» Dietary changes relieve irritable bowel syndrome better than medicine
04/18/24 23:30 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Both a special diet that excludes “FODMAP” compounds and a low-carb high-fibre diet were effective

» Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water
04/18/24 19:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consuming less food and water

» Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
04/18/24 16:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been as long as 15 metres

» Jupiter's moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
04/18/24 14:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically active for its entire lifetime

» Quantum-proof encryption may not actually stop quantum hackers
04/18/24 10:31 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Particles move in beautiful patterns when they have ‘spatial memory’
04/18/24 10:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path twice produces stunningly complex patterns

» Ancient Maya burned their dead rulers to mark a new dynasty
04/18/24 00:01 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» What is cloud seeding and did it cause the floods in Dubai?
04/17/24 21:02 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Ancient marine reptile found on UK beach may be the largest ever
04/17/24 19:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert
04/17/24 19:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia

» Old-fashioned pessimism might actually help us fight climate change
04/17/24 18:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Negative thinking is unpopular but it could drive more realistic efforts to limit harm from global warming

» Why we need to change the way we think about exhaustion
04/17/24 18:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Skin-deep wounds can damage gut health in mice
04/17/24 17:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Intel reveals world's biggest 'brain-inspired' neuromorphic computer
04/17/24 16:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
A computer intended to mimic the way the brain processes and stores data could potentially improve the efficiency and capabilities of artificial intelligence models

» Turning plants blue with gene editing could make robot weeding easier
04/17/24 16:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» A cicada double brood is coming – it's less rare than you think
04/17/24 14:53 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Dusting farms with waste concrete could boost yields and lock up CO2
04/17/24 12:41 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Colonies of single-celled creatures could explain how embryos evolved
04/17/24 06:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Sleeping bumblebees can survive underwater for a week
04/17/24 00:01 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
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

» Starfish have hundreds of feet but no brain – here's how they move
04/16/24 16:00 from New Scientist - Latest Headlines
Starfish feet are coordinated purely through mechanical loading, enabling the animals to bounce rhythmically along the seabed without a central nervous system