-by-2060|2529526 /article/2528588-understanding-anorexias-grip-on-the-brain-could-unlock-new-therapies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 15:00:41 +0100 One-third of people with anorexia nervosa don’t recover and treatment has remained stagnant for years. Now we’re beginning to understand how the condition takes over the mind 2528588-understanding-anorexias-grip-on-the-brain-could-unlock-new-therapies|2528588 /article/2529507-you-could-get-some-of-the-benefits-of-sleep-without-having-to-nod-off/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:38:02 +0100 Mice seemed to reap some of the benefits of sleep by having their brain activity stimulated while they were awake, and the researchers plan to test the approach on people 2529507-you-could-get-some-of-the-benefits-of-sleep-without-having-to-nod-off|2529507 /article/2529355-are-we-getting-to-the-point-where-its-safe-to-gene-edit-babies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 21:11:08 +0100 A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved 2529355-are-we-getting-to-the-point-where-its-safe-to-gene-edit-babies|2529355 /article/2529138-the-maths-meme-that-has-been-distracting-mathematicians-for-a-century/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 10:00:46 +0100 A seemingly simple set of rules kicks off a kind of mathematical magic trick, which has kept great minds busy since the 1930s. Columnist Jacob Aron explores the origins of the Collatz conjecture, why it is so addictive to mathematicians and whether AI could help us solve it once and for all 2529138-the-maths-meme-that-has-been-distracting-mathematicians-for-a-century|2529138 /article/mg27035982-500-superintelligent-machines-may-well-need-us-after-all/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Despite AI's dizzying improvements in mathematical ability, its successes show just how integral human mathematicians are to the scientific process mg27035982-500-superintelligent-machines-may-well-need-us-after-all|2528808 /article/2528873-escher-the-paradoxical-artist-beloved-by-mathematicians/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:32 +0100 A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week. Explore some of his most mind-bending, mathematically inspired works here 2528873-escher-the-paradoxical-artist-beloved-by-mathematicians|2528873 /article/2529420-cuts-to-us-ocean-programme-will-hinder-monitoring-of-el-nino-and-amoc/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 18:16:15 +0100 Scientists warn that the Trump administration's push to dismantle a vital network of ocean-sensing instruments will stymie crucial weather and climate monitoring in the Pacific and Atlantic 2529420-cuts-to-us-ocean-programme-will-hinder-monitoring-of-el-nino-and-amoc|2529420 /article/2529279-a-chromosome-from-a-frozen-rat-has-been-resurrected-inside-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:52:40 +0100 Mice that contain cells with an added rat chromosome have been created by scientists. The next step is to try this with frozen elephant tissue – and if that works, the team will try it with frozen mammoths 2529279-a-chromosome-from-a-frozen-rat-has-been-resurrected-inside-mice|2529279 /article/mg27035982-200-alice-roberts-we-are-fundamentally-at-the-end-of-the-day-animals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs? Biological anthropologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts talks human exceptionalism, evolution and her new book Humans with Michael Marshall mg27035982-200-alice-roberts-we-are-fundamentally-at-the-end-of-the-day-animals|2528642 /article/2529078-mysterious-cold-blob-in-the-atlantic-suggests-the-amoc-is-weakening/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 04 Jun 2026 16:00:15 +0100 A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down 2529078-mysterious-cold-blob-in-the-atlantic-suggests-the-amoc-is-weakening|2529078 /article/2526727-why-you-need-to-future-proof-your-brain-in-middle-age-and-how-to-start/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:00:03 +0100 Ages 40 to 65 see a period of turmoil in the brain that has previously been overlooked. But identifying problems during this time can protect your cognitive health for decades to come 2526727-why-you-need-to-future-proof-your-brain-in-middle-age-and-how-to-start|2526727 /article/2527617-hearing-loss-is-bad-for-the-whole-body-but-new-treatments-are-coming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:31 +0100 From dementia to heart attacks, hearing loss has been linked to a wide range of effects across the body, and the condition is on the rise. Fortunately, we're learning how best to safeguard this crucial sense and how we might be able to reverse the damage 2527617-hearing-loss-is-bad-for-the-whole-body-but-new-treatments-are-coming|2527617 /article/2526650-a-golden-age-of-maths-is-dawning-and-mathematicians-are-freaking-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:00:40 +0100 Mathematicians are stunned at the progress AI is making in solving advanced problems, leaving some questioning whether there will still be room for humans 2526650-a-golden-age-of-maths-is-dawning-and-mathematicians-are-freaking-out|2526650 /article/2527761-flood-of-ai-garbage-is-pushing-open-source-developers-to-the-limit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:21:45 +0100 The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit 2527761-flood-of-ai-garbage-is-pushing-open-source-developers-to-the-limit|2527761 /article/2527505-everyone-is-lying-to-you-for-money-is-a-must-watch-expose-of-crypto/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:37 +0100 Actor Ben McKenzie explores the world of crypto in an entertaining documentary that doesn't shy away from calling out those who have promoted the currency 2527505-everyone-is-lying-to-you-for-money-is-a-must-watch-expose-of-crypto|2527505 /article/2529220-becoming-a-parent-may-make-you-love-your-partner-less/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:00:21 +0100 Parents report loving their partners less within the first year of having a child, but that doesn't mean the feeling is permanent or inevitable 2529220-becoming-a-parent-may-make-you-love-your-partner-less|2529220 /article/2528940-how-rachel-carsons-silent-spring-changed-the-world-in-1962/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:00:58 +0100 Rachel Carson’s look at the dire effects of industrial and agricultural pollution birthed the modern environmental movement when it was first published – and remains as crucial a read today, finds Rowan Hooper 2528940-how-rachel-carsons-silent-spring-changed-the-world-in-1962|2528940 /article/2529026-the-looming-el-nino-could-be-bad-but-much-worse-is-to-come/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:37 +0100 Global warming will amplify the impacts of El Niño events, and could also make them much stronger and more far-reaching 2529026-the-looming-el-nino-could-be-bad-but-much-worse-is-to-come|2529026 /article/2529005-stonehenges-altar-stone-probably-wasnt-transported-by-a-glacier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:04 +0100 A glacier could have carried the giant sandstone at the centre of Stonehenge southwards from north-east Scotland, but this scenario appears unlikely 2529005-stonehenges-altar-stone-probably-wasnt-transported-by-a-glacier|2529005 /article/mg27035982-000-new-scientist-recommends-a-deep-dive-into-our-organs-by-giulia-enders/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Giulia Enders made her name with Gut, an exploration of our intestines. Now, in the compelling follow-up Organ Speak, she’s listening to what our other organs are telling us mg27035982-000-new-scientist-recommends-a-deep-dive-into-our-organs-by-giulia-enders|2528640 /article/mg27035973-300-is-there-a-word-for-the-wiki-page-for-the-ship-of-theseus-paradox/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback has been flooded with answers (both correct and inspired) after wondering if there is a word for something that is an exemplar of the thing it describes. mg27035973-300-is-there-a-word-for-the-wiki-page-for-the-ship-of-theseus-paradox|2527851 /article/2528962-earth-has-a-mysterious-triple-symmetry-that-may-influence-its-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 17:00:31 +0100 A circle running along the 27° east and 153° west meridians divides the globe into two halves with equal reflectivity – and this may have implications for solar geoengineering schemes 2528962-earth-has-a-mysterious-triple-symmetry-that-may-influence-its-climate|2528962 /article/2529017-ditch-the-niceties-in-ai-prompts-to-save-energy-use-say-researchers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:16 +0100 A UN report warns of the rapid growth in AI energy consumption, but suggests users can improve efficiency by making prompts more concise 2529017-ditch-the-niceties-in-ai-prompts-to-save-energy-use-say-researchers|2529017 /article/2528922-atom-based-quantum-computers-are-catching-up-in-the-race-to-usefulness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0100 A quantum computer made from extremely cold atoms can correct its own errors during long computations, an important prerequisite for becoming truly useful 2528922-atom-based-quantum-computers-are-catching-up-in-the-race-to-usefulness|2528922 /article/2528945-keto-diet-shows-real-promise-for-anorexia-recovery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:00:20 +0100 Restricting carbohydrates may sound like an unlikely approach to treating anorexia, but following a ketogenic diet was linked to recovery in nearly 75 per cent of people with the eating disorder in a small trial 