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/mg26234870-400-may-contain-lies-review-how-to-cut-to-the-truth-and-think-smarter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Can you see through deceiving data and beguiling stories? Read Alex Edmans's new book and take his card test to find out mg26234870-400-may-contain-lies-review-how-to-cut-to-the-truth-and-think-smarter|2426845 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426572-extreme-heat-in-2023-linked-to-drastic-slump-in-growth-of-marine-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:00:51 +0100 Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the oceans depend on for food 2426572-extreme-heat-in-2023-linked-to-drastic-slump-in-growth-of-marine-life|2426572 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427594-dietary-changes-relieve-irritable-bowel-syndrome-better-than-medicine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:30:52 +0100 Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective 2427594-dietary-changes-relieve-irritable-bowel-syndrome-better-than-medicine|2427594 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427534-cocaine-seems-to-hijack-brain-pathways-that-prioritise-food-and-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 20:00:29 +0100 Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consuming less food and water 2427534-cocaine-seems-to-hijack-brain-pathways-that-prioritise-food-and-water|2427534 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234870-800-a-new-understanding-of-tinnitus-and-deafness-could-help-reverse-both/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Investigations of the paradoxical link between tinnitus and hearing loss have revealed a hidden form of deafness, paving the way to possible new treatments mg26234870-800-a-new-understanding-of-tinnitus-and-deafness-could-help-reverse-both|2426860 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427606-fossil-snake-discovered-in-india-may-have-been-the-largest-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 17:00:50 +0100 The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been as long as 15 metres 2427606-fossil-snake-discovered-in-india-may-have-been-the-largest-ever|2427606 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426909-ancient-marine-reptile-found-on-uk-beach-may-be-the-largest-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:00:50 +0100 The jawbone of an ichthyosaur uncovered in south-west England has been identified as a new species, and researchers estimate that the whole animal was 20 to 25 metres long 2426909-ancient-marine-reptile-found-on-uk-beach-may-be-the-largest-ever|2426909 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427524-jupiters-moon-io-has-been-a-volcanic-inferno-for-billions-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:00:45 +0100 Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically active for its entire lifetime 2427524-jupiters-moon-io-has-been-a-volcanic-inferno-for-billions-of-years|2427524 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234871-800-does-the-future-of-boxing-lie-in-humans-versus-robots-possibly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback pores over new research that suggests "robot-human boxing" would reduce brain injuries by reducing the number of live opponents involved mg26234871-800-does-the-future-of-boxing-lie-in-humans-versus-robots-possibly|2426870 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427167-quantum-proof-encryption-may-not-actually-stop-quantum-hackers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:31:44 +0100 Cryptographers are scrambling to understand an algorithm that could undermine the mathematics behind next-generation encryption methods, which are intended to protect against quantum computers 2427167-quantum-proof-encryption-may-not-actually-stop-quantum-hackers|2427167 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427433-particles-move-in-beautiful-patterns-when-they-have-spatial-memory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:00:22 +0100 A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path twice produces stunningly complex patterns 2427433-particles-move-in-beautiful-patterns-when-they-have-spatial-memory|2427433 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234873-300-why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-exhaustion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 One in five adults worldwide is living with fatigue. The general advice is to “do more” - but this isn’t the only solution to our exhaustion epidemic, says Amy Arthur mg26234873-300-why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-exhaustion|2427195 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234870-300-a-body-made-of-glass-review-a-very-personal-history-of-hypochondria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Millions of people experience symptoms many doctors dismiss as imaginary, but why? Caroline Crampton's moving first-person account is very revealing mg26234870-300-a-body-made-of-glass-review-a-very-personal-history-of-hypochondria|2426844 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427141-ancient-maya-burned-their-dead-rulers-to-mark-a-new-dynasty/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Apr 2024 01:01:56 +0100 In the foundations of a Maya temple, researchers found the charred bones of royal individuals – possibly evidence of a fiery ritual to mark the end of one dynasty and the beginning of another 2427141-ancient-maya-burned-their-dead-rulers-to-mark-a-new-dynasty|2427141 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427222-ancient-humans-lived-inside-a-lava-tube-in-the-arabian-desert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:00:09 +0100 Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia 2427222-ancient-humans-lived-inside-a-lava-tube-in-the-arabian-desert|2427222 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427484-what-is-cloud-seeding-and-did-it-cause-the-floods-in-dubai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:02:18 +0100 Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the heavy rains may have been exacerbated by climate change 2427484-what-is-cloud-seeding-and-did-it-cause-the-floods-in-dubai|2427484 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234873-400-old-fashioned-pessimism-might-actually-help-us-fight-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Negative thinking is unpopular but it could drive more realistic efforts to limit harm from global warming mg26234873-400-old-fashioned-pessimism-might-actually-help-us-fight-climate-change|2427236 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234871-100-how-to-see-the-lyrid-meteor-shower-and-when-is-the-peak/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Caused by debris from a comet thought to originate in the Oort Cloud, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks this year on 22 April and is best viewed from the northern hemisphere, says Abigail Beall mg26234871-100-how-to-see-the-lyrid-meteor-shower-and-when-is-the-peak|2426863 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426935-skin-deep-wounds-can-damage-gut-health-in-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 18:00:37 +0100 We know there is some connection between skin and gut health, but many assumed the gut was the one calling the shots. A new study suggests that the influence can go the other way 2426935-skin-deep-wounds-can-damage-gut-health-in-mice|2426935 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426523-intel-reveals-worlds-biggest-brain-inspired-neuromorphic-computer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:22 +0100 A computer intended to mimic the way the brain processes and stores data could potentially improve the efficiency and capabilities of artificial intelligence models 2426523-intel-reveals-worlds-biggest-brain-inspired-neuromorphic-computer|2426523 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426805-turning-plants-blue-with-gene-editing-could-make-robot-weeding-easier/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 17:00:22 +0100 Weeding robots can sometimes struggle to tell weeds from crops, but genetically modifying the plants we want to keep to make them brightly coloured would make the job easier, suggest a group of researchers 2426805-turning-plants-blue-with-gene-editing-could-make-robot-weeding-easier|2426805 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427004-a-cicada-double-brood-is-coming-its-less-rare-than-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:53:07 +0100 Up to 17 US states could be peppered with more than a trillion cicadas this spring, and though it has been a while since these two specific broods emerged at once, double broods are not that rare 2427004-a-cicada-double-brood-is-coming-its-less-rare-than-you-think|2427004 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426976-dusting-farms-with-waste-concrete-could-boost-yields-and-lock-up-co2/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:41:19 +0100 Ground-up concrete can remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in a similar way to ground-up rocks, according to a field study in Ireland 2426976-dusting-farms-with-waste-concrete-could-boost-yields-and-lock-up-co2|2426976 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427117-sleeping-bumblebees-can-survive-underwater-for-a-week/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:01:46 +0100 A serendipitous lab accident revealed that hibernating bumblebee queens can make it through days of flooding, revealing that they are less vulnerable to extreme weather than previously thought 2427117-sleeping-bumblebees-can-survive-underwater-for-a-week|2427117 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426811-colonies-of-single-celled-creatures-could-explain-how-embryos-evolved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Apr 2024 07:00:46 +0100 We know little about how embryonic development in animals evolved from single-celled ancestors, but simple organisms with a multicellular life stage offer intriguing clues 2426811-colonies-of-single-celled-creatures-could-explain-how-embryos-evolved|2426811 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427082-starfish-have-hundreds-of-feet-but-no-brain-heres-how-they-move/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:00:26 +0100 Starfish feet are coordinated purely through mechanical loading, enabling the animals to bounce rhythmically along the seabed without a central nervous system 2427082-starfish-have-hundreds-of-feet-but-no-brain-heres-how-they-move|2427082 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234870-200-the-man-reinventing-economics-with-chaos-theory-and-complexity-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Traditional economics makes ludicrous assumptions and poor predictions. Now an alternative approach using big data and psychological insights is proving far more accurate mg26234870-200-the-man-reinventing-economics-with-chaos-theory-and-complexity-science|2426699 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426948-how-to-destroy-a-black-hole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:17:24 +0100 A black hole would be tough to destroy, but in the season two premiere of Dead Planets Society our hosts are willing to go to extremes, from faster-than-light bombs to time travel 2426948-how-to-destroy-a-black-hole|2426948 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427088-our-plans-to-tackle-climate-change-with-carbon-storage-dont-add-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 