• X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A flexible fabric called X-Wear could replace some parts of medical scanners, which would make taking X-rays and CT scans far more comfortable and convenient
  • Mathematicians create a tetrahedron that always lands on the same side
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    With the help of powerful computers, researchers discovered a four-sided shape that naturally rests on one side, and built a real-life version from carbon fibre and tungsten
  • The bold plan to save a vital ocean current with giant parachutes
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Large sea anchors could be used to drag water under a bold plan to keep the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation moving – but some experts are sceptical
  • These 545-million-year-old fossil trails just rewrote the story of evolution
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient trace fossils, researchers uncovered...
  • Our verdict on The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley: A thumbs up
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Culture editor Alison Flood rounds up the New Scientist Book Club's take on our latest read, a time-travelling romance
  • Read an extract from Adam Roberts’s far future-set Lake of Darkness
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    In this passage from near the opening of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we are given an insight into how deep-space travel works in Adam Roberts’s universe
  • Why Adam Roberts set out to write a sci-fi utopia, not a dystopia
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    The author of Lake of Darkness, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, on why, in a world awash with fictional dystopias, he set out to write the opposite
  • Mystery fireball spotted plummeting to Earth over the US
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    There have been hundreds of reports of sightings of a “fireball” in the skies over the southern US – it may have been a meteor breaking up as it falls through Earth’s atmosphere
  • Ash trees are rapidly evolving some resistance to ash dieback disease
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has been wiping out ash trees across Europe
  • Deep sleep seems to lead to more eureka moments
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    After a nap, people who entered the second stage of sleep were more likely to spot a solution to a problem than those who slept lightly or not at all
  • These rocks are probably the last remains of Earth's early crust
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a compelling case that it does
  • Nearly a third of Tuvaluans have applied for climate migration visa
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    With their country threatened by sea level rise, the people of Tuvalu have been offered an escape route through an agreement with Australia, and many are contemplating leaving their home
  • Extreme winter weather isn’t down to a wavier jet stream
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    The recent erratic behaviour of the polar jet stream isn't out of the ordinary, researchers have found by compiling data from the past 125 years
  • Can these endangered lizards beat the heat? Scientists test bold relocation plan
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking in a warming, drying homeland, so Flinders University scientists have tried a bold fix—move it. Three separate populations were shifted from the parched north to cooler, greener...
  • New test unmasks illegal elephant ivory disguised as mammoth
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    Poachers are using a sneaky loophole to bypass the international ivory trade ban—by passing off illegal elephant ivory as legal mammoth ivory. Since the two types look deceptively similar, law enforcement struggles to tell them apart,...
  • What sleep scientists recommend doing to fall asleep more easily
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Helping yourself get to sleep isn’t just about avoiding screens before bedtime. From cognitive shuffling to sleep-restriction therapy, columnist Helen Thomson finds out what actually works
  • Independent estimate of Gaza deaths is higher than official figures
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A study based on household surveys suggests that from October 2023 to January 2025, around 75,000 people in Gaza died violent deaths, while Gaza's health ministry estimates 46,000 for the same period
  • Ancient mammoth-tusk boomerang is twice as old as we thought
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A boomerang discovered in a Polish cave was originally dated as 18,000 years old, but it may have been contaminated by preservation materials. A new estimate suggests the mammoth-ivory artefact is 40,000 years old
  • Gastric bypass surgery may cut the risk of bowel cancer
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Weight-loss surgery seems to lower the risk of colorectal cancer by changing where bile acids enter the small intestine, raising the possibility of developing treatments that mimic these effects
  • Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    It is uncanny how human fears about robots mirror those about immigrants. But maybe they aren't out to take our jobs or destroy us all, says Annalee Newitz
  • Spiders that get eaten after sex are picky about mates. You don't say
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A study into a spider species in which the females are prone to eat the males after sex is welcomed into Feedback's new collection of self-evident scientific studies
  • Why climate change fades into the background – and how to change that
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    The public is tuning out the seemingly slow warming of the world, but it doesn't have to be that way, argue Grace Liu and Rachit Dubey
  • Spellbinding debut book explores the marvels of our brains
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Neurologist Pria Anand recounts curious tales of the workings of the human mind in an elegant debut that is being compared to the late, great Oliver Sacks
  • How might society react to babies with two genetic fathers?
