Vortex rings, similar to smoke rings, have been observed in pulsing light before. Now, scientists have figured out how to make them on purpo..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322922-whirlpools-made-of-light-can-be-twisted-into-the-shape-of-a-donut/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

While botanical gardens have evolved from their medicinal roots in 16th-century Italy, their plants can still bring peace and joy to our bus..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433891-600-botanical-gardens-have-a-rich-history-and-still-provide-benefits-now/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Students who were exposed to the highest level of outdoor noise pollution while at school showed slower improvements in memory and attentive..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322853-traffic-noise-at-schools-may-hinder-a-childs-memory-and-attentiveness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Sea turtles have to dash into the sea after they hatch, but young leatherback turtles often get lost on the way because they have relatively..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322738-baby-leatherback-turtles-struggle-to-find-the-sea-on-dark-nights/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A mind-expanding new exhibition in Liverpool, UK, sets out to explore how science has influenced the making of Doctor Who
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433891-800-doctor-who-worlds-of-wonder-review-the-science-behind-the-show/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As part of its Artemis programme to return humans to the moon, NASA is launching a spacecraft to map the orbit of the planned Lunar Gateway ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322569-nasas-capstone-spacecraft-will-plot-course-for-a-lunar-space-station/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Formica fusca ant species was trained to move towards urine samples produced by mice with human breast tumours
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322826-ants-trained-to-smell-cancer-chemicals-in-the-urine-of-diseased-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The High Court will hear judicial reviews brought by Friends of the Earth, ClientEarth and the Good Law Project challenging the lawfulness o..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322827-uk-government-faces-legal-challenges-over-net-zero-climate-plan/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Quantum communication technology may allow for information to be securely sent through interstellar space without being disrupted by gravity..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322904-aliens-could-send-us-interstellar-quantum-messages-using-x-rays/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A computer capable of achieving quantum advantage – a demonstration of supremacy over conventional machines – is the first that anyone can u..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322807-advanced-quantum-computer-made-available-to-the-public-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A regular round-up of the latest coronavirus news, plus insight, features and interviews from New Scientist about the covid-19 pandemic
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2237475-covid-19-news-record-2-million-people-in-uk-have-long-covid/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When people in the Czech Republic learned that a high number of doctors intended to take a covid-19 vaccine, they were slightly more likely ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322870-covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-cut-by-sharing-doctors-positive-views/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Analysis of air pollution and crop health via satellite imagery suggests that limiting emissions of nitrogen dioxide, a potent greenhouse ga..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322885-cutting-air-pollution-could-boost-crop-yields-by-up-to-28-per-cent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

From renting clothes to ditching the tumble drier, there are plenty of things you can do to reduce the environmental price tag of your wardr..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/0-sustainable-fashion-how-to-cut-the-environmental-cost-of-your-clothes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of drywood termite DNA shows the wood-dwelling insects have crossed the oceans at least 40 times in their history, probably raft..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322712-termites-spread-globally-by-crossing-the-oceans-on-driftwood-rafts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of zinc isotopes in ancient shark teeth suggests megalodon and great whites ate the same foods, potentially contributing to mega..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322705-megalodon-vs-great-white-new-clues-to-demise-of-worlds-largest-shark/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An analysis of zinc isotopes in ancient shark teeth suggests megalodon and great whites ate the same foods, potentially contributing to mega..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322705-megalodon-sharks-may-have-been-forced-into-extinction-by-great-whites/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In the desert of New Mexico, a centrifuge taller than the Statue of Liberty is being tested as an energy-efficient way to send satellites to..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322746-the-rise-of-spinlaunch-the-company-planning-to-hurl-things-into-space/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A damaged liver that was kept alive and repaired in a machine for three days outside the body before transplantation is functioning normally..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322693-damaged-liver-repaired-inside-machine-for-three-days-before-transplant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A seagrass off the west coast of Australia has grown to be the biggest organism in the world by repeatedly cloning itself to make more and m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322470-australian-seagrass-has-cloned-itself-to-cover-180-kilometres-of-coast/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The history books say the infamous plague pandemic of the 14th century killed at least half of the population of Europe. But recent scientif..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321736-how-many-people-died-due-to-the-black-death-in-europe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Omni-Roach robot moves like a cockroach to scale bumps, dodge pillars and wobble through bendy bars, and may become a Mars explorer in t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322758-watch-this-cockroach-robot-squirm-through-a-tricky-obstacle-course/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Some offspring of the spotted snow skink, a lizard found in Tasmania, are born anatomically male but are genetically female
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322764-lizard-can-switch-from-female-to-male-before-birth-but-not-vice-versa/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

