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/mg26335010-300-a-skilful-primer-makes-sense-of-the-mathematics-beneath-ais-hood/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Anil Ananthaswamy's Why Machines Learn: The elegant maths behind modern AI explores the mechanics of the AI revolution, but doesn't examine its ethics mg26335010-300-a-skilful-primer-makes-sense-of-the-mathematics-beneath-ais-hood|2440475 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2441154-why-many-studies-wrongly-claim-its-healthy-to-drink-a-little-alcohol/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 25 Jul 2024 07:00:03 +0100 It is becoming clear that any amount of alcohol is harmful, so why do so many studies claim that moderate drinking could help you live longer? 2441154-why-many-studies-wrongly-claim-its-healthy-to-drink-a-little-alcohol|2441154 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440864-early-humans-began-wiping-out-elephant-relatives-1-8-million-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:46 +0100 Elephant-like species started going extinct faster when early humans evolved, and the rate of extinction rose even higher when modern humans appeared 2440864-early-humans-began-wiping-out-elephant-relatives-1-8-million-years-ago|2440864 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440922-lunar-samples-reveal-exactly-when-the-moons-largest-crater-formed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:00:23 +0100 By analysing lunar samples from NASA's Apollo missions, researchers calculated exactly when – and why – the moon was once covered with magma 2440922-lunar-samples-reveal-exactly-when-the-moons-largest-crater-formed|2440922 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335012-400-were-ignoring-easy-ways-to-encourage-children-to-be-physically-active/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Events like the Olympics and Paralympics can be inspiring. But to get more kids moving, we need to address the "enjoyment gap" by shifting the emphasis from competitive sport to activity and play mg26335012-400-were-ignoring-easy-ways-to-encourage-children-to-be-physically-active|2440928 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335012-200-how-much-exercise-do-children-really-need-and-what-type/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Better fitness in children is linked to better cognition and health in later life, but the majority in the US and UK don't get nearly enough. Here's what parents can do mg26335012-200-how-much-exercise-do-children-really-need-and-what-type|2440627 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440823-jurassic-fossils-show-modern-mammals-grow-faster-than-ancient-ones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:00:11 +0100 The 166-million-year-old fossils of an adult and a juvenile of the same extinct mammal species reveal that they had longer "childhoods" and lifespans than similar species today 2440823-jurassic-fossils-show-modern-mammals-grow-faster-than-ancient-ones|2440823 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440976-trees-have-an-extra-climate-benefit-thanks-to-methane-eating-microbes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:00:10 +0100 Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is converted to CO2 by microbes in tree bark, meaning trees are even better for the climate than we thought 2440976-trees-have-an-extra-climate-benefit-thanks-to-methane-eating-microbes|2440976 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335012-000-how-fast-do-we-get-out-of-shape-and-is-there-a-way-to-slow-the-loss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:00:00 +0100 When we take a break from exercise, it can feel like we quickly go back to square one. But this isn't the case, and there are various ways to minimise the decline mg26335012-000-how-fast-do-we-get-out-of-shape-and-is-there-a-way-to-slow-the-loss|2440625 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440886-we-may-finally-know-how-the-placebo-effect-relieves-pain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 15:33:20 +0100 A brain circuit discovered in mice could explain why placebo treatments ease pain in people 2440886-we-may-finally-know-how-the-placebo-effect-relieves-pain|2440886 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2441002-moon-bases-will-need-to-be-3-metres-underground-to-avoid-radiation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:37:55 +0100 To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will need to be built several metres under the surface or inside caves or lava tubes 2441002-moon-bases-will-need-to-be-3-metres-underground-to-avoid-radiation|2441002 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440314-ai-can-predict-tipping-points-for-systems-from-forests-to-power-grids/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:00:34 +0100 Combining two neural networks has helped researchers predict potentially disastrous collapses in complex systems, such as financial crashes or power blackouts 2440314-ai-can-predict-tipping-points-for-systems-from-forests-to-power-grids|2440314 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440993-komodo-dragons-have-teeth-capped-with-a-layer-of-iron/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 12:55:22 +0100 An orange layer on the tips of Komodo