2528945-keto-diet-shows-real-promise-for-anorexia-recovery|2528945 /article/2528789-otzis-frozen-remains-may-harbour-metabolically-active-microbes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Jun 2026 02:00:01 +0100 Researchers studying a 5300-year-old mummified man have identified bacteria that lived in his gut when he was alive, as well as cold-tolerant fungi that colonised his body after death 2528789-otzis-frozen-remains-may-harbour-metabolically-active-microbes|2528789 /article/2528422-how-the-electromagnetic-spectrum-opened-our-eyes-to-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Our understanding of the electromagnetic spectrum goes back to Isaac Newton, but astronomers are still finding new ways to employ it. Astrophysicist Emma Chapman explores how much these invisible waves can reveal to us about the cosmos – and whether they might show us that we’re not alone 2528422-how-the-electromagnetic-spectrum-opened-our-eyes-to-the-universe|2528422 /article/2528852-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-june-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:30:52 +0100 The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an editor-in-chief role in her latest book 2528852-the-best-new-popular-science-books-of-june-2026|2528852 /article/2528586-hidden-store-of-manganese-may-have-helped-earth-get-its-oxygen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:23 +0100 Computer simulations have uncovered a new manganese compound that could exist deep in Earth’s mantle and may be connected to the process that gave our atmosphere oxygen 2528586-hidden-store-of-manganese-may-have-helped-earth-get-its-oxygen|2528586 /article/2528690-new-scientist-recommends-togetherness-a-radical-new-view-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Jun 2026 13:30:29 +0100 An exploration of how biological cooperation underpins all life - and why we’ve overlooked its power until now - makes thrilling reading, finds Penny Sarchet 2528690-new-scientist-recommends-togetherness-a-radical-new-view-of-life|2528690 /article/2528738-transformative-pancreatic-cancer-drug-doubles-survival-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 19:11:12 +0100 People with advanced pancreatic cancer taking an experimental daily pill lived nearly twice as long as those receiving chemotherapy infusions 2528738-transformative-pancreatic-cancer-drug-doubles-survival-time|2528738 /article/2528529-how-human-error-became-a-weapon-against-large-language-models/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:00:31 +0100 Alan Turing proposed a test for machine intelligence: could a computer convince a human it was human? We have begun conducting the same test on ourselves, writes Max Moser 2528529-how-human-error-became-a-weapon-against-large-language-models|2528529 /article/2528418-do-turmeric-and-curcumin-have-any-actual-health-benefits/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 18:14:40 +0100 Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky 2528418-do-turmeric-and-curcumin-have-any-actual-health-benefits|2528418 /article/2528511-huge-study-of-alzheimers-genetics-identifies-new-drug-targets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 13:00:24 +0100 Almost 50 more genes have been flagged as being linked to Alzheimer’s, along with changes in activity in crucial cells that disappear as dementia progresses 2528511-huge-study-of-alzheimers-genetics-identifies-new-drug-targets|2528511 /article/mg27035972-000-capitalism-has-warped-our-understanding-of-ecology-and-lifes-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 The ideas of survival of the fittest and winning at all costs are closely entwinned with Darwinism, but they shouldn’t be. A rethink from a more communal perspective is in order mg27035972-000-capitalism-has-warped-our-understanding-of-ecology-and-lifes-origins|2527830 /article/2528409-geoengineering-can-thicken-arctic-sea-ice-but-for-how-long/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Jun 2026 09:00:38 +0100 Two companies are aiming to preserve Arctic ice by pumping water onto the sheet and letting it freeze, but only one of the trials found that this delayed melting in the summer 2528409-geoengineering-can-thicken-arctic-sea-ice-but-for-how-long|2528409 /article/2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:56 +0100 A cancer-killing virus has stopped pancreatic tumours from growing and spreading in three people in an initial safety trial, raising hopes that it may help to beat the deadly condition 2528235-pancreatic-cancer-halted-by-virus-injection-in-three-patients|2528235 /article/2526959-how-a-radical-new-view-of-life-could-reveal-its-origin-and-aliens/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 May 2026 17:00:56 +0100 We've been looking at nature the wrong way, argues Rowan Hooper. If we stop focusing on the