快猫短视频 - Home / /build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png daily 1 /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 快猫短视频 Book Club鈥檚 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/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/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鈥檝e never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by bitcoin鈥檚 fate 鈥� 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 Erd艖s, 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/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/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 鈥� 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/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 鈥� and elsewhere 鈥� may have begun 2526959-how-a-radical-new-view-of-life-could-reveal-its-origin-and-aliens|2526959 /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鈥檛 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/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鈥� biggest goals and reveal the ultimate fuzziness of time 2526507-does-gravity-create-reality-a-shocking-path-to-a-theory-of-everything|2526507 /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 鈥� 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鈥檚 first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book鈥檚 gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach us in today鈥檚 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鈥檚 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鈥檚 unexpected news of a fifth movie for one of the most underrated sci-fi reboots. Hurray, says 快猫短视频 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聽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 Erd艖s, 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 鈥� 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 鈥� 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/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 expos茅 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 鈥� how about seeing them as fellow creatures? mg27035960-300-new-scientist-recommends-a-devastating-account-of-farming-honeybees|2526801 /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/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 /article/2527336-putting-co2-into-rocks-and-getting-hydrogen-out-is-climate-double-win/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 18:00:32 +0100 Storing carbon dioxide in rocks while producing hydrogen from them - and perhaps even geothermal power too - could be a double win on the climate front, and several groups are trying to make it happen 2527336-putting-co2-into-rocks-and-getting-hydrogen-out-is-climate-double-win|2527336 /article/2525708-intoxicating-and-astonishing-why-the-selfish-gene-almost-never-was/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:25 +0100 Fifty years ago, a draft of Richard Dawkins鈥檚 first book landed on book editor Michael Rodgers鈥檚 desk 鈥� and life was never the same 2525708-intoxicating-and-astonishing-why-the-selfish-gene-almost-never-was|2525708 /article/2527332-after-news-about-oliver-sackss-lies-we-revisit-his-best-loved-book/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 15:00:05 +0100 Last year, The New Yorker revealed the late Sacks's "guilt" about his 鈥渇alsification鈥� in The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat, but is this story about more than just the facts? 2527332-after-news-about-oliver-sackss-lies-we-revisit-his-best-loved-book|2527332 /article/2527282-we-may-finally-know-why-dinosaurs-like-t-rex-evolved-tiny-arms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 20 May 2026 01:01:19 +0100 Five different groups of predatory dinosaurs independently evolved disproportionately small arms, and it seems they did so because their heads became so large and powerful 2527282-we-may-finally-know-why-dinosaurs-like-t-rex-evolved-tiny-arms|2527282 /article/2527155-solar-farm-on-the-ocean-outperforms-land-based-solar-in-taiwan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 17:00:37 +0100 A solar farm in a tidal bay has generated more electricity and profits than a nearby coastal solar farm, but challenges could arise as floating solar moves further offshore 2527155-solar-farm-on-the-ocean-outperforms-land-based-solar-in-taiwan|2527155 /article/2526648-wind-assisted-cargo-ships-could-more-than-halve-shipping-emissions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 14:00:13 +0100 If wind-assisted cargo ships chose routes based entirely on where the winds are better, their fuel use could be cut in half or even completely eliminated 2526648-wind-assisted-cargo-ships-could-more-than-halve-shipping-emissions|2526648 /article/2527152-colossal-claims-an-artificial-eggshell-will-help-it-bring-back-the-moa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 13:09:59 +0100 Colossal Biosciences, the company that says it resurrected the dire wolf, now says it has developed artificial eggshells so it can replicate the huge eggs of the moa. Independent experts say this isn't nearly enough to bring back these giant birds 2527152-colossal-claims-an-artificial-eggshell-will-help-it-bring-back-the-moa|2527152 /article/2526616-odd-butterfly-molecule-could-lead-to-new-parts-of-the-quantum-realm/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:39 +0100 An exotic new molecule is shaped like a butterfly, complete with "wings" made from electrons. The discovery could provide a gateway to completely new parts of the quantum realm 2526616-odd-butterfly-molecule-could-lead-to-new-parts-of-the-quantum-realm|2526616 /article/2527125-the-future-of-robot-armies-is-here-and-its-not-what-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 10:00:42 +0100 Robots are becoming more a part of our lives every year, and worries about a robot army rising up have long plagued the technology. But columnist Annalee Newitz talks to nanobot researchers and finds out the real robot army could be a welcome solution to medical or environmental problems 2527125-the-future-of-robot-armies-is-here-and-its-not-what-you-think|2527125 /article/2527089-mystery-of-the-ancient-giant-stone-jars-of-laos-may-have-been-solved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 19 May 2026 01:01:23 +0100 In central Laos, the landscape is littered with enormous stone jars, some 3 metres high, and we may be closer to understanding how and when they were used 2527089-mystery-of-the-ancient-giant-stone-jars-of-laos-may-have-been-solved|2527089 /article/2526918-flotation-tanks-deployed-to-combat-ptsd-after-devastating-wildfires/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 18:00:00 +0100 Maui in Hawaii experienced some of the worst wildfires in US history in 2023. Amid concerns of a PTSD epidemic, flotation tanks are being deployed to the island to help restore people's mental health 2526918-flotation-tanks-deployed-to-combat-ptsd-after-devastating-wildfires|2526918 /article/2526751-what-is-love-even-a-meeting-on-the-subject-cant-find-the-answer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 17:00:19 +0100 快猫短视频s recently gathered for a conference called Love, Actually and in Theory, but didn't settle on a definition of the topic at hand 2526751-what-is-love-even-a-meeting-on-the-subject-cant-find-the-answer|2526751 /article/2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 11:00:26 +0100 The floating ice shelf of world鈥檚 widest glacier 鈥� Thwaites glacier in Antarctica 鈥� is detaching, with worrying implications for global sea-level rise 2526826-the-doomsday-glaciers-giant-ice-shelf-is-about-to-break-away|2526826 /article/2526684-the-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-protein-according-to-an-expert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 15:00:57 +0100 Why have so many people become fixated on protein? Donald Layman is one of the people behind the research showing the benefits of getting more protein in your diet, but he thinks things have gone too far and wants to set the record straight 2526684-the-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-protein-according-to-an-expert|2526684 /article/2527072-the-ebola-emergency-shines-a-light-on-the-urgent-need-for-new-vaccines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 14:11:15 +0100 A little-known strain of Ebola virus is behind an ongoing health emergency, prompting researchers to call for the acceleration of vaccine candidates against such infections 2527072-the-ebola-emergency-shines-a-light-on-the-urgent-need-for-new-vaccines|2527072 /article/2526726-your-body-clock-has-seasonal-rhythms-and-it-matters-for-vaccines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 13:00:51 +0100 We think of our body clock ticking over on a 24-hour cycle, but evidence is growing that it has seasonal rhythms, which could affect our response to vaccines 2526726-your-body-clock-has-seasonal-rhythms-and-it-matters-for-vaccines|2526726 /article/2526781-the-hidden-pockets-of-the-universe-where-the-future-can-cause-the-past/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:40 +0100 Inside some very special black holes, there may be a boundary called a Cauchy horizon. Columnist Leah Crane explores the place beyond which physics breaks and anything is possible 2526781-the-hidden-pockets-of-the-universe-where-the-future-can-cause-the-past|2526781 /article/2525037-why-autism-pioneer-uta-frith-wants-to-dismantle-the-spectrum/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:40 +0100 After a career