dragons’ teeth may give the enamel extra strength for ripping apart their prey 2440993-komodo-dragons-have-teeth-capped-with-a-layer-of-iron|2440993 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440445-physicists-may-now-have-a-way-to-make-element-120-the-heaviest-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 23:00:03 +0100 A method that helped create two atoms of the rare, super-heavy element livermorium may pave the way towards making the hypothetical element 120 2440445-physicists-may-now-have-a-way-to-make-element-120-the-heaviest-ever|2440445 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440663-collision-between-boat-and-basking-shark-captured-by-camera-tag/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 09:00:52 +0100 Researchers are calling for greater protection for basking sharks after a camera on a tagged shark recorded a collision for the first time 2440663-collision-between-boat-and-basking-shark-captured-by-camera-tag|2440663 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440715-neanderthal-cooking-skills-put-to-the-test-with-birds-and-stone-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 24 Jul 2024 06:00:47 +0100 In an effort to understand ancient Neanderthal food preparation techniques, researchers butchered five wild birds using flint stone tools and roasted them 2440715-neanderthal-cooking-skills-put-to-the-test-with-birds-and-stone-tools|2440715 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440825-could-we-set-uranus-on-fire-to-steal-its-hidden-diamonds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:04:30 +0100 It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could reveal a possible stash of gems – in this episode of Dead Planets Society, the hosts reveal a relatively simpler technique to rob the ice giant 2440825-could-we-set-uranus-on-fire-to-steal-its-hidden-diamonds|2440825 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440785-can-solar-panels-designed-for-space-boost-clean-energy-on-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:00:37 +0100 Efficient solar panels have helped make solar power the cheapest form of energy on the planet, and new designs based on space-age technology are going further 2440785-can-solar-panels-designed-for-space-boost-clean-energy-on-earth|2440785 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335011-800-why-slow-running-could-be-even-more-beneficial-than-running-fast/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 18:00:00 +0100 The slow-running movement, in which people meet for unhurried jogs, is booming – but don't be fooled into thinking that if there's no pain, there's no gain mg26335011-800-why-slow-running-could-be-even-more-beneficial-than-running-fast|2440623 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335011-700-if-your-gym-instructor-is-an-ipad-what-is-lost-and-gained/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:30:00 +0100 When your gym class is online at home, you don't necessarily need to miss out on the benefits that come from exercising in-person with others mg26335011-700-if-your-gym-instructor-is-an-ipad-what-is-lost-and-gained|2440622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439917-robot-dog-can-stifle-weeds-by-blasting-them-with-a-blowtorch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 16:00:52 +0100 A Spot robot equipped with a blowtorch can locate weeds on farms and precisely heat them up to stop them growing, offering a possible alternative to herbicides 2439917-robot-dog-can-stifle-weeds-by-blasting-them-with-a-blowtorch|2439917 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335011-600-what-is-the-optimal-amount-of-exercise-and-how-much-is-too-much/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 15:35:00 +0100 When it comes to exercise, more isn't necessarily better – and we're now discovering the ideal dose for better health mg26335011-600-what-is-the-optimal-amount-of-exercise-and-how-much-is-too-much|2440621 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440531-how-diseases-like-smallpox-survived-long-ocean-voyages/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:00:41 +0100 Modern mathematical tools reveal the conditions pathogens needed to remain active in a ship’s population for the duration of a historical journey 2440531-how-diseases-like-smallpox-survived-long-ocean-voyages|2440531 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440258-hundreds-of-greenlands-glacial-lakes-have-burst-since-2008/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 22:00:42 +0100 Using satellite data, researchers identified hundreds of glacial lakes in Greenland that flooded their frozen shores over the past decade – helping speed up global sea level rise 2440258-hundreds-of-greenlands-glacial-lakes-have-burst-since-2008|2440258 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440552-universes-missing-matter-may-be-explained-by-galaxies-leaking-gas/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:08:19 +0100 The gas that surrounds galaxies appears to be more spread out than previously thought – and this could help solve a mystery over missing matter 2440552-universes-missing-matter-may-be-explained-by-galaxies-leaking-gas|2440552 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440003-from-pearl-jam-to-dolly-parton-how-musicians-tempos-change-over-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:00:43 +0100 The tempo of the songs released by artists changes as they age, according to a study of more than 200 musicians with careers spanning over 20 years 2440003-from-pearl-jam-to-dolly-parton-how-musicians-tempos-change-over-time|2440003 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440433-when-is-the-best-time-to-exercise-to-get-the-most-from-your-workout/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:00:14 +0100 There may be ways to work with your body’s natural daily and monthly cycles to get the maximum benefits from workouts and avoid injury 2440433-when-is-the-best-time-to-exercise-to-get-the-most-from-your-workout|2440433 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439849-google-ai-slashes-computer-power-needed-for-weather-forecasts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:21 +0100 A weather and climate model that fuses artificial intelligence and physics simulations can match state-of-the-art performance while slashing the required computer power, say Google researchers 2439849-google-ai-slashes-computer-power-needed-for-weather-forecasts|2439849 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440422-the-remarkable-science-backed-ways-to-get-fit-as-fast-as-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:14 +0100 A better understanding of what happens to our bodies when we get fitter can unlock ways to speed up the journey – and it might be simpler than you think 2440422-the-remarkable-science-backed-ways-to-get-fit-as-fast-as-possible|2440422 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440460-shock-discovery-reveals-deep-sea-nodules-are-a-source-of-oxygen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:12 +0100 Sea-floor nodules raise oxygen levels in the deep ocean, suggesting they may have a valuable role in ecosystems and adding to concerns about the impact of deep-sea mining 2440460-shock-discovery-reveals-deep-sea-nodules-are-a-source-of-oxygen|2440460 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440299-chimps-respond-to-each-other-at-a-pace-similar-to-human-conversation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:10 +0100 Humans and chimpanzees both take part in rapid social exchanges, suggesting some foundational principles of language may have evolved earlier than previously thought 2440299-chimps-respond-to-each-other-at-a-pace-similar-to-human-conversation|2440299 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440388-chinese-nuclear-reactor-is-completely-meltdown-proof/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 17:56:39 +0100 The first ever full-scale demonstration of a nuclear reactor designed to passively cool itself in an emergency was a success, showing that it should be possible to build nuclear plants without the risk of dangerous meltdown 2440388-chinese-nuclear-reactor-is-completely-meltdown-proof|2440388 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335000-700-how-to-make-a-perfect-baked-alaska-its-all-about-thermodynamics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Getting this delicious cooked ice-cream dessert right requires a little bit of science know-how to avoid a melted disaster, says Catherine de Lange mg26335000-700-how-to-make-a-perfect-baked-alaska-its-all-about-thermodynamics|2439502 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335000-100-why-midlife-is-the-perfect-time-to-take-control-of-your-future-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The lifestyle choices you make in middle age play a particularly important role in how your brain ages mg26335000-100-why-midlife-is-the-perfect-time-to-take-control-of-your-future-health|2439435 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335002-400-would-you-resurrect-a-dead-loved-one-with-ai-asks-a-new-documentary/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 The extraordinary film Eternal You probes the power of "grief technologies" – boosted by AI – to generate credible simulations of the dead, says Simon Ings mg26335002-400-would-you-resurrect-a-dead-loved-one-with-ai-asks-a-new-documentary|2439670 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335002-500-how-incredibly-simple-tech-can-supercharge-the-race-to-net-zero/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 To even out the intermittent power supply from wind and solar, we need to build vast energy storage facilities. It turns out the best solution might be cheap, simple ideas like heating bricks and lifting weights mg26335002-500-how-incredibly-simple-tech-can-supercharge-the-race-to-net-zero|2439671 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440364-covid-19-hit-women-harder-than-men-in-india-unlike-most-of-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 20:00:47 +0100 A new analysis of deaths during the covid-19 pandemic estimates that women and those in certain minority groups experienced the greatest declines in life expectancy 2440364-covid-19-hit-women-harder-than-men-in-india-unlike-most-of-the-world|2440364 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440317-zombie-galaxy-came-back-to-life-after-20-million-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 18:08:58 +0100 Galaxies that stop making stars don’t usually start up again, but now we’ve seen one wake from the dead for the first time – and it may explain what we’ve got wrong about galaxies in the early universe 2440317-zombie-galaxy-came-back-to-life-after-20-million-years|2440317 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440087-how-to-unsnarl-a-tangle-of-threads-according-to-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 18:44:39 +0100 A jiggling robot has revealed the ideal vibrating speed to free jumbled fibres 2440087-how-to-unsnarl-a-tangle-of-threads-according-to-physics|2440087 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440305-green-belts-around-cities-help-keep-them-cool/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 14:08:05 +0100 Areas of rural countryside around cities are intended to prevent urban sprawl, but can also influence the climate within cities - and now researchers have quantified this cooling effect 2440305-green-belts-around-cities-help-keep-them-cool|2440305 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440319-windows-computers-around-the-world-are-failing-in-a-major-outage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 10:23:16 +0100 An update to a piece of software called CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor appears to be negatively affecting Windows computers worldwide, with banks, airports, broadcasters and more finding that devices display a "blue screen of death" instead of booting up 2440319-windows-computers-around-the-world-are-failing-in-a-major-outage|2440319 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335000-300-take-a-look-behind-the-scenes-at-the-worlds-largest-fusion-experiment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Photographer Enrico Sacchetti captures the power and potential of ITER, an international nuclear fusion experiment currently under construction in southern France mg26335000-300-take-a-look-behind-the-scenes-at-the-worlds-largest-fusion-experiment|2439489 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335004-100-an-entertaining-history-of-gases-shows-science-at-work-in-daily-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 From laughing gas and whipped cream to compressed air and bicycles, Mark Miodownik's new book It’s a Gas lives up to its title by revealing just how much science is woven into the everyday mg26335004-100-an-entertaining-history-of-gases-shows-science-at-work-in-daily-life|2439871 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440151-new-species-of-portuguese-man-o-war-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 19 Jul 2024 07:00:04 +0100 Genetic analysis shows that there are four varieties of Portuguese man o’ war, or bluebottle, including an Antipodean species that has yet to be named 2440151-new-species-of-portuguese-man-o-war-discovered-in-the-tasman-sea|2440151 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439766-retinols-anti-ageing-effects-may-work-by-changing-your-skin-microbes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 19:00:16 +0100 Retinol, which is commonly added to anti-ageing skincare products, may improve hydration by interacting with bacteria on the skin 2439766-retinols-anti-ageing-effects-may-work-by-changing-your-skin-microbes|2439766 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440012-are-animals-conscious-were-finally-realising-that-many-species-are/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 10:00:19 +0100 Science is at last confirming what many people have long suspected - that mammals, birds and perhaps some invertebrates have elements of consciousness 2440012-are-animals-conscious-were-finally-realising-that-many-species-are|2440012 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440243-nasas-cancelled-moon-rover-calls-2026-crewed-landing-into-question/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:43:11 +0100 The VIPER moon rover was due to launch in 2025 but NASA has suddenly cancelled it, citing budgetary issues, despite the spacecraft being fully built 2440243-nasas-cancelled-moon-rover-calls-2026-crewed-landing-into-question|2440243 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440207-why-the-uk-was-so-ill-prepared-for-the-covid-19-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:22:47 +0100 The UK had no plans for preventing or limiting the spread of a covid-19-like infection because it assumed the next pandemic would be caused by an unstoppable flu virus, an inquiry into the outbreak has revealed 2440207-why-the-uk-was-so-ill-prepared-for-the-covid-19-pandemic|2440207 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439560-planes-are-under-attack-from-gps-jamming-can-we-find-a-fix/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 18:00:50 +0100 GPS jamming and spoofing has begun to affect transatlantic flights. Now the race is on to develop alternative ways of navigating 2439560-planes-are-under-attack-from-gps-jamming-can-we-find-a-fix|2439560 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439800-anti-inflammatory-drug-extended-the-lifespan-of-mice-by-20-per-cent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:00:32 +0100 A drug that inhibits inflammation helped mice live longer and reduced the animals’ incidence of cancer and age-related health problems 2439800-anti-inflammatory-drug-extended-the-lifespan-of-mice-by-20-per-cent|2439800 