individual, we get a whole new picture of how life on Earth – and elsewhere – may have begun 2526959-how-a-radical-new-view-of-life-could-reveal-its-origin-and-aliens|2526959 /article/2527224-embryos-made-without-sperm-or-eggs-reveal-why-many-pregnancies-fail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 17:00:58 +0100 Embryo organoids made from stem cells are enabling scientists to recreate early pregnancy in the lab, unlocking treatments for infertility, miscarriage and pre-eclampsia 2527224-embryos-made-without-sperm-or-eggs-reveal-why-many-pregnancies-fail|2527224 /article/2528164-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-june-2026/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Sat, 30 May 2026 11:00:57 +0100 There is plenty of intriguing sci-fi on offer this month, whether it’s solar-powered cities from Adrian Tchaikovsky or a strange future from M. John Harrison 2528164-the-best-new-science-fiction-books-of-june-2026|2528164 /article/2528339-photons-behave-very-strangely-if-you-try-to-cut-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Sat, 30 May 2026 08:00:26 +0100 Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies 2528339-photons-behave-very-strangely-if-you-try-to-cut-them|2528339 /article/2527824-our-verdict-on-luminous-by-silvia-park-a-fascinating-take-on-robots/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:03 +0100 The Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ Book Club read Silvia Park's near-future sci-fi novel Luminous in May, and had lots of good things to say (along with a few complaints) 2527824-our-verdict-on-luminous-by-silvia-park-a-fascinating-take-on-robots|2527824 /article/mg27035970-800-the-late-ian-watsons-sci-fi-the-embedding-is-intriguing-but-dated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson to read his acclaimed 1973 debut and find out what she'd been missing. She found it fascinating – but reflective of its time mg27035970-800-the-late-ian-watsons-sci-fi-the-embedding-is-intriguing-but-dated|2527683 /article/2526507-does-gravity-create-reality-a-shocking-path-to-a-theory-of-everything/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 25 May 2026 17:00:47 +0100 A rewrite of quantum mechanics that includes the force of gravity could finally achieve one of physicists’ biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time 2526507-does-gravity-create-reality-a-shocking-path-to-a-theory-of-everything|2526507 /article/2528327-glaciers-in-the-roof-of-the-world-have-suddenly-started-melting/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 07:00:19 +0100 Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers experienced a massive loss of ice due to extreme heat 2528327-glaciers-in-the-roof-of-the-world-have-suddenly-started-melting|2528327 /article/2528468-aim-high-but-dont-shoot-for-the-moon-mathematicians-advise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 16:20:15 +0100 According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so 2528468-aim-high-but-dont-shoot-for-the-moon-mathematicians-advise|2528468 /article/2528415-horror-video-game-gets-its-creepiness-from-a-quantum-computer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 14:00:58 +0100 Quantum Backrooms is a horror game in which the player explores eerie rooms. The twist is that the rooms have been generated by a quantum computer 2528415-horror-video-game-gets-its-creepiness-from-a-quantum-computer|2528415 /article/2528281-mirror-life-scientists-clash-over-threat-of-lab-engineered-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:40 +0100 Bacteria created using mirror images of natural biomolecules would pose a grave threat to life on Earth, some researchers warn, but a new study suggests they would struggle to survive in the wild 2528281-mirror-life-scientists-clash-over-threat-of-lab-engineered-bacteria|2528281 /article/2528336-were-becoming-more-individualistic-and-its-affecting-our-love-lives/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 13:00:48 +0100 We're increasingly prioritising our own needs over those of the wider community, which may be causing us to love our partners less intensely 2528336-were-becoming-more-individualistic-and-its-affecting-our-love-lives|2528336 /article/2528309-read-an-extract-from-the-selfish-gene-by-richard-dawkins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 09:30:36 +0100 Dive into the opening of The Selfish Gene's first chapter 'Why are people?', the Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ Book Club’s read for June to mark 50 years since the popular science classic was first published 2528309-read-an-extract-from-the-selfish-gene-by-richard-dawkins|2528309 /article/mg27035970-700-unsettling-dance-piece-explores-how-ai-is-warping-human-relationships/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Inspired by Shannon