16:31:20 +0100 Modelling that shows how the world can remain below 1.5°C of warming assumes we can store vast amounts of carbon dioxide underground, but a new analysis reveals that achieving this is extremely unlikely 2427088-our-plans-to-tackle-climate-change-with-carbon-storage-dont-add-up|2427088 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424745-watch-a-swarm-of-cyborg-cockroaches-controlled-by-computers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 11:49:39 +0100 Remote-controlled cockroaches with computers mounted on their backs can move as a swarm towards a target location, and could be used for search missions 2424745-watch-a-swarm-of-cyborg-cockroaches-controlled-by-computers|2424745 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426777-a-surprisingly-enormous-black-hole-has-been-found-in-our-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:00:19 +0100 A black hole 33 times the mass of the sun is the largest stellar black hole ever spotted, and its strange companion star could help explain how it got so huge 2426777-a-surprisingly-enormous-black-hole-has-been-found-in-our-galaxy|2426777 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426979-tiny-nematode-worms-can-grow-enormous-mouths-and-become-cannibals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:27:17 +0100 One species of nematode worm turns into a kin-devouring nightmare if it grows up in a crowded environment with a poor diet 2426979-tiny-nematode-worms-can-grow-enormous-mouths-and-become-cannibals|2426979 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426795-geoscientists-are-using-telecom-dark-fibres-to-map-earths-innards/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Apr 2024 21:00:28 +0100 The networks of fibre optic cables that criss-cross the planet could be used to better understand what’s happening inside it 2426795-geoscientists-are-using-telecom-dark-fibres-to-map-earths-innards|2426795 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234870-100-we-live-in-a-cosmic-void-so-empty-that-it-breaks-the-laws-of-cosmology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Mounting evidence suggests our galaxy sits at the centre of an expanse of nothingness 2 billion light years wide. If so, we may have to rethink our understanding of the universe mg26234870-100-we-live-in-a-cosmic-void-so-empty-that-it-breaks-the-laws-of-cosmology|2426698 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426894-parkinsons-disease-progression-slowed-by-antibody-infusions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Apr 2024 18:00:30 +0100 Monthly infusions with the drug prasinezumab appeared to slow the progression of motor symptoms in people with advanced Parkinson's disease 2426894-parkinsons-disease-progression-slowed-by-antibody-infusions|2426894 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426655-untangling-the-enigmatic-origins-of-the-human-familys-newest-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:43 +0100 Five years ago, a fossil found in the Philippines was determined to be from a new species of hominin called Homo luzonensis. Since then, we’ve learned a bit more about the newest member of the human family 2426655-untangling-the-enigmatic-origins-of-the-human-familys-newest-species|2426655 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234861-000-why-you-may-have-a-stealth-liver-disease-and-what-to-do-about-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 One in three adults have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease – often without knowing. Now we understand what causes this stealthy condition and how to reverse it mg26234861-000-why-you-may-have-a-stealth-liver-disease-and-what-to-do-about-it|2425897 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426530-deadly-upwellings-of-cold-water-pose-threat-to-migratory-sharks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Apr 2024 17:00:05 +0100 Climate change is making extreme cold upwellings more common in certain regions of the world, and these events can be catastrophic for animals such as bull sharks 2426530-deadly-upwellings-of-cold-water-pose-threat-to-migratory-sharks|2426530 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234863-500-why-ais-that-tackle-complex-maths-could-be-the-next-big-breakthrough/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Research-level mathematics might seem an unlikely proving ground for artificial intelligence, but recent developments suggest it offers a route to automated human-like reasoning mg26234863-500-why-ais-that-tackle-complex-maths-could-be-the-next-big-breakthrough|2426264 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/mg26034610-800-we-may-finally-know-how-cognitive-reserve-protects-against-alzheimers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:00:00 +0100 Why does mental effort lead to a more resilient brain that can withstand dementia and decline? We are now discovering the mechanisms behind this cognitive reserve, opening up new ways to boost it mg26034610-800-we-may-finally-know-how-cognitive-reserve-protects-against-alzheimers|2397664 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426773-are-panda-sex-lives-being-sabotaged-by-the-wrong-gut-microbes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 22:46:55 +0100 Conservationists think tweaking pandas’ diets might shift their gut microbiomes in a way that could encourage them to mate 2426773-are-panda-sex-lives-being-sabotaged-by-the-wrong-gut-microbes|2426773 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234861-100-how-science-can-inspire-peak-experiences-that-improve-well-being/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 My column about the spiritual side of science has seen