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335000-200-could-we-share-dreams-by-synchronising-rem-sleep/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Time travelling to the middle of the 21st century, Rowan Hooper discovers scientists have developed a method of shared dreaming. Here's how it changes the world mg26335000-200-could-we-share-dreams-by-synchronising-rem-sleep|2439488 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2438951-is-sharing-your-smartphone-pin-part-of-a-healthy-relationship/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:57:55 +0100 Smartphones contain some of our most intimate data, but are you willing to share it with your most intimate partner? A survey has revealed that 51 per cent of people are happy to give their PIN to their partner, but other forms of data sharing are less agreeable 2438951-is-sharing-your-smartphone-pin-part-of-a-healthy-relationship|2438951 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439884-many-people-think-ai-is-already-sentient-and-thats-a-big-problem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 12:00:23 +0100 A survey of people in the US has revealed the widespread belief that artificial intelligence models are already self-aware, which is very far from the truth 2439884-many-people-think-ai-is-already-sentient-and-thats-a-big-problem|2439884 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335004-300-do-academics-really-split-hairs-at-work-they-certainly-do-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback is amazed that researchers have split a single hair from end to end. They think it will help predict who will get split ends from colouring hair and similar treatments mg26335004-300-do-academics-really-split-hairs-at-work-they-certainly-do-now|2439873 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439536-we-are-risking-a-heat-disaster-for-athletes-at-the-olympics-in-paris/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 In the era of climate change, France’s capital is prone to more frequent and extreme warmth. Staging the Olympic games there in the height of summer is wrong, says Madeleine Orr 2439536-we-are-risking-a-heat-disaster-for-athletes-at-the-olympics-in-paris|2439536 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439789-watch-bees-defend-their-nest-by-slapping-ants-with-their-wings/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 18 Jul 2024 09:00:41 +0100 When ants try to invade their nest, Japanese honeybees flutter their wings and tilt their bodies to beat away their enemies 2439789-watch-bees-defend-their-nest-by-slapping-ants-with-their-wings|2439789 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335004-000-naomi-klein-on-the-rise-of-misinformation-and-conspiracy-influencers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Writer Naomi Klein unpacks her book Doppelganger about the "mirror world" of misinformation, conspiracy influencers and strange alt-right alliances mg26335004-000-naomi-klein-on-the-rise-of-misinformation-and-conspiracy-influencers|2439870 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440063-butchered-bones-hint-humans-were-in-south-america-21000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:00:52 +0100 Prehistoric mammal bones found at a construction site in Argentina appear to have been cut with stone tools, suggesting that humans lived in the region much earlier than previously thought 2440063-butchered-bones-hint-humans-were-in-south-america-21000-years-ago|2440063 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439830-tiny-jellyfish-robots-made-of-ferrofluid-can-be-controlled-with-light/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:00:35 +0100 Researchers combined hydrogel with magnetic ferrofluid to make small jellyfish robots that can complete an obstacle course when directed with light 2439830-tiny-jellyfish-robots-made-of-ferrofluid-can-be-controlled-with-light|2439830 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439763-blood-thinning-drug-heparin-may-stop-snakebite-victims-losing-limbs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 20:00:21 +0100 Giving mice the blood-thinning drug heparin after they were injected with venom from two cobra species reduced their risk of tissue death, which can lead to amputations 2439763-blood-thinning-drug-heparin-may-stop-snakebite-victims-losing-limbs|2439763 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335002-600-in-the-race-to-ramp-up-renewables-we-cant-ignore-heat-storage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Governments must step up if we are to make good on Thermal Energy Storage's promise as a cheap and easy way to help tackle wind and solar power's intermittency problem mg26335002-600-in-the-race-to-ramp-up-renewables-we-cant-ignore-heat-storage|2439856 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439649-hydrogel-can-preserve-medications-for-weeks-outside-of-a-fridge/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:00:41 +0100 Mixing protein-based drugs with hydrogels can keep the atomic bonds in the medication safe from high temperatures or shaking 2439649-hydrogel-can-preserve-medications-for-weeks-outside-of-a-fridge|2439649 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439277-tiny-solar-powered-drones-could-stay-in-the-air-forever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 17:00:17 +0100 An aerial robot weighing 4 grams is