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Mice created using genetic material from two sperm cells have gone on to have offspring off their own, but the prospect of one day using the technique in humans has potential to cause controversy
  • This daringly experimental thriller is a puzzle-lover's delight
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Packed with puzzles and narrative threads, Matt Wixey's novel Basilisk is an exhilarating read that is hard to put down
  • Dramatic Edward Burtynsky image shows stark desert divide
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    This shot by the acclaimed photographer, taken from a helicopter, is part of a new exhibition of his work at New York City's International Center of Photography
  • A new book reveals the deep flaws in our natural history museums
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Natural history museums teach us about our world, but they aren’t telling us the whole story, writes curator Jack Ashby in Nature's Memory
  • Cancer cells steal mitochondria from nerve cells to fuel their spread
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Cancer cells can acquire energy-generating structures called mitochondria from nearby nerve cells, which seems to aid their spread, a discovery that could lead to new treatments
  • New viruses discovered in bats in China could be the next pandemic threat
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly outbreaks in humans. Found in fruit bats near villages, these viruses may spread through urine-contaminated fruit,...
  • Generation Alpha's coded language makes online bullying hard to detect
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Adults and AI models fail to recognise messages with harmful intent expressed with Gen Alpha slang or memes, raising concerns about youngsters’ online safety
  • Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US
    Wednesday, June 25, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Since 1970, heart attack deaths have fallen almost 90 per cent in the US, though deaths from chronic heart conditions have significantly risen
  • Enigmatic lizards somehow survived near Chicxulub asteroid impact
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    The night lizards may have been the only terrestrial vertebrates that survived in the region of the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which led to the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs
  • Small and speedy dinosaur recognised as a new species
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Enigmacursor darted around North America in the Late Jurassic 145-150 million years ago and its skeleton now be on display in London’s Natural History Museum
  • Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Over the past 150 years, the rise in Caesarean sections and changes in diet could have led to smaller pelvises among women – which may make vaginal birth more difficult but could also reduce common conditions associated with childbirth
  • Leonardo da Vinci's 'helicopter' design could make drones quieter
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A simulation of the "aerial screw" designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1480 suggests it would use less power than modern drone rotors to generate the same lift, and make less noise too
  • Weird line of galaxies may have been created by a cosmic bullet
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    A high-speed crash between two dwarf galaxies might explain a unique feature in space – and provide useful information on dark matter
  • Killer whales use seaweed tools in never-before-seen grooming behavior
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    Southern resident killer whales have been caught on drone video crafting kelp tools to groom one another—an unprecedented behavior among marine mammals. This suggests a deeper social and cultural complexity in these endangered whales...
  • These frozen wolf cubs ate a woolly rhino—and changed what we know about dogs
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    Two Ice Age wolf pups once thought to be early dogs have been identified as wild wolves, thanks to detailed DNA and chemical analysis. Surprisingly, their last meals included woolly rhinoceros meat—an unusually large prey item—hinting...
  • Mining the deep could mute the songs of sperm whales
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from Endangered Animals News -- ScienceDaily
    Exploration for deep-sea minerals in the Clarion Clipperton Zone threatens to disrupt an unexpectedly rich ecosystem of whales and dolphins. New studies have detected endangered species in the area and warn that mining noise and sediment...
  • Earth is more sensitive to greenhouse gases than we thought
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Our climate seems to be more sensitive to greenhouse gas emissions than some researchers had hoped, meaning the world will have to up its decarbonisation efforts
  • Ancient people took wallabies to Indonesian islands in canoes
    Tuesday, June 24, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Humans established a wild population of brown forest wallabies in the Raja Ampat Islands thousands of years ago for their meat and fur in one of the earliest known species translocations
  • Mice with two fathers have their own offspring for the first time
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    We're a step closer to two men being able to have genetic children of their own after the creation of fertile mice by putting two sperm cells in an empty egg
  • Vera Rubin Observatory has already found thousands of new asteroids
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    In just 10 hours of observing the night sky, the powerful new telescope detected more than 2000 new asteroids, including a few that will pass near Earth
  • Orcas scrub each other clean with bits of kelp
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Drone footage has captured killer whales breaking off stalks of kelp and rubbing the pieces on other orcas, a rare case of tool use in marine animals
  • Stellar flares may hamper search for life in promising star system
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Astronomers have been trying to detect atmospheres on planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1, but bursts of radiation from the star make this challenging
  • Why physicists think geometry is the path to a theory of everything
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and they are a crucial tool for understanding reality
  • How the science of friendships can help make yours better
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    From acquaintances to besties, our relationships fall on a wide continuum. Research into the ingredients for meaningful and lasting connections can help you strengthen them
  • Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Geoengineering comes in many forms and the risks and potential benefits vary widely. But many researchers now feel it’s time to investigate this controversial idea
  • Ancient humans only evolved language once, but why?
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication
  • Why are the physical constants of the universe so perfect for life?
    Monday, June 23, 2025 from New Scientist - Endangered Species
    Conditions in our little pocket of the universe seem to be just right for life - and the much-debated anthropic principle forces us to wonder why
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