many of you sharing your own awe-inspiring experiences, says David Robson mg26234861-100-how-science-can-inspire-peak-experiences-that-improve-well-being|2425898 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234863-400-are-you-languishing-in-life-heres-how-to-find-your-purpose-again/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0100 If your life feels aimless and joyless, you may be languishing, says psychologist Corey Keyes — who reveals how it differs from depression and what you can do to flourish instead mg26234863-400-are-you-languishing-in-life-heres-how-to-find-your-purpose-again|2426114 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425525-physicists-created-an-imaginary-magnetic-field-in-real-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 13:00:49 +0100 Researchers have used quantum light to create a magnetic field with a strength that is measured in imaginary numbers 2425525-physicists-created-an-imaginary-magnetic-field-in-real-life|2425525 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-100-the-multiverse-could-be-much-much-bigger-than-we-ever-imagined/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 14:15:00 +0100 A new way of interpreting the elusive mathematics of quantum mechanics could fundamentally change our understanding of reality mg26234860-100-the-multiverse-could-be-much-much-bigger-than-we-ever-imagined|2425877 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-900-two-brilliant-new-novels-from-adrian-tchaikovsky-show-his-range/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The prolific Adrian Tchaikovsky has two terrific sci-fi offerings out this year, one the story of a scientist turned prisoner shipped to a faraway planet, the other a light-hearted tale of robotic murder, says Emily H. Wilson mg26234860-900-two-brilliant-new-novels-from-adrian-tchaikovsky-show-his-range|2425896 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234863-300-how-ai-mathematicians-might-finally-deliver-human-level-reasoning/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Artificial intelligence is taking on some of the hardest problems in pure maths, arguably demonstrating sophisticated reasoning and creativity – and a big step forward for AI mg26234863-300-how-ai-mathematicians-might-finally-deliver-human-level-reasoning|2426113 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426223-bizarre-crystal-made-only-of-electrons-revealed-in-astonishing-detail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:00:10 +0100 To capture the clearest and most direct images of a “Wigner crystal”, a structure made entirely of electrons, researchers used a special kind of microscope and two pieces of graphene unusually free of imperfections 2426223-bizarre-crystal-made-only-of-electrons-revealed-in-astonishing-detail|2426223 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426749-see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:27:48 +0100 The hatching of the 250th California condor chick at the San Diego Zoo marks a notable milestone for a species that narrowly evaded extinction 2426749-see-inside-an-endangered-california-condor-egg-just-before-it-hatches|2426749 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426678-peaceful-male-bonobos-may-actually-be-more-aggressive-than-chimps/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 17:00:34 +0100 Bonobos have long been regarded as the peaceful ape, in sharp contrast with violent chimpanzees, but a study based on thousands of hours of observations suggests the real story is more nuanced 2426678-peaceful-male-bonobos-may-actually-be-more-aggressive-than-chimps|2426678 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426732-arctic-permafrost-is-now-a-net-source-of-major-greenhouse-gases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:52:20 +0100 An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carbon into the atmosphere than it absorbs, causing the planet to heat even further 2426732-arctic-permafrost-is-now-a-net-source-of-major-greenhouse-gases|2426732 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426618-chatbots-can-persuade-conspiracy-theorists-their-view-might-be-wrong/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:46 +0100 After a short conversation with an artificial intelligence, people’s belief in a conspiracy theory dropped by about 20 per cent 2426618-chatbots-can-persuade-conspiracy-theorists-their-view-might-be-wrong|2426618 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426626-water-purifier-is-powered-by-static-electricity-from-your-body/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:00:31 +0100 A 10-minute walk can build up enough static electricity to power a battery-free water purifier, which could be especially helpful during disasters or in regions that lack access to clean water and stable power supplies 2426626-water-purifier-is-powered-by-static-electricity-from-your-body|2426626 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426468-a-bacterium-has-evolved-into-a-new-cellular-structure-inside-algae/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:00:40 +0100 A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitrogen to algal cells – an event so rare that there are only three other known cases 2426468-a-bacterium-has-evolved-into-a-new-cellular-structure-inside-algae|2426468 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426549-read-an-extract-from-nuclear-war-a-scenario-by-annie-jacobsen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:15:34 +0100 In this terrifying extract from Annie Jacobsen’s Nuclear War: A Scenario, the author lays out what would happen in the first seconds after a nuclear missile hits the Pentagon 2426549-read-an-extract-from-nuclear-war-a-scenario-by-annie-jacobsen|2426549 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426579-annie-jacobsen-what-if-we-had-a-nuclear-war/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Apr 2024 10:15:50 +0100 Not long after the last world war, the historian William L. Shirer had this to say about the next world war. It “will be launched by suicidal little madmen pressing an electronic button. Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow it. There will be no conquers and no conquests, but only the charred bones of the dead on an uninhabited planet.” As an investigative journalist, I write about war, weapons, national security and government secrets. I’ve previously written six books about US military and intelligence programmes – at the CIA, The Pentagon, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency– all designed to prevent, or deter, nuclear world war III. In the course of my work, countless people in the upper echelons of US government have told me, proudly, that they’ve dedicated their lives to making sure the US never has a nuclear war. But what if it did? “Every capability in the [Department of Defense] is underpinned by the fact that strategic deterrence will hold,” US Strategic Command (STRATCOM), which is responsible for nuclear deterrence, insists publicly. Until the autumn of 2022, this promise was pinned on STRATCOM’s public Twitter feed. But to a private audience at Sandia National Laboratories later that same year, STRATCOM’s Thomas Bussiere, admitted the existential danger inherent to deterrence. “Everything unravels itself if those things are not true.” If deterrence fails – what exactly would that unravelling look like? To write Nuclear War: A scenario, I put this question to scores of former nuclear command and control authorities. To the military and civilian experts who’ve built the weapon systems, been privy to the response plans and been responsible for advising the US president on nuclear counterstrike decisions should they have to be made. What I learned terrified me. Here are just a few of the shocking truths about nuclear war. The US maintains a nuclear launch policy called Launch on Warning. This means that if a military satellite indicates the nation is under nuclear attack and a second early-warning radar confirms that information, the president launches nuclear missiles in response. Former secretary of defense William Perry told me: “Once we are warned of a nuclear attack, we prepare to launch. This is policy. We do not wait.” The US president has sole authority to launch nuclear weapons. He asks permission of no one. Not the secretary of defense, not the chairman of the joint chief of staff, not the US Congress. “The authority is inherent in his role as commander in chief,” the Congressional Research Service confirms. The president “does not need the concurrence of either his [or her] military advisors or the US Congress to order the launch of nuclear weapons”. When the president learns he must respond to a nuclear attack, he has just 6 minutes to do so. Six minutes is an irrational amount of time to “decide whether to release Armageddon”, President Ronald Reagan lamented in his memoirs. “Six minutes to decide how to respond to a blip on a radar scope… How could anyone apply reason at a time like that?” And yet, the president must respond. This is because it takes roughly just 30 minutes for an intercontinental ballistic missile to get from a launch pad in Russia, North Korea or China to any city in the US, and vice versa. Nuclear-armed submarines can cut that launch-to-target time to 10 minutes, or less. Today, there are nine nuclear- powers, with a combined total of more than 12,500 nuclear weapons ready to be used. The US and Russia each have some 1700 nuclear weapons deployed – weapons that can be launched in seconds or minutes after their respective president gives the command. This is what Shirer meant when he said: “Such a war will not last long and none will ever follow it.” Nuclear war is the only scenario other than an asteroid strike that could end civilisation in a matter of hours. The soot from burning cities and forests will blot out the sun and cause nuclear winter. Agriculture will fail. Some 5 billion people will die. In the words of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, “the survivors will envy the dead”. I wrote Nuclear War: A scenario to demonstrate – in appalling, minute-by-minute detail – just how horrifying a nuclear war would be. “Humanity is one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation,” UN secretary-general António Guterres warned the world in 2022. “This is madness. We must reverse course.” How true. Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen, published by Torva (£20.00), is available now. It is the latest pick for the New Scientist Book Club: sign up here to read along with our members 2426579-annie-jacobsen-what-if-we-had-a-nuclear-war|2426579 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-400-the-photographer-who-captured-shots-of-nature-daily-for-over-a-decade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Since 2012, Mary Jo Hoffman has taken one snap a day of the natural objects around her. She explains what lies behind two of them - and what the "art of noticing" has brought to her life mg26234860-400-the-photographer-who-captured-shots-of-nature-daily-for-over-a-decade|2425880 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-700-everything-must-go-review-a-fascinating-guide-to-the-apocalypse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 From the Book of Revelation to extinction fiction, we just love end times. A new guide by Dorian Lynskey is full of gems mg26234860-700-everything-must-go-review-a-fascinating-guide-to-the-apocalypse|2425894 