powered by tiny solar panels that produce extremely high voltages – an approach that could enable drones to fly indefinitely 2439277-tiny-solar-powered-drones-could-stay-in-the-air-forever|2439277 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439768-sea-slugs-discovered-working-together-to-hunt-in-packs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:30:58 +0100 Hunting in packs seems like a complex social behaviour, but it isn't limited to large carnivores like wolves. A simple sea slug species teams up to swarm its venomous anemone prey as a group 2439768-sea-slugs-discovered-working-together-to-hunt-in-packs|2439768 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439812-diamond-could-be-the-super-semiconductor-the-us-power-grid-needs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 22:00:52 +0100 The hidden semiconductor abilities of diamonds could help power grids and electric vehicles manage far greater amounts of electricity more efficiently 2439812-diamond-could-be-the-super-semiconductor-the-us-power-grid-needs|2439812 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439622-hurricane-forecasts-are-improving-but-big-misses-are-still-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:02:42 +0100 Scientists have made major strides in predicting rapidly intensifying storms over the past decade, but even the best tech can't keep up as climate change fuels rapidly intensifying storms 2439622-hurricane-forecasts-are-improving-but-big-misses-are-still-possible|2439622 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439695-moon-of-saturn-has-an-equivalent-of-freshwater-rivers-and-salty-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 17:00:15 +0100 The liquid hydrocarbon seas, lakes and rivers on Titan have varying compositions and signs of active tides or currents 2439695-moon-of-saturn-has-an-equivalent-of-freshwater-rivers-and-salty-oceans|2439695 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439791-how-to-watch-2024s-spectacular-perseid-meteor-shower/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 19:38:19 +0100 The Perseid meteor shower lasts from mid-July until the end of August, and it is one of the most impressive displays of shooting stars there is – here is your guide to spotting it 2439791-how-to-watch-2024s-spectacular-perseid-meteor-shower|2439791 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439717-a-new-formula-for-defining-a-planet-still-keeps-pluto-out-of-the-club/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:41:51 +0100 The official definition of a planet, which famously saw Pluto demoted to dwarf planet status in 2006, doesn't really work for worlds outside of our solar system. Now there is a fix – but Pluto is still left out 2439717-a-new-formula-for-defining-a-planet-still-keeps-pluto-out-of-the-club|2439717 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439396-people-at-risk-of-overdose-could-be-fitted-with-an-anti-opioid-implant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 16 Jul 2024 13:00:25 +0100 A pacemaker-like implant detected opioid overdoses in pigs within 1 minute and successfully administered a treatment 2439396-people-at-risk-of-overdose-could-be-fitted-with-an-anti-opioid-implant|2439396 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439470-deep-pit-on-moon-may-be-entrance-to-cave-that-could-act-as-lunar-base/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:00:26 +0100 We may have finally found an entry point to the caves hidden beneath the moon’s surface, which could shield future astronauts from dangerous radiation 2439470-deep-pit-on-moon-may-be-entrance-to-cave-that-could-act-as-lunar-base|2439470 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439627-bird-flu-cases-may-be-going-undetected-in-us-dairy-workers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 23:15:09 +0100 Ten people in the US have been infected with a strain of bird flu called H5N1, but patchy surveillance means that some cases may be slipping through the cracks 2439627-bird-flu-cases-may-be-going-undetected-in-us-dairy-workers|2439627 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436544-raindrop-powered-generator-harvests-electricity-from-bad-weather/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 20:00:10 +0100 A device that generates a small electrical current from falling raindrops is able to power lights and fans 2436544-raindrop-powered-generator-harvests-electricity-from-bad-weather|2436544 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439295-is-a-vital-ocean-current-just-decades-away-from-catastrophic-collapse/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 11:00:11 +0100 Two studies suggest the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation could collapse by the middle of the century and wreak havoc with the climate, but such predictions are controversial 2439295-is-a-vital-ocean-current-just-decades-away-from-catastrophic-collapse|2439295 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439442-ai-can-identify-a-childs-sex-based-on-their-brain-activity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:01:01 +0100 An AI can identify the sex of a 9 to 10-year-old child based on their brain scans, but may be less accurate when it comes to gauging their gender 2439442-ai-can-identify-a-childs-sex-based-on-their-brain-activity|2439442 