People with type 2 diabetes aged 50 to 80 performed worse on cognitive tests and experienced a faster rate of brain shrinkage than those wit..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322347-type-2-diabetes-linked-to-cognitive-decline-in-older-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Small modular reactors produce higher volumes and greater complexity of radioactive waste because they are naturally less efficient, researc..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322252-mini-nuclear-power-stations-may-produce-more-waste-than-large-ones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Frontier, a supercomputer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, is the first capable of an exaflop - a billion billion operations per seco..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322512-worlds-first-exascale-supercomputer-frontier-smashes-speed-records/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The sudden dimming of Betelgeuse in 2019 has been puzzling astronomers ever since, but now we have nailed down the cause
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322079-betelgeuse-star-dimming-puzzle-solved-by-chance-with-weather-satellite/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Most pulsars rotate once every couple of seconds, but one pulsar completes a revolution just once every 76 seconds
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322368-zombie-pulsar-is-spinning-slower-than-should-be-physically-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A synthetic membrane that contains key proteins used in cell division could one day help artificial cells replicate themselves
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322222-synthetic-membrane-could-lead-to-self-replicating-artificial-cells/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Lycopene, which makes fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes red, improves the efficiency of perovskite solar cells
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322191-adding-tomato-pigment-to-solar-panels-increases-their-efficiency/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Society must balance the pros and cons of nuclear energy and work out the massive issue of who foots the bills when power stations go over b..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433882-600-nuclear-power-can-help-us-reach-net-zero-but-what-is-its-true-cost/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Finding out how acidic or alkaline your soil is means you can select the right plants for it, and maximise their chance of thriving, says Cl..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433883-400-how-to-analyse-your-garden-soil-and-choose-the-plants-to-suit-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Plague may seem like an ancient disease, but the bacterium that causes it persists in rodents and fleas around the world. Researchers are wa..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433880-400-plague-never-went-away-now-it-could-re-emerge-in-drug-resistant-form/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A robot that uses its spiked feet to cling to the mucus-covered lining of the gut could one day climb through the human body to install moni..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322132-robot-that-climbs-through-gut-without-losing-grip-could-deliver-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New Scientist's weekly round-up of the best books, films, TV series, games and more that you shouldn't miss
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Blockades and supply issues limit access to life-saving medical devices in war zones. Companies are creating open-source 3D-printed products..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322015-3d-printed-tourniquets-could-save-lives-in-conflict-zones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Many ancient Romans died when the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by hot volcanic ash, but the high temperatures didn’t destroy..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322110-proteins-in-human-bones-near-pompeii-survived-temperatures-of-500c/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In the aftermath of yet another school shooting, many people in the US are desperate for solutions to the country’s gun violence epidemic. A..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322232-which-us-laws-have-been-shown-to-cut-gun-violence-and-mass-shootings/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A super-sized atom plus a cold ion have been combined to make a completely new molecule that is 4 micrometres across and makes extremely lon..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322296-scientists-made-a-new-kind-of-molecule-bigger-than-some-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Replacing faulty genes with healthy ones has enabled several children with rare genetic disorders to have typical life experiences, such as ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321590-gene-replacement-therapy-is-helping-children-overcome-fatal-diseases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As part of its Innovative Advanced Concepts programme, NASA has given a major award to a team working on solar sails that can move in any di..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322031-nasa-awards-2-million-to-advance-rainbow-coloured-solar-sail-project/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The history books say the infamous plague pandemic of the 14th century killed at least half of the population of Europe. But recent scientif..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321736-the-black-death-how-many-people-really-died-of-plague-in-europe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Research supports what Darwin said in 1872 – dogs express emotions in a way recognisable to humans. Governments must do more to protect them..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433881-100-science-shows-that-dogs-feel-things-like-us-legislation-must-catch-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The ancient town of Pompeii was buried under hot volcanic ash in AD 79, but DNA still survives in the bones of the people who died in the di..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322010-an-ancient-roman-who-died-in-pompeii-has-had-their-genome-sequenced/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Some scientists insist that the cause of all things exists at the most fundamental level, even in systems as complex as brains and people. W
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433880-300-a-rethink-of-cause-and-effect-could-help-when-things-get-complicated/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Imagen, from Google, is the latest example of an AI seemingly able to produce high-quality images from a text prompt – but they aren't quite..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322056-will-ai-text-to-image-generators-put-illustrators-out-of-a-job/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Silicon Valley media entrepreneurs might talk about free speech, but it is a fallacy that we should be able to say whatever we want to whome..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433880-100-twitter-and-the-dangers-of-the-us-myth-of-free-speech/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

This week's Feedback explores the 18th-century polymath's essay on the gaseous emissions of humanity, delves into Elon Musk's robotic qualit..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433883-500-benjamin-franklins-quest-to-make-farts-less-malodorous/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Feedback does a deep dive into the pros – or otherwise – of scrotal sunbathing, while also digging into a new method for helping opposing si..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433874-700-up-to-the-minute-advice-on-the-benefits-of-testicle-tanning/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A nanoparticle coat helps an immunotherapy drug cross the blood-brain barrier in mice so it can target brain tumours more effectively
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2322069-brain-cancer-immunotherapy-in-mice-more-effective-with-drug-coating/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home