- Blue Light From Your Phone Really Can Affect Your Skin. Here's How.by Michael Freeman, The Conversation (ScienceAlert) on July 27, 2024 at 12:32 am
Simple steps to reduce your exposure.
- The Neural Signature of OCD Has Been Identified in The Human Brainby David Nield (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 11:30 pm
A major step forward for treatment.
- Chimps Have 'Conversations' Just Like Humans, Scientists Findby Tessa Koumoundouros (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 pm
A stunning similarity revealed.
- SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first 'chopstick' landingby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 8:00 pm
SpaceX is gearing up for the fifth launch of its massive Starship rocket, following four increasingly successful tests. What is the company hoping for, and what can we expect?
- Dengue Fever Threatens to Gate-Crash the 2024 Summer Olympicsby Anne Pouzargues (Science Latest) on July 26, 2024 at 7:38 pm
Measles, bedbugs, and dengue have all been cited as concerns for tourists and athletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, with the tropical virus in particular forcing authorities into action.
- Social media companies change their policies in the wake of bad pressby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Between 2005 and 2021, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube were more likely to make policy changes in the weeks after negative stories in the media
- Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star soonerby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 3:00 pm
A mission to the sun’s closest neighbouring star, Alpha Centauri, could be made faster thanks to a tiny light sail punctured with billions of tiny holes
- Dark matter may solve the mystery of how colossal black holes mergeby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 1:00 pm
Astrophysicists aren’t sure how supermassive black holes get close enough to merge, a mystery called the final parsec problem – but an exotic form of dark matter may explain it
- AI can reveal what’s on your screen via signals leaking from cablesby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Electromagnetic radiation leaking from the cable between your computer and monitor can be intercepted and decoded by AI to reveal what you are looking at
- Millions of trees could grow faster with a boost from wild fungiby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 am
The largest tree nursery in North America is helping scale up efforts to inoculate seedlings with native fungi and other soil microbes, a treatment that helps trees grow faster and capture more carbon
- Expert Reveals Vital Survival Tip if You Unexpectedly Fall in Deep Waterby Jill Nash, The Conversation (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 am
A stunningly high number of drownings start this way.
- No, You Can’t Have a Solar-Powered Passenger Planeby Rhett Allain (Science Latest) on July 26, 2024 at 11:00 am
Guilt-free air travel is a beautiful dream, but there’s simply no way to get enough solar energy to keep a cabin full of people in the air.
- Watch a robot peel a squash with human-like dexterityby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 10:00 am
A robot can hold a squash, pumpkin or melon in one hand, while it is peeled by the other
- Biodegradable microplastics may actually be worse for soil and plantsby New Scientist - Home on July 26, 2024 at 8:00 am
Biodegradable plastic that gets broken down into microplastics may decrease soil nitrogen levels more than conventional ones, which stunts plant growth
- Dogs Can Smell Our Stress, And It Affects Them Deeplyby Russell McLendon (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 7:00 am
A nose for trouble.
- Fault size–dependent fracture energy explains multiscale seismicity and cascading earthquakesby Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Dmitry I. Garagash, Kadek H. Palgunadi, P. Martin Mai (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on July 26, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Selection for robust metabolism in domesticated yeasts is driven by adaptation to Hsp90 stressby Natalia Condic, Hatim Amiji, Dipak Patel, William Charles Shropshire, Nejla Ozirmak Lermi, Youssef Sabha, Beryl John, Blake Hanson, Georgios Ioannis Karras (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on July 26, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Tuning cohesin trajectories enables differential readout of the Pcdhα cluster across neuronsby Lea Kiefer, Simon Gaudin, Sandy M. Rajkumar, Gabrielle Isabelle F. Servito, Jennifer Langen, Michael H. Mui, Shayra Nawsheen, Daniele Canzio (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on July 26, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Chromatin plasticity predetermines neuronal eligibility for memory trace formationby Giulia Santoni, Simone Astori, Marion Leleu, Liliane Glauser, Simon A. Zamora, Myriam Schioppa, Isabella Tarulli, Carmen Sandi, Johannes Gräff (AAAS: Science: Table of Contents) on July 26, 2024 at 7:00 am
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- Weird Rock on Mars May Actually Show Signs of Ancient Lifeby Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 6:53 am
Have we finally found it?
- Surprise Discovery Hints a Hidden Ocean Is Lurking in The Solar Systemby Mark Thompson, Universe Today (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 6:18 am
Could it be?
- Mesmerizing NASA Video Reveals Carbon Dioxide Churning in The Skyby Evan Gough, Universe Today (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 2:40 am
“You see here how everything is interconnected."
- A Fortune of Hidden Diamonds Could Be Concealed Inside Mercuryby Mike McRae (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 1:46 am
This could explain a lot.
- Moderate Drinking Is Not Good For You After All, Study Findsby Jess Cockerill (ScienceAlert) on July 26, 2024 at 1:22 am
"There is simply no completely safe level of drinking."
- Mars rover found a rock with possible signs of ancient lifeby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 10:30 pm
The Perseverance rover has found some of the most promising hints of ancient Martian life yet, but we can’t know for sure until its samples are sent back to Earth
- A type of brain cell helps explain the calming influence of mothersby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Mouse pups have increased activity in certain neurons in the centre of their brains when they interact with their mothers, which is linked to them showing fewer signs of distress
- We may finally know what caused the biggest cosmic explosion ever seenby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 7:00 pm
The gamma ray burst known as GRB221009A is the biggest explosion astronomers have ever glimpsed and we might finally know what caused the blast
- Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementiaby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 6:40 pm
Being immunised against shingles has been linked to a reduced dementia risk before and now a study suggests that the newer vaccine wards off the condition more effectively than an older one
- DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiadby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 4:40 pm
AlphaProof, an AI from Google DeepMind, came close to matching the top participants in a prestigious competition for young mathematicians
- Space travel may make muscles age extremely quicklyby New Scientist - Home on July 25, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Muscle cells that spent a week on the International Space Station revealed changes in gene expression that suggest microgravity can speed up ageing