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335000-600-the-physicist-who-wants-to-build-a-telescope-bigger-than-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 15 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Alex Lupsasca plans to extend Earth's largest telescope network beyond the atmosphere with a space-based dish. It could spot part of a black hole we've never seen before – and perhaps discover new physics mg26335000-600-the-physicist-who-wants-to-build-a-telescope-bigger-than-earth|2439501 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Recent fossil finds suggest that big brains weren't an evolutionary asset to our ancestors but evolved by accident – and are likely to shrink again in the near future mg26334991-100-why-did-humans-evolve-big-brains-a-new-idea-bodes-ill-for-our-future|2438736 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334991-300-why-you-shouldnt-believe-claims-you-can-grow-a-rose-in-a-potato/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Social media assures us that we can grow a rose cutting in a raw potato. But you're better off sticking with tried and tested methods of rose propagation, says James Wong mg26334991-300-why-you-shouldnt-believe-claims-you-can-grow-a-rose-in-a-potato|2438738 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334991-200-the-vital-viruses-that-shape-your-microbiome-and-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Tue, 09 Jul 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Your body is home to trillions of beneficial viruses crucial for a healthy microbiome. We may one day be able to tweak this "virome" to treat obesity and anxiety mg26334991-200-the-vital-viruses-that-shape-your-microbiome-and-your-health|2438737 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334993-000-how-a-simple-physics-experiment-could-reveal-the-dark-dimension/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:50:00 +0100 Could the universe's missing matter be hiding in a "dark" extra dimension? We now have simple ways to test this outlandish idea - and the existence of extra dimensions more generally mg26334993-000-how-a-simple-physics-experiment-could-reveal-the-dark-dimension|2438874 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2438992-a-microscopic-diving-board-can-cheat-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 18:00:33 +0100 Working with a tiny cantilever, physicists managed to violate the second law of thermodynamics, using less energy than expected to change the cantilever’s motion 2438992-a-microscopic-diving-board-can-cheat-the-second-law-of-thermodynamics|2438992 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2438666-your-pupils-change-size-as-you-breathe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:00:35 +0100 Our pupils shrink and expand as we breathe in and out, but whether this affects vision is unclear 2438666-your-pupils-change-size-as-you-breathe|2438666 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439385-last-common-ancestor-of-all-life-emerged-far-earlier-than-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:03 +0100 All life on Earth can trace its origin to LUCA, the last universal common ancestor – and now it seems this organism may have lived a few hundred million years after the planet formed 2439385-last-common-ancestor-of-all-life-emerged-far-earlier-than-thought|2439385 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2438941-denisovan-dna-may-help-modern-humans-adapt-to-different-environments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 13:00:37 +0100 Highland and lowland populations in Papua New Guinea have different gene variants derived from Denisovan archaic humans, indicating possible adaptations for lower oxygen levels and higher malaria risk 2438941-denisovan-dna-may-help-modern-humans-adapt-to-different-environments|2438941 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439161-russia-is-building-ground-based-kamikaze-robots-out-of-old-hoverboards/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 11:00:26 +0100 Hoverboards, or self-balancing scooters, are already used by hobbyists as a basis for robots, but now a group in Russia is putting them to use on the battlefields of Ukraine 2439161-russia-is-building-ground-based-kamikaze-robots-out-of-old-hoverboards|2439161 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334990-500-these-stunning-images-made-the-shortlist-for-space-photo-competition/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 See some of the dazzling pictures that were shortlisted for the annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition mg26334990-500-these-stunning-images-made-the-shortlist-for-space-photo-competition|2438720 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334990-800-why-many-inventions-from-flying-cars-to-smart-robots-fail-to-launch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Some technologies never quite make it. But a new book, The Long History of the Future, shows how certain problems are just bigger and thornier than we thought mg26334990-800-why-many-inventions-from-flying-cars-to-smart-robots-fail-to-launch|2438733 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2436542-astronauts-could-drink-their-own-urine-with-water-recycling-spacesuit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Fri, 12 