spent grappling with the neural underpinnings of autism, Uta Frith is unwavering in her controversial call to scrap our current view of the condition and start again 2525037-why-autism-pioneer-uta-frith-wants-to-dismantle-the-spectrum|2525037 /article/2524831-can-cloud-seeding-save-us-from-water-bankruptcy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:18 +0100 We鈥檝e long tried to control the weather by engineering rainfall. Now such cloud-seeding efforts are escalating, creating conflict between countries and stoking conspiracy theories. But do they work? 2524831-can-cloud-seeding-save-us-from-water-bankruptcy|2524831 /article/2526663-himalayan-wolf-dog-hybrids-emerge-as-a-threat-to-wolves-and-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Sat, 16 May 2026 09:00:50 +0100 In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that could injure humans and outcompete other carnivores 2526663-himalayan-wolf-dog-hybrids-emerge-as-a-threat-to-wolves-and-people|2526663 /article/mg27035950-400-new-scientist-recommends-a-smart-new-account-of-human-exceptionalism/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Why did humans decide they weren't like other animals, or animals at all? Has this exceptionalism twisted us out of shape? Michael Bond's book Animate offers a page-turning account of where we are now mg27035950-400-new-scientist-recommends-a-smart-new-account-of-human-exceptionalism|2525827 /article/2524701-where-did-the-laws-of-physics-come-from-i-think-ive-found-the-answer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 11 May 2026 17:00:51 +0100 The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist Jo茫o Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal 2524701-where-did-the-laws-of-physics-come-from-i-think-ive-found-the-answer|2524701 /article/2526197-first-test-of-co2-removal-with-green-sand-finds-no-harm-to-marine-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 15 May 2026 16:41:05 +0100 Adding olivine to the ocean could remove CO2 from the atmosphere, and a pilot project in New York state found no signs of adverse effects on seafloor organisms 2526197-first-test-of-co2-removal-with-green-sand-finds-no-harm-to-marine-life|2526197 /article/2526402-spacex-is-about-to-launch-tallest-and-most-powerful-rocket-in-history/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 15 May 2026 16:00:23 +0100 A record-breaking new version of Starship, due to launch within days, could form the basis of NASA's ambitious Artemis programme that aims to put humans back on the moon as soon as 2028 2526402-spacex-is-about-to-launch-tallest-and-most-powerful-rocket-in-history|2526402 /article/2526785-cleaning-up-air-pollution-could-weaken-vital-amoc-ocean-current/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 15 May 2026 15:40:36 +0100 Global warming already threatens to destabilise the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, and new research shows that regional clean-air policies could reduce its strength further 2526785-cleaning-up-air-pollution-could-weaken-vital-amoc-ocean-current|2526785 /article/2526673-car-t-cell-therapy-bolstered-by-stiffening-up-cancer-cells-first/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 15 May 2026 11:00:45 +0100 CAR T-cell therapy has been hugely successful in treating certain types of tumours, and stiffening up cancer cells beforehand could make it even more effective 2526673-car-t-cell-therapy-bolstered-by-stiffening-up-cancer-cells-first|2526673 /article/mg27035952-800-science-doesnt-have-a-monopoly-on-good-ideas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Scientific disciplines often shy away from asking fundamental "what if" questions. But philosophy 鈥� if unencumbered by dogma or ideology 鈥� has much to offer evidence-based enquiry mg27035952-800-science-doesnt-have-a-monopoly-on-good-ideas|2526217 /article/mg27035952-400-new-scientist-recommends-visiting-the-blooming-corpse-flower-at-kew/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 The books, TV, games and more that 快猫短视频 staff have enjoyed this week mg27035952-400-new-scientist-recommends-visiting-the-blooming-corpse-flower-at-kew|2526116 /article/2526370-where-do-you-think-your-self-is-your-answer-is-revealing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 15 May 2026 10:00:47 +0100 People who imagine their self to reside in their head or their heart have different approaches to life. Columnist David Robson explores the benefits of learning to shift where you sense your self, and how this practice could improve your relationships and decision-making 2526370-where-do-you-think-your-self-is-your-answer-is-revealing|2526370 /article/2525477-shocking-turtle-photo-reveals-efforts-to-combat-illegal-wildlife-trade/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:42 +0100 Winner of an environmental photography award, this shot of a sea turtle seen under ultraviolet light shows how forensic evidence is being used to help catch poachers and animal traffickers 2525477-shocking-turtle-photo-reveals-efforts-to-combat-illegal-wildlife-trade|2525477 /article/2526201-vocal-fry-is-more-common-in-men-actually-find-scientists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 14 May 2026 16:40:59 +0100 The creaky noise known as vocal fry that people generally associate with young women 鈥� and some find irritating 鈥� is actually more common in men 2526201-vocal-fry-is-more-common-in-men-actually-find-scientists|2526201 /article/2526532-will-burying-dead-trees-after-a-wildfire-keep-their-carbon-locked-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:52 +0100 Partially burnt trees still standing after a wildfire are typically felled and burned, but a US start-up claims burying them instead will trap the carbon underground for centuries 2526532-will-burying-dead-trees-after-a-wildfire-keep-their-carbon-locked-up|2526532 /article/2526626-rebooting-stem-cells-builds-aged-muscles-and-assists-injury-recovery/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:21 +0100 Muscle stem cells, which are crucial for building new muscle, don鈥檛 work as well as we get older, but giving them an artificial boost could rejuvenate them 2526626-rebooting-stem-cells-builds-aged-muscles-and-assists-injury-recovery|2526626 /article/2526072-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-quantum-computers-from-an-expert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 14 May 2026 13:00:58 +0100 What use is a quantum computer? Perhaps both more and less than you think, according to quantum computing expert Shayan Majidy 2526072-3-things-you-need-to-know-about-quantum-computers-from-an-expert|2526072 /article/2526620-melting-of-greenland-ice-sheet-could-release-methane-fire-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:24 +0100 Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum 鈥� and scientists warn it could happen again 2526620-melting-of-greenland-ice-sheet-could-release-methane-fire-ice|2526620 /article/mg27035952-300-suzanne-simard-on-the-wood-wide-web-connectedness-and-avatar/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 Rowan Hooper met ecologist Suzanne Simard under an oak tree in Kew Gardens, London, to talk about her new book, criticism of her work, and getting a call from James Cameron's people mg27035952-300-suzanne-simard-on-the-wood-wide-web-connectedness-and-avatar|2526115 /article/2526440-neanderthals-treated-a-dental-cavity-by-drilling-into-the-tooth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 20:00:51 +0100 A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry began at least 59,000 years ago 2526440-neanderthals-treated-a-dental-cavity-by-drilling-into-the-tooth|2526440 /article/2526362-arctic-fires-are-releasing-carbon-stored-for-thousands-of-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 19:00:20 +0100 A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed 2526362-arctic-fires-are-releasing-carbon-stored-for-thousands-of-years|2526362 /article/2526328-asteroid-set-to-fly-very-close-to-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 17:08:59 +0100 Asteroid 2026JH2 has enough mass to wipe out a city and will zoom past Earth next week 2526328-asteroid-set-to-fly-very-close-to-earth|2526328 /article/2526391-ancient-teeth-hint-at-links-between-denisovans-and-homo-erectus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:26 +0100 Six teeth roughly 400,000 years old have yielded some of the first ancient proteins thought to belong to Homo erectus, providing molecular clues to their relationships with other hominins 2526391-ancient-teeth-hint-at-links-between-denisovans-and-homo-erectus|2526391 /article/2525693-natural-sunscreen-found-in-fish-eggs-can-be-made-by-e-coli-factories/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 17:00:04 +0100 Genetically altered bacteria can synthesise gadusol, a naturally occurring compound found in zebrafish eggs that could be developed as an alternative to existing sunscreen products that can harm marine life 2525693-natural-sunscreen-found-in-fish-eggs-can-be-made-by-e-coli-factories|2525693 /article/2526397-new-rules-confirm-public-has-a-right-to-see-how-uk-government-uses-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 13 May 2026 13:00:25 +0100 Government departments and other public bodies in the UK must consider requests to release information about AI-produced content, regulators have confirmed. The move follows a successful request by 快猫短视频 for the release of a minister's ChatGPT logs 