Vallor's book The AI Mirror, this compelling piece looks at how we are being affected by our deepening interactions with tech mg27035970-700-unsettling-dance-piece-explores-how-ai-is-warping-human-relationships|2527682 /article/2528342-q-day-could-destroy-bitcoin-and-our-retirement-savings/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 29 May 2026 10:00:02 +0100 Even if you’ve never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by bitcoin’s fate – which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it useless 2528342-q-day-could-destroy-bitcoin-and-our-retirement-savings|2528342 /article/2527163-earth-from-above-author-returns-with-astonishing-freshwater-images/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:33 +0100 From Kenya's Tree of Life to a Svalbard glacier, these stunning photos are taken from a new book by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose The Earth From Above was a smash hit 25 years ago 2527163-earth-from-above-author-returns-with-astonishing-freshwater-images|2527163 /article/2528290-mathematical-ai-helps-researchers-crack-50-year-old-problem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 May 2026 17:00:57 +0100 After an AI from OpenAI found a trick to solve an 80-year-old conjecture from Paul ErdƑs, mathematicians have borrowed the same technique to solve another important problem 2528290-mathematical-ai-helps-researchers-crack-50-year-old-problem|2528290 /article/2527807-first-quantum-grandfather-clock-could-probe-where-gravity-comes-from/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:31 +0100 Researchers have designed a quantum version of a pendulum clock. It could shed light on timekeeping in the quantum realm 2527807-first-quantum-grandfather-clock-could-probe-where-gravity-comes-from|2527807 /article/2528160-start-ups-are-racing-to-revolutionise-mathematics-with-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 May 2026 14:00:09 +0100 AI start-ups with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding are hiring mathematicians and building AI systems that they hope will not only solve mathematics, but also build more intelligent AI 2528160-start-ups-are-racing-to-revolutionise-mathematics-with-ai|2528160 /article/2528140-3d-printed-lymph-nodes-could-widen-access-to-car-t-cell-therapy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 May 2026 13:00:29 +0100 The cost of CAR T-cell therapy means that the highly effective cancer treatment is unavailable in many parts of the world. But a new way of making these cells could dramatically drive down the cost 2528140-3d-printed-lymph-nodes-could-widen-access-to-car-t-cell-therapy|2528140 /article/2528120-the-book-is-in-the-future-but-everything-is-seeded-from-our-present/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 May 2026 11:00:16 +0100 Helen Phillips, winner of the Climate Fiction prize for her novel Hum, on if stories can make a difference, her anxieties and writing about the climate 2528120-the-book-is-in-the-future-but-everything-is-seeded-from-our-present|2528120 /article/2528091-millions-of-planets-might-form-around-supermassive-black-holes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 May 2026 09:00:41 +0100 Massive amounts of dust swirl around active nuclei at the centres of galaxies, and these discs could give rise to vast numbers of rocky planets, some even the size of stars 2528091-millions-of-planets-might-form-around-supermassive-black-holes|2528091 /article/2527775-wealthy-people-with-environmental-ideals-are-the-biggest-emitters/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 15:00:47 +0100 Among people of high socioeconomic status, love for nature corresponds with a bigger environmental footprint – and there's an obvious reason why 2527775-wealthy-people-with-environmental-ideals-are-the-biggest-emitters|2527775 /article/2528075-nasa-plans-a-base-on-the-moon-spanning-hundreds-of-square-kilometres/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 14:05:27 +0100 Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location 2528075-nasa-plans-a-base-on-the-moon-spanning-hundreds-of-square-kilometres|2528075 /article/2527765-we-may-finally-know-why-gold-stays-so-shiny/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:43 +0100 Gold is chemically inert and so doesn't tarnish, but exactly why had been a mystery 2527765-we-may-finally-know-why-gold-stays-so-shiny|2527765 /article/mg27035970-600-new-scientist-recommends-turi-kings-expert-book-about-dnas-secrets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 From clearing people convicted of murder to identifying a monarch's remains, Michael Le Page is fascinated by The Secrets of Our DNA, an insider's must-read book mg27035970-600-new-scientist-recommends-turi-kings-expert-book-about-dnas-secrets|2527681 /article/2527673-space-storms-could-switch-train-signals-and-cause-serious-accidents/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 May 2026 15:00:52 +0100 Critical safety equipment in many train systems is vulnerable to disruption by space weather, which could lead to fatal accidents 2527673-space-storms-could-switch-train-signals-and-cause-serious-accidents|2527673 /article/2527886-earliest-use-of-anaesthetics-uncovered-in-chinese-doctors-tomb/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 May 2026 12:24:28 +0100 Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures 2527886-earliest-use-of-anaesthetics-uncovered-in-chinese-doctors-tomb|2527886 /article/2527809-will-lab-grown-sperm-let-infertile-men-have-children-of-their-own/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 May 2026 10:00:13 +0100 Men who do not produce sperm can’t be helped by existing fertility treatments, but a start-up is now claiming it can grow their sperm in the lab. Columnist Michael Le Page suspects this technique will have to be combined with gene editing if it is to help many men 2527809-will-lab-grown-sperm-let-infertile-men-have-children-of-their-own|2527809 /article/2527583-attack-on-irans-oil-released-as-much-pollution-as-a-volcano/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 26 May 2026 10:00:08 +0100 Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian countries 2527583-attack-on-irans-oil-released-as-much-pollution-as-a-volcano|2527583 /article/mg27035962-300-pmos-shows-us-why-many-scientific-terms-need-to-be-renamed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Like covid-19 and mpox before it, the decision to relabel PCOS as polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome is a welcome one – and reveals why a name is never just a name mg27035962-300-pmos-shows-us-why-many-scientific-terms-need-to-be-renamed|2527164 /article/2527768-mars-astronauts-may-do-laundry-by-blasting-clothes-with-a-plasma-beam/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:14 +0100 There is currently no good way for astronauts in space to do laundry, but researchers may have finally come up with one: a bright purple jet of microbe-killing plasma 2527768-mars-astronauts-may-do-laundry-by-blasting-clothes-with-a-plasma-beam|2527768 /article/2527590-why-your-brain-needs-plenty-of-aha-moments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:12 +0100 In the age of AI, instant answers to our questions are readily available. But columnist Helen Thomson finds that continuing to encourage those delicious flashes of insight that come from your own thoughts may be beneficial both for your everyday life and your long-term brain health 2527590-why-your-brain-needs-plenty-of-aha-moments|2527590 /article/2525755-can-we-harness-quantum-effects-to-create-a-new-kind-of-healthcare/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:42 +0100 Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. Now researchers are exploring if these effects help to explain the success of an array of puzzling health treatments 2525755-can-we-harness-quantum-effects-to-create-a-new-kind-of-healthcare|2525755 /article/2526127-the-distant-world-that-is-our-best-hope-of-finding-alien-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:41 +0100 A decade ago, we discovered an exceptionally exciting exoplanet that could be the best candidate for hosting alien life. Now we’re about to find out if it really is 2526127-the-distant-world-that-is-our-best-hope-of-finding-alien-life|2526127 /article/2527495-epic-dreaming-is-leaving-people-exhausted-and-distressed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 21 May 2026 16:00:38 +0100 Some people experience vivid, incessant dreams that leave them feeling exhausted the next day, with researchers calling for this "epic dreaming" to be classed as a sleep disorder 2527495-epic-dreaming-is-leaving-people-exhausted-and-distressed|2527495 /article/2525646-the-selfish-gene-at-50-why-dawkinss-evolution-classic-still-holds-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:33 +0100 When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today’s genetic age 2525646-the-selfish-gene-at-50-why-dawkinss-evolution-classic-still-holds-up|2525646 /article/2526378-womens-better-memories-may-delay-alzheimers-diagnosis-by-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 21 May 2026 13:00:38 +0100 Women appear cognitively normal for almost three years longer than men after their brains start to develop Alzheimer’s disease, making it harder to diagnose and preventing early treatment 2526378-womens-better-memories-may-delay-alzheimers-diagnosis-by-years|2526378 /article/mg27035960-500-this-is-the-most-underrated-sci-fi-film-franchise-of-the-21st-century/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 There’s unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says Âé¶čŽ«Ăœ film