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426552-embryos-pause-development-when-nutrients-are-low-and-now-we-know-how/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 23:00:42 +0100 Embryos seem to have a sensor that picks up when nutrients are scarce, prompting them to pause their development until resources become more abundant again 2426552-embryos-pause-development-when-nutrients-are-low-and-now-we-know-how|2426552 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426237-ai-can-spot-parasites-in-stool-samples-to-help-diagnose-infections/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:00:09 +0100 About 1.5 billion people worldwide carry a risk of conditions including malnutrition because of parasitic infection, and AI could help identify those affected 2426237-ai-can-spot-parasites-in-stool-samples-to-help-diagnose-infections|2426237 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426035-quantum-supersolid-matter-stirred-using-magnets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:00:43 +0100 We can’t stir ordinary solids, but one research team now claims to have stirred an extraordinary quantum “supersolid”, generating tiny vortices 2426035-quantum-supersolid-matter-stirred-using-magnets|2426035 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426501-how-peter-higgs-revealed-the-forces-that-hold-the-universe-together/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 16:40:29 +0100 The physicist Peter Higgs quietly revolutionised quantum field theory, then lived long enough to see the discovery of the Higgs boson he theorised. Despite receiving a Nobel prize, he remained in some ways as elusive as the particle that shares his name 2426501-how-peter-higgs-revealed-the-forces-that-hold-the-universe-together|2426501 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-300-we-cant-get-to-net-zero-without-tackling-inequality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Inequality is a major obstacle to sustainability. The super-rich are an environmental horror story that we can't ignore, says Graham Lawton mg26234860-300-we-cant-get-to-net-zero-without-tackling-inequality|2425879 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425408-testing-drugs-on-mini-cancers-in-the-lab-may-reveal-best-treatment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 12:00:56 +0100 A small early-stage trial of the approach, which involves testing dozens of drug combinations on thousands of dishes of cells, may help people with cancer live for longer 2425408-testing-drugs-on-mini-cancers-in-the-lab-may-reveal-best-treatment|2425408 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234861-900-dedicated-experiments-needed-to-understand-why-dogs-wag-their-tails/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback finds that despite close investigation, more research is needed to "better quantify tail wagging in general" mg26234861-900-dedicated-experiments-needed-to-understand-why-dogs-wag-their-tails|2425906 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426454-air-pollution-can-make-insects-mate-with-the-wrong-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 11:00:20 +0100 Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones, and this can result in mismatched mating and sterile offspring 2426454-air-pollution-can-make-insects-mate-with-the-wrong-species|2426454 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-200-why-nutrition-needs-to-be-on-the-educational-agenda/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Nutrition must be as essential as maths or science at our educational institutions to solve the US obesity crisis, says Aman Majmudar mg26234860-200-why-nutrition-needs-to-be-on-the-educational-agenda|2425878 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234860-600-the-immune-mind-review-how-mental-and-physical-health-combine/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 It's tough turning neuroimmunology into a gripping read, but Monty Lyman's excellent book provides a delightful overview of the connection between the brain, immune system and gut microbiome mg26234860-600-the-immune-mind-review-how-mental-and-physical-health-combine|2425893 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426244-planets-that-look-alike-might-be-a-sign-of-spacefaring-aliens/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Apr 2024 07:00:15 +0100 We don’t know what alien life might look like, but if other civilisations can colonise multiple worlds, we might see planets that look unusually similar 2426244-planets-that-look-alike-might-be-a-sign-of-spacefaring-aliens|2426244 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426328-watch-mini-humanoid-robots-showing-off-their-football-skills/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:00:44 +0100 These soccer-playing robots can respond faster than ones trained in a standard way because they improved their skills via an artificial intelligence-based technique called deep reinforcement learning 2426328-watch-mini-humanoid-robots-showing-off-their-football-skills|2426328 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426284-some-of-our-favourite-songs-make-us-sad-which-may-be-why-we-like-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:00:38 +0100 Our favourite sad songs seem to become less enjoyable when we try to take the emotion out of them 2426284-some-of-our-favourite-songs-make-us-sad-which-may-be-why-we-like-them|2426284 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426356-post-surgery-infections-may-mainly-be-caused-by-skin-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 20:00:26 +0100 The skin microbiome may be a bigger cause of post-operative wound infections than bacteria contaminating hospital equipment 2426356-post-surgery-infections-may-mainly-be-caused-by-skin-bacteria|2426356 