We are beginning to learn how different factors influence the mixture of viruses in the guts of young children, called the gut virome, but i..
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Sign up to a project called Infection Inspection and help researchers confront the rogue microbes that threaten to unleash an apocalypse of ..
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Saturn’s moon Titan is too cold for many types of chemical reactions, but quantum tunnelling could present a loophole that would allow react..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364910-quantum-effects-could-be-key-to-the-chemistry-of-life-on-titan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

H5N1 cases in birds are expected to rise in the coming weeks as migratory species wing their way across the planet. Veterinary epidemiologis..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364090-bird-flu-cases-are-expected-to-surge-as-birds-migrate-in-coming-weeks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

TV dramas use tidy, cleaned-up bones to crack crimes in minutes, but an unvarnished account by forensic anthropologist Alexa Hagerty shows t..
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Methods to generate the random numbers we need for secure communications are all flawed in some way, but quantum computers that exist today ..
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A form of oestrogen known to be related to positive mood was found to be 43 per cent lower in premenopausal women with depression than those..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364915-gut-bacteria-that-break-down-oestrogen-linked-to-depression-in-women/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The World Health Organization says the coronavirus is likely to be no longer seen as a public health emergency within 2023, as long as a mor..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2365004-covid-19-threat-expected-to-become-on-par-with-flu-this-year-says-who/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When applied to skin on the forearms, two of these fragments increased levels of key structures that are known to make skin more elastic and..
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Dissolvable glass made from amino acids can be used to create 3D-printed components that aren’t harmful to organisms – they could one day be..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2365043-glass-made-of-amino-acids-can-be-3d-printed-and-dissolves-in-the-body/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Swabs taken from the suspected seafood market in Wuhan contain both the coronavirus and DNA from raccoon dogs and other animals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2365055-covid-19-may-have-started-in-raccoon-dogs-new-dna-evidence-shows/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Just 44 years ago, red goshawks were found along Australia’s eastern coastline. But the copper-feathered predators are now missing from 34 p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364682-australias-rarest-bird-of-prey-is-disappearing-faster-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

These images give an insight into the Padma, a major river flowing through Bangladesh that makes up the last leg of the journey of the river..
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If your friends are too busy or your partner lets you down, AI might fill the void. Bot Love, a new podcast, explores the uncharted world of..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734300-500-bot-love-review-are-you-ready-to-have-a-relationship-with-an-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Amphibians with vivid colours to warn predators they are poisonous or bad-tasting typically evolve from species that only show their colours..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364724-how-poisonous-amphibians-evolve-bright-colours-to-warn-predators-off/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The US saw a 40 per cent rise in maternal death rates from 2020 to 2021, with the rate among Black people more than twice as high as white p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364909-maternal-mortality-rate-in-the-us-rose-drastically-in-2021/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A woman is in remission for HIV after she received HIV-resistant stem cells from umbilical cord blood to treat her leukaemia
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The UK's Environment Information Regulations have enabled researchers and campaigners to force water firms to publish data on river pollutio..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364782-brexit-law-change-could-restrict-access-to-uk-river-pollution-data/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

AI entrepreneurs like to claim products such as chatbots could become conscious at any minute, causing an 'existential threat'. We need to r..
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Tens of thousands of living brain cells have been used to build a simple computer that can recognise patterns of light and electricity. It c..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363095-80000-mouse-brain-cells-used-to-build-a-living-computer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A transparent material made from cellulose nanofibres and pockets of gas could replace air in double-glazed windows to improve thermal insul..
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Cats have a reputation for being aloof and untamed, but recent studies suggest they may be more attuned to humans than we realise. We may ev..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734290-300-surprising-new-research-on-cats-will-make-you-see-yours-in-a-new-light/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Why do we have clocks? An ambitious new book from Jenny Odell deconstructs their origins and argues for more nature-based measures
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734300-400-saving-time-review-we-need-a-longer-sense-of-time-based-on-nature/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Tiny pieces of stone found in a rock formation in Western Australia may be the oldest evidence of a meteorite impact on Earth, dating back n..
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Palaeolithic hand stencils with missing fingers could indicate ritual mutilation or frostbite – but new research suggests they might be tryi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734300-900-cave-paintings-of-mutilated-hands-could-be-a-stone-age-sign-language/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The 2019 fire at the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris unexpectedly led to discovery of the building’s use of iron staple reinforcements through..
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Astronomers have spotted an object with all the hallmarks of a galaxy cluster, but containing only one galaxy – hinting it may have swallowe..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363950-galaxy-may-have-eaten-all-its-neighbours-and-now-its-all-alone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Genetic evidence supports the idea that higher blood caffeine levels lead to lower weight and less chance of type 2 diabetes
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364583-caffeine-linked-to-lower-bmi-and-reduced-risk-of-type-2-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Millimetre-long worms use powerful muscles to jump onto their bee or fly hosts to feed. But their expert leaping may be helped by an electri..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363379-jumping-parasitic-worms-use-static-electricity-to-hit-their-targets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