Jul 2024 06:00:38 +0100 When astronauts go on a spacewalk, their urine is collected by what is essentially a large diaper before being thrown away, and they have less than a litre of drinking water available - but a new kind of spacesuit could solve both issues 2436542-astronauts-could-drink-their-own-urine-with-water-recycling-spacesuit|2436542 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439263-you-can-turn-any-random-sequence-of-events-into-a-clock/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 23:00:00 +0100 A set of mathematical equations can help turn apparently random observations into a clock – and then measure its accuracy 2439263-you-can-turn-any-random-sequence-of-events-into-a-clock|2439263 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439243-laser-helps-turn-an-electron-into-a-coil-of-mass-and-charge/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 20:00:19 +0100 Researchers have reshaped single electrons into spiralling matter waves with distinct handedness that could be used to study and control materials 2439243-laser-helps-turn-an-electron-into-a-coil-of-mass-and-charge|2439243 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439016-the-plague-may-have-wiped-out-most-northern-europeans-5000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:00:21 +0100 DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe 2439016-the-plague-may-have-wiped-out-most-northern-europeans-5000-years-ago|2439016 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439335-melting-sea-ice-is-hindering-not-helping-canadian-arctic-shipping/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:00:48 +0100 Thick sea ice is flowing into the Northwest Passage, complicating predictions that melting ice due to climate change will open a shorter route between oceans 2439335-melting-sea-ice-is-hindering-not-helping-canadian-arctic-shipping|2439335 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439218-woolly-mammoth-dna-exceptionally-preserved-in-freeze-dried-jerky/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:00:21 +0100 A complete genome has been extracted from a 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth, which might bring us closer to resurrecting the species 2439218-woolly-mammoth-dna-exceptionally-preserved-in-freeze-dried-jerky|2439218 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334990-400-what-would-earth-look-like-in-25-years-i-asked-the-experts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Exhausted by today's political and environmental instability, Annalee Newitz investigated what a future Earth might look like. Get ready for green mining, soft cities and robo-taxis mg26334990-400-what-would-earth-look-like-in-25-years-i-asked-the-experts|2438719 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439166-menstrual-pads-that-turn-blood-solid-could-reduce-the-risk-of-leaks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:51:20 +0100 Adding a polymer-alcohol mixture to menstrual pads causes blood to solidify, rather than being absorbed, which could ward off leaks 2439166-menstrual-pads-that-turn-blood-solid-could-reduce-the-risk-of-leaks|2439166 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2439131-people-with-alzheimers-disease-benefit-from-spending-time-with-horses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Thu, 11 Jul 2024 13:00:44 +0100 Horse therapy helps people with Alzheimer's disease socialise and improves their mood to a greater extent than music therapy, which is more established for supporting people with dementia 2439131-people-with-alzheimers-disease-benefit-from-spending-time-with-horses|2439131 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334992-100-unprecedented-and-inconceivable-pylon-falls-over-after-nuts-removed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Feedback wonders if a little engineering knowhow might have come in handy in Glorit, New Zealand, where procedures were seemingly ignored during maintenance of an electrical power pylon mg26334992-100-unprecedented-and-inconceivable-pylon-falls-over-after-nuts-removed|2438746 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334992-900-why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 When we lose a loved one, it has a profound effect on our bodies. Taking our grief outside offers us better healing in the long term than shutting it away, says Ruth Allen mg26334992-900-why-taking-our-grief-out-into-nature-can-help-us-heal|2438873 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26334990-700-why-do-teenagers-take-such-risks-a-new-book-has-some-answers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0100 An eye-opening new book by psychologist Lucy Foulkes lifts the lid on the surprisingly rational strategies behind the risky behaviours of adolescence, finds Catherine de Lange mg26334990-700-why-do-teenagers-take-such-risks-a-new-book-has-some-answers|2438732 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2438852-speed-of-decision-making-reflects-our-biases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home Wed, 10 Jul 2024 23:00:51 +0100 Within a group of decision-makers, the longer it takes someone to make a choice, the less likely they are to be influenced by their inherent biases according to a mathematical model 2438852-speed-of-decision-making-reflects-our-biases|2438852