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425623-the-mathematician-who-worked-out-how-to-time-travel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 05 Apr 2024 12:00:54 +0100 Mathematics suggested that time travel is physically possible – and Kurt Gödel proved it. Mathematician Karl Sigmund explains how the polymath did it 2425623-the-mathematician-who-worked-out-how-to-time-travel|2425623 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426275-fractal-pattern-identified-at-molecular-scale-in-nature-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:00:02 +0100 An enzyme in a cyanobacterium can take the unusual form a triangle containing ever-smaller triangular gaps, making a fractal pattern 2426275-fractal-pattern-identified-at-molecular-scale-in-nature-for-first-time|2426275 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425914-mathematician-wins-turing-award-for-harnessing-randomness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:00:46 +0100 Avi Wigderson has won the 2023 Turing award for his work on understanding how randomness can shape and improve computer algorithms 2425914-mathematician-wins-turing-award-for-harnessing-randomness|2425914 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426089-treating-gum-disease-may-ward-off-an-irregular-heartbeat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:00:48 +0100 Inflamed gum tissue may allow bacteria in the mouth to enter the bloodstream, which could affect the heart 2426089-treating-gum-disease-may-ward-off-an-irregular-heartbeat|2426089 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2423849-phone-batteries-could-last-50-longer-if-more-5g-towers-are-built/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Apr 2024 07:00:58 +0100 Adding more masts could reduce the overall energy use of phone networks by two-thirds and boost handset battery life by 50 per cent 2423849-phone-batteries-could-last-50-longer-if-more-5g-towers-are-built|2423849 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426218-oral-vaccine-prevents-recurring-utis-for-nine-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:30:05 +0100 An oral vaccine in the form of a pineapple-flavoured spray prevented recurrent urinary tract infections in 53.9 per cent of clinical trial participants 2426218-oral-vaccine-prevents-recurring-utis-for-nine-years|2426218 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426091-australias-indigenous-people-were-making-pottery-over-2000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:00:58 +0100 An excavation on an island in the Coral Sea shows that Indigenous Australians were producing ceramics long before the arrival of Europeans 2426091-australias-indigenous-people-were-making-pottery-over-2000-years-ago|2426091 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426183-one-of-the-biggest-mysteries-of-cosmology-may-finally-be-solved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 18:00:58 +0100 The expansion rate of the universe, measured by the Hubble constant, has been one of the most controversial numbers in cosmology for years, and we seem at last to be close to nailing it down 2426183-one-of-the-biggest-mysteries-of-cosmology-may-finally-be-solved|2426183 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426199-peter-higgs-physicist-who-theorised-the-higgs-boson-has-died-aged-94/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:32:55 +0100 Nobel prizewinning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs has died aged 94. He proposed the particle that gives other particles mass – now named the Higgs boson and discovered by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in 2012 2426199-peter-higgs-physicist-who-theorised-the-higgs-boson-has-died-aged-94|2426199 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425679-northern-white-rhino-could-be-saved-from-extinction-using-frozen-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:01:59 +0100 We have enough genetic material to bring back the northern white rhino, but doing so won’t be easy 2425679-northern-white-rhino-could-be-saved-from-extinction-using-frozen-skin|2425679 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425728-prosthetic-hands-are-easier-to-control-using-unrelated-muscles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 16:00:27 +0100 Random-seeming hand gestures seem to help people control prosthetic hands better than ones that mimic their ordinary muscle movements 2425728-prosthetic-hands-are-easier-to-control-using-unrelated-muscles|2425728 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425938-march-2024-is-the-10th-consecutive-month-to-break-temperature-records/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 06:00:36 +0100 Every month since April 2023 has been the hottest on record, as climate continues its record-breaking streak 2425938-march-2024-is-the-10th-consecutive-month-to-break-temperature-records|2425938 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426062-eclipse-2024-5-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-total-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 00:26:22 +0100 On 8 April, a total solar eclipse passed over Mexico, the US and Canada – here are some of the most stunning images 2426062-eclipse-2024-5-of-the-best-pictures-of-the-total-solar-eclipse|2426062 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425737-dumping-green-sand-in-shallow-seas-could-let-them-absorb-more-co2/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Apr 2024 07:00:40 +0100 Releasing 1 gigatonne of ground-up olivine on coastal shelves each year could help lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, find researchers, but questions remain over the ecological impact 2425737-dumping-green-sand-in-shallow-seas-could-let-them-absorb-more-co2|2425737 