2526397-new-rules-confirm-public-has-a-right-to-see-how-uk-government-uses-ai|2526397 /article/2526084-pcos-has-been-officially-renamed-pmos-and-its-a-momentous-move/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:06 +0100 PCOS will now be known as PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and for Alice Klein, who has the condition, it's been a long time coming 2526084-pcos-has-been-officially-renamed-pmos-and-its-a-momentous-move|2526084 /article/2526051-why-do-particle-physicists-like-spending-time-in-fields/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 12 May 2026 11:00:00 +0100 The concept of a field plays a key role in particle physics, but what exactly is it? From its origins in the study of magnetism to the quantum fields of today, columnist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein goes exploring 2526051-why-do-particle-physicists-like-spending-time-in-fields|2526051 /article/2525921-carbon-credits-are-flawed-but-they-can-still-help-save-forests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 12 May 2026 13:00:42 +0100 Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit developers claim, according to a rigorous analysis 2525921-carbon-credits-are-flawed-but-they-can-still-help-save-forests|2525921 /article/2526136-a-new-tectonic-plate-boundary-could-be-forming-in-southern-africa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 12 May 2026 06:00:17 +0100 Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth鈥檚 mantle, a sign of a rupture in the tectonic plates and the possible beginning of a new continental boundary 2526136-a-new-tectonic-plate-boundary-could-be-forming-in-southern-africa|2526136 /article/2526004-the-story-of-the-first-human-tool-the-humble-container/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 11 May 2026 19:00:56 +0100 An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 years ago. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how slings, ostrich eggs and wooden trays helped our ancestors survive 2526004-the-story-of-the-first-human-tool-the-humble-container|2526004 /article/2526029-can-floating-data-centres-meet-ais-huge-energy-demand/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 11 May 2026 19:00:13 +0100 A US start-up is putting autonomous data centres in the ocean, powered by wave energy, but experts warn that the harsh environment could make maintenance challenging 2526029-can-floating-data-centres-meet-ais-huge-energy-demand|2526029 /article/2525923-huge-study-of-ancient-british-dna-reveals-only-minor-roman-influence/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 11 May 2026 13:00:50 +0100 Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island鈥檚 ancestry 2525923-huge-study-of-ancient-british-dna-reveals-only-minor-roman-influence|2525923 /article/mg27035941-200-david-attenborough-is-one-of-a-kind-for-better-or-worse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 06 May 2026 19:00:00 +0100 People often ask who might replace the nature broadcaster, who turns 100 this week. The truth is that he鈥檚 irreplaceable, but a wide range of voices are attempting to fill his shoes. mg27035941-200-david-attenborough-is-one-of-a-kind-for-better-or-worse|2525394 /article/2523875-red-light-therapy-does-have-health-benefits-but-not-the-ones-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 06 May 2026 17:00:51 +0100 Red-light therapy promises to treat everything from acne and hair loss to depression and chronic pain. Many of these claims are overhyped, but聽evidence聽suggests it can have healing powers 2523875-red-light-therapy-does-have-health-benefits-but-not-the-ones-you-think|2523875 /article/2525802-tiny-metajets-could-use-light-to-steer-sails-for-interstellar-travel/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Sun, 10 May 2026 08:00:11 +0100 Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails, helping them travel beyond the solar system 2525802-tiny-metajets-could-use-light-to-steer-sails-for-interstellar-travel|2525802 /article/2523438-the-50-year-quest-to-create-a-quantum-spin-liquid-may-finally-be-over/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 05 May 2026 17:00:58 +0100 Creating quantum entanglement inside a solid material is tricky in the lab 鈥� but crystals buried in the earth could be growing it naturally. Now one scientist says he has proof he鈥檚 found them 2523438-the-50-year-quest-to-create-a-quantum-spin-liquid-may-finally-be-over|2523438 /article/2525773-there-has-been-a-sudden-increase-in-the-rate-of-sea-level-rise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 08 May 2026 15:08:55 +0100 Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming 2525773-there-has-been-a-sudden-increase-in-the-rate-of-sea-level-rise|2525773