We only have a few fossil bones of Mamenchisaurus sinocanadorum, but researchers have estimated its neck length by analysing its vertebrae a..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364414-longest-dinosaur-neck-on-record-was-six-times-longer-than-a-giraffes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A spacesuit designed for the Artemis moon missions is much lighter than those worn by the Apollo astronauts, and allows a greater range of m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364628-nasa-unveils-new-spacesuit-for-artemis-moon-mission-astronauts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Martian soil is generally poor for growing plants, but researchers have used CRISPR to create gene-edited rice that might be able to germina..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364154-gene-edited-rice-may-be-able-to-grow-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Across Africa there has been a surge in a fungus that causes heart failure in amphibians over the past two decades, which could devastate th..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364373-fungus-that-kills-frogs-and-salamanders-is-rapidly-spreading-in-africa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It has long been unclear how ancient people built a city of wood in the New Mexico desert far from any forests. By trying prehistoric buildi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364153-the-archaeologists-recreating-the-secrets-of-prehistoric-technology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Polygenic tests can predict your risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer, but some doctors worry about the consequences for healthcare sy..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25734303-400-new-dna-tests-predict-your-disease-risk-are-we-ready-for-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The hotly debated Willow oil drilling project has been approved in Alaska, a decision that could exacerbate climate change and imperil wildl..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364355-us-approves-controversial-willow-oil-drilling-project-in-alaska/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An update to the AI behind ChatGPT has been released by OpenAI. The firm says other companies are already using it, including the language-l..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364375-gpt-4-openai-says-its-ai-has-human-level-performance-on-tests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

This physics-inspired circus performance enthralled attendees of the American Physical Society’s March Meeting, but a casual observer may ha..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363959-cosmic-tumbles-quantum-leaps-review-embodying-schrodingers-cat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The James Webb Space Telescope has taken an astonishingly detailed image of a Wolf-Rayet star as it blows off its outer layers in preparatio..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364388-jwst-took-a-stunning-picture-of-a-star-thats-about-to-go-supernova/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The US operates drones in international airspace around Ukraine, and a Russian fighter jet has hit one – an MQ-9 Reaper drone – in an incide..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364358-russian-fighter-jet-collides-with-us-military-drone-over-the-black-sea/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Wild Isles, a new BBC nature documentary, has spent a Planet Earth-sized budget a little closer to home. Some of its footage even managed to..
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Brain organoids grown in a lab can be used to perform basic computation tasks, but there are big unanswered questions about how far this app..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363962-human-brain-cells-used-as-living-ais-to-solve-mathematical-equations/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The world’s largest example of an office building constructed to passive house standards – using airtight construction and high levels of in..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363708-worlds-largest-office-building-with-passive-house-design-to-open/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Many species depend on the cavities inside veteran trees, but such spaces are in short supply. Researchers are exploring ways to make young ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364205-ecologists-are-infecting-trees-with-fungi-to-make-them-age-prematurely/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Huge snowstorms between December 2021 and January 2022 made Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas abandon attempts at nestin..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364041-freak-storms-stopped-tens-of-thousands-of-birds-breeding-in-antarctica/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The world's best Go-playing AIs can beat the best humans at the game, but their introduction has also helped human players improve their ski..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364137-humans-have-improved-at-go-since-ais-became-best-in-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Most experts think we have to tweak general relativity to fit with quantum theory. Physicist Jonathan Oppenheim isn't so sure, which is why ..
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Ichthyosaur bones found in 250 million-year-old rock hint that these swimming reptiles may have appeared before Earth’s biggest mass extinct..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364046-oldest-ichthyosaur-fossil-hints-they-evolved-before-mass-extinction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A drug that is commonly used to treat chronic myeloid leukaemia stopped the most common type of breast cancer cells from dividing after they..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2364072-leukaemia-drug-shows-promise-at-treating-breast-cancer-once-it-spreads/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Most iridescent fish shine because of structures in their scales or skin, but the transparent ghost catfish gets its shine from prism-like s..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2363930-ghost-catfish-get-their-rainbow-iridescence-from-transparent-muscles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home