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2426007-ai-pop-ups-can-help-you-stop-doomscrolling-on-your-phone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 20:05:27 +0100 An AI program can learn from smartphone users' behaviours in order to send timely pop-up reminders about when to close attention-grabbing apps. The system effectively reduced how often people opened apps such as TikTok 2426007-ai-pop-ups-can-help-you-stop-doomscrolling-on-your-phone|2426007 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2424636-the-ambitious-plans-to-study-the-sun-during-aprils-solar-eclipse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 28 Mar 2024 20:00:37 +0000 Solar scientists have been preparing for years for a 4-minute window, during the total solar eclipse on 8 April, in which they will study the sun's corona 2424636-the-ambitious-plans-to-study-the-sun-during-aprils-solar-eclipse|2424636 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425958-long-covid-linked-to-signs-of-ongoing-inflammatory-responses-in-blood/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 17:00:16 +0100 People with long covid after a serious covid-19 infection have raised levels of many immune molecules in their blood. Better understanding how these molecules can vary could lead to more targeted treatments 2425958-long-covid-linked-to-signs-of-ongoing-inflammatory-responses-in-blood|2425958 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425719-stone-age-blades-could-have-been-used-for-butchery-not-just-hunting/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:40:06 +0100 A modern butchery experiment using replicas of Stone Age tools raises new questions about how often prehistoric peoples hunted large animals such as bison or mammoths 2425719-stone-age-blades-could-have-been-used-for-butchery-not-just-hunting|2425719 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234853-900-banning-smartphones-is-tempting-but-it-wont-solve-anxiety-in-children/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Anxiety is on the rise in young people but we need to follow the science - and the causes aren't clearly linked to social media mg26234853-900-banning-smartphones-is-tempting-but-it-wont-solve-anxiety-in-children|2425322 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425704-when-is-the-next-total-solar-eclipse-visible-from-the-uk/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:00:50 +0100 The next time a total solar eclipse will be visible from the UK is decades away, but there are other places nearby that will experience one sooner 2425704-when-is-the-next-total-solar-eclipse-visible-from-the-uk|2425704 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2425779-cannabis-use-in-pregnancy-may-raise-childrens-risk-of-adhd-and-autism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:00:30 +0100 A study of more than 220,000 people found that cannabis use during pregnancy was associated with their children having roughly twice the risk of ADHD, autism and intellectual disability 2425779-cannabis-use-in-pregnancy-may-raise-childrens-risk-of-adhd-and-autism|2425779 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234852-500-how-science-can-help-you-bake-a-delicious-vegan-carrot-cake/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Unlike some sponges, making a vegan version of carrot cake is easy – if you add a little science, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan mg26234852-500-how-science-can-help-you-bake-a-delicious-vegan-carrot-cake|2424810 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234852-300-five-scientific-ways-to-help-reduce-feelings-of-anxiety/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0100 There are several evidence-backed ways of calming an anxious mind – from eating specific foods to adding certain exercises to your routine mg26234852-300-five-scientific-ways-to-help-reduce-feelings-of-anxiety|2424808 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234852-400-how-the-infamous-pitcairn-island-became-a-model-of-ocean-conservation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 01 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Pitcairn Island, one of the remotest places on Earth, was once home to mutineers. Today it’s a trailblazer in biodiversity protection with lessons for us all mg26234852-400-how-the-infamous-pitcairn-island-became-a-model-of-ocean-conservation|2424809 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234852-100-what-is-eco-anxiety-and-how-can-we-overcome-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Eco-anxiety is common around the world, especially among young people, and while the symptoms are the same as anxiety, the way to reduce them is not mg26234852-100-what-is-eco-anxiety-and-how-can-we-overcome-it|2424806 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234851-400-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-gorgeous-remake-of-an-eco-conscious-classic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100 This is the latest in an expanded remake of a classic environmentally aware game from 1997. In addition to stunning new graphics, the game's ideas now resonate even more strongly, says Jacob Aron mg26234851-400-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-gorgeous-remake-of-an-eco-conscious-classic|2424789 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234851-800-why-do-some-people-experience-anxiety-more-intensely-than-others/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 02 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0100 A new understanding of how our genes, environment, brain and gut interact is helping to explain differences in our disposition to anxiety mg26234851-800-why-do-some-people-experience-anxiety-more-intensely-than-others|2424803