columnist Bethan Ackerley mg27035960-500-this-is-the-most-underrated-sci-fi-film-franchise-of-the-21st-century|2526803 /article/2526019-how-i-used-psychology-to-come-back-from-the-worst-year-of-my-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 17:00:16 +0100 Work, illness, divorce: life is riddled with stressors out of your control. But research is revealing new ways to cope with these challenges and find hope instead of despair 2526019-how-i-used-psychology-to-come-back-from-the-worst-year-of-my-life|2526019 /article/2527597-mercury-may-have-gained-all-of-its-unexpected-water-in-a-single-day/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 22 May 2026 19:00:04 +0100 Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day 2527597-mercury-may-have-gained-all-of-its-unexpected-water-in-a-single-day|2527597 /article/2527731-experimental-mrna-vaccine-may-protect-against-multiple-ebola-viruses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 22 May 2026 18:00:37 +0100 Tests with rodents suggest an mRNA vaccine in development offers protection against three strains of Ebola virus, including the one behind the current crisis 2527731-experimental-mrna-vaccine-may-protect-against-multiple-ebola-viruses|2527731 /article/2527564-mathematicians-stunned-by-ais-biggest-breakthrough-in-mathematics-yet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 21 May 2026 17:13:12 +0100 Artificial intelligence built by OpenAI has cracked a decades-old conjecture by Paul ErdƑs, which mathematicians have hailed as a monumental moment for AI in mathematics 2527564-mathematicians-stunned-by-ais-biggest-breakthrough-in-mathematics-yet|2527564 /article/2526891-photos-reveal-unexpected-details-from-the-worlds-first-atomic-test/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:56 +0100 Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan 2526891-photos-reveal-unexpected-details-from-the-worlds-first-atomic-test|2526891 /article/2527614-political-anger-affects-the-body-differently-to-other-forms-of-anger/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 22 May 2026 15:00:13 +0100 We all feel emotions like anger and disgust from time to time, but they seem to cause stronger bodily sensations when they're politically induced 2527614-political-anger-affects-the-body-differently-to-other-forms-of-anger|2527614 /article/2527469-australia-is-battling-its-largest-diphtheria-outbreak-in-living-memory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 22 May 2026 13:00:25 +0100 Vaccine misinformation, nurse and doctor shortages and crowded living arrangements may be behind soaring rates of diphtheria in remote Indigenous communities in Australia 2527469-australia-is-battling-its-largest-diphtheria-outbreak-in-living-memory|2527469 /article/2525657-how-a-visit-to-stonehenge-reminded-me-of-deep-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:43 +0100 On a visit to the UK, Sydney-based reporter James Woodford visited an archaeological site that was on his bucket list – and experienced a very special moment as the sun set 2525657-how-a-visit-to-stonehenge-reminded-me-of-deep-time|2525657 /article/2527465-how-ageing-on-earth-mimics-the-effects-of-space-travel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 22 May 2026 10:00:50 +0100 Life on the International Space Station may feel distant, but columnist Graham Lawton finds that studying how astronauts experience accelerated ageing could help us fight similar effects on Earth related to sedentary lifestyles, disrupted circadian rhythms and social isolation 2527465-how-ageing-on-earth-mimics-the-effects-of-space-travel|2527465 /article/mg27035961-000-shiver-me-timbers-do-we-have-to-worry-about-space-pirates-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback goes down a "moon warfare" rabbit hole and discovers that some forward-thinkers are making plans to counteract as-yet-hypothetical pirates in space mg27035961-000-shiver-me-timbers-do-we-have-to-worry-about-space-pirates-now|2526817 /article/mg27035960-300-new-scientist-recommends-a-devastating-account-of-farming-honeybees/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Jennie Durant's Bitter Honey is a great exposĂ© of the true cost of industrially farming US honeybees, finds Thomas Lewton. But the book's grim figures of bee death alone may not prompt deep change – how about seeing them as fellow creatures? mg27035960-300-new-scientist-recommends-a-devastating-account-of-farming-honeybees|2526801 /article/2527312-womens-body-temperature-rises-from-age-18-to-42-but-we-dont-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 20:00:46 +0100 Women experience a steady rise in body temperature from their teens to midlife, which may be useful for monitoring ageing and overall health 2527312-womens-body-temperature-rises-from-age-18-to-42-but-we-dont-know-why|2527312