• The Australia-Tuvalu climate migration treaty is a drop in the ocean
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Australia has offered a lifeline to the people of Tuvalu, whose island is threatened by rising sea levels. But the deal comes with strings attached – and there will be millions more climate migrants in need of refuge by 2050
  • New Horizons images enable first test of interstellar navigation
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    By looking at the shifting of stars in photos from the New Horizons probe, astronomers have calculated its position in the galaxy – a technique that could be useful for interstellar missions
  • Vegan cheese could be about to get a lot closer to the real thing
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    A key milk protein for making cheese and yoghurt has been produced in bacteria for the first time, paving the way for better tasting but more sustainable animal-free products
  • An ancient Egyptian's complete genome has been read for the first time
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    The genome of a man who lived in Egypt over 4500 years ago offers a new window on the ancient society and hints at connections with Mesopotamia
  • You’ve been sold a giant myth when it comes to improving your health
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Diet and exercise will only get you so far, but there is a magic bullet that could make us all live longer, says professor of global public health Devi Sridhar
  • Interstellar visitor spotted hurtling through the solar system
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    An object thought to have come from another star has been seen entering the solar system at high speed, and is expected to whip around the sun in the coming months
  • Stunning image of a supernova reveals a dead star that exploded twice
    Wednesday, July 2, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Pictures of a distant supernova remnant show two concentric rings, providing clear evidence that exploding white dwarf stars go boom twice in the blink of an eye
  • Ancient DNA reveals make-up of Roman Empire’s favourite sauce
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a fish sauce, often known as garum, eaten throughout the Roman Empire
  • Breaking the laws of thermal radiation could make better solar cells
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    It is possible to make a material absorb more radiation than it has to re-emit, violating the laws of physics in a way that could make energy-harvesting devices more efficient
  • A crucial methane-tracking satellite has died in orbit
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Operators lost contact with the MethaneSAT satellite on 20 June, a significant blow to efforts to track – and stop – methane emissions
  • Where does time actually come from?
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    The arrow of time can teach us more about how the universe began – and how it will end, says quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
  • Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out
  • A Neanderthal-shaped skull may explain why some people get headaches
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by DNA inherited from archaic humans
  • Shrinking Antarctic sea ice is warming the ocean faster than expected
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife
  • Protocells self-assembling on micrometeorites hint at origins of life
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Micrometeorites are thought to shower down on planets throughout the universe, so the discovery that they help protocells form could tell us something about the chances of life elsewhere
  • The best new science fiction books of July 2025
    Tuesday, July 1, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    From Austin Taylor to Nadia Afifi, there is lots to look forward to in the sci-fi out this month - including a novel which might be our culture editor Alison Flood's pick of the year so far
  • Polycystic ovary syndrome may be passed on via chemical tags on DNA
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Eggs and embryos from people with polycystic ovary syndrome have altered patterns of so-called epigenetic tags, which could explain how the condition is inherited
  • Typos and slang spur AI to discourage seeking medical care
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    AI models change their medical recommendations when people ask them questions that include colourful language, typos, odd formatting and even gender-neutral pronouns
  • Orcas are bringing humans gifts – what does it mean?
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Researchers have documented orcas seemingly gifting rays, seals and fish to scientists and divers, which could suggest they have theory of mind and engage in altruism – even across species
  • Single antiviral shot could offer better protection than flu vaccines
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    A long-lasting formulation of an antiviral drug greatly reduced people’s risk of a symptomatic flu infection in a trial, and should even be effective against new strains
  • The remarkable tale of how humans nearly didn’t conquer the world
    Monday, June 30, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why
  • Altered gut microbiome linked to fertility issues in people with PCOS
    Sunday, June 29, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    People with PCOS who struggle to conceive tend to have lower levels of a gut microbe that has been linked to endometrial function
  • Buried for 23,000 years: These footprints are rewriting American history
    Sunday, June 29, 2025 from ScienceDaily: Origin of Life News
    Footprints found in the ancient lakebeds of White Sands may prove that humans lived in North America 23,000 years ago — much earlier than previously believed. A new study using radiocarbon-dated mud bolsters earlier findings, making it...
  • X-ray boosting fabric could make mammograms less painful
    Friday, June 27, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 Anthropology 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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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
  • Tapping into the world's largest gold reserves
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Anthropology News -- ScienceDaily
    Deep beneath our feet, the Earth holds a hidden treasure trove of gold and rare metals more than 99.999% of it locked away in the planet s core. But a surprising new discovery in Hawaiian lava is shaking up what scientists thought they...
  • Extreme winter weather isn’t down to a wavier jet stream
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    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
  • Scientists finally know why early human migrations out of Africa failed
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Human Evolution News -- ScienceDaily
    New research reveals why early human attempts to leave Africa repeatedly failed—until one group succeeded spectacularly around 50,000 years ago. Scientists discovered that before this successful migration, humans began using a much...
  • Farming without famine: Ancient Andean innovation rewrites agricultural origins
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Anthropology News -- ScienceDaily
    Farming didn t emerge in the Andes due to crisis or scarcity it was a savvy and resilient evolution. Ancient diets remained stable for millennia, blending wild and domesticated foods while cultural innovations like trade and ceramics...
  • This team tried to cross 140 miles of treacherous ocean like stone-age humans—and it worked
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Human Evolution News -- ScienceDaily
    Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes from northern Taiwan and steering southeast toward Okinawa. A modern crew proved it, carving a Stone-Age-style...
  • What sleep scientists recommend doing to fall asleep more easily
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from New Scientist - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    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 - Evolution
    Packed with puzzles and narrative threads, Matt Wixey's novel Basilisk is an exhilarating read that is hard to put down
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