Part of Ukraine’s national seed bank, a repository of genetic diversity, has been destroyed by a blast in Kharkiv, and the rest of the colle..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321008-priceless-samples-from-ukraines-seed-bank-destroyed-in-bomb-attack/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Event Horizon Telescope’s first image of a black hole showed a distinctive ring feature, but a reanalysis of their data has raised conce..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320810-astronomers-question-if-the-first-picture-of-a-black-hole-is-accurate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Researchers compared the rate of long covid among people who were vaccinated after catching covid-19 with those who developed long covid bef..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321045-covid-19-vaccines-may-ward-off-long-covid-even-if-given-post-infection/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Isodontia harmandi wasps make nests and leave food for their young in bamboo canes. When that food runs out, the larvae turn to cannibalism
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321071-young-wasps-routinely-eat-their-own-siblings-in-the-nest/?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-world-as-vulnerable-to-pandemics-as-pre-coronavirus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Australia’s targets for cutting carbon emissions are among the weakest in developed nations, but a new government could accelerate the trans..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320921-australian-election-2022-what-will-the-outcome-mean-for-the-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After sustaining nerve injuries, mice wake up more often during non-REM sleep – a sign that sleep disruption could help identify nerve pain ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2321088-tracking-sleep-disruptions-could-improve-nerve-pain-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Pollution accounted for one in six deaths three years ago, a figure that is unchanged since the last analysis in 2015
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320777-pollution-killed-9-million-people-worldwide-in-2019-alone/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

At the moment, only SpaceX is able to launch astronauts to the International Space Station from US soil, but Boeing hopes to change that wit..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320834-boeings-starliner-spacecraft-is-ready-to-launch-to-the-iss/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Cronobacter sakazakii contamination shut down the biggest formula manufacturing plant in the US. What we know about how it happened and what..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320674-how-did-us-baby-formula-get-contaminated-with-dangerous-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A wave of huge offshore wind farms is expected to produce such a glut of inexpensive power that Great Britain soon stops being a net importe..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320812-uk-expects-to-produce-more-electricity-than-it-needs-by-2030/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A mysterious extinction about 540 million years ago may have been caused when early animals began competing against one another
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320672-ediacarans-did-competition-kill-off-earths-mysterious-first-animals/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Complicated physics problems are sometimes simpler than they appear, so physicists have made a machine learning model to search for the simp..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320662-ai-solves-complex-physics-problems-by-looking-for-signs-of-symmetry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A wireless contact lens that monitors eye pressure and delivers glaucoma drugs on demand has been tested in animals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320689-smart-contact-lens-for-glaucoma-could-release-drugs-when-needed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Pfizer’s Paxlovid can prevent severe covid-19 in vulnerable people when taken as a five-day course at home, but the medicine may not eradica..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320999-covid-19-rebound-seen-in-some-people-after-taking-pfizer-drug-paxlovid/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When excited by lasers, a tiny glass container filled with rubidium atoms can act as a receiver for streamed video signals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320802-super-sized-atoms-can-be-used-as-a-receiver-to-stream-live-video/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A big solar storm could fry the internet, but at least space weather forecasts would give us a day or two to prepare. Or maybe not, because ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433870-800-why-the-next-big-solar-storm-might-hit-earth-without-warning/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As demand for crops grows, the pollination services provided by the honeybees managed by beekeepers are becoming increasingly insufficient
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320463-beekeepers-are-struggling-to-keep-up-with-farms-pollination-needs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A wireless contact lens that monitors eye pressure and delivers glaucoma drugs on demand has been tested in animals
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320689-smart-contact-lens-could-directly-deliver-glaucoma-drugs-when-needed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A study looking at more than 55,000 pairs of words has found why word pairings like "gnome bone" and "spam scrotum" seem to be more amusing ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319945-funk-fungus-is-a-funny-phrase-and-scientists-now-know-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Quantum-encrypted messages sent through cables over long distances are sensitive to tiny vibrations, suggesting a possible by-product of a f..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320561-quantum-communication-system-could-detect-earthquakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Detailed analysis of mosquito bites in the Central African Republic found that, contrary to assumptions, many occur indoors during the dayti..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320438-nearly-a-third-of-bites-by-malaria-carrying-mosquitoes-are-in-the-day/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Simulations of more than 140,000 possible planetary systems show that pairs of giant planets like Jupiter and Saturn may make their star sys..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320289-pairs-of-giant-planets-may-make-their-star-systems-ultra-habitable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has plummeted in recent weeks, but the computer power devoted to the industry continues to r..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320474-cryptocurrency-mining-is-still-on-the-rise-despite-huge-price-drops/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New varieties of South American darter fish were documented in Brazil’s Apuí region. But deforestation in the area means they may soon be ex..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320400-two-newly-described-amazon-fish-species-are-on-the-brink-of-extinction/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An AI was designed to predict when people are at risk of having a mental health crisis, based on their health records, but plans to extend t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319586-plan-to-feed-phone-data-of-nhs-mental-health-patients-to-ai-mothballed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Poorly supported assumptions about typical levels of lung function among Black men in the US are leading medics to miss cases of emphysema
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320339-emphysema-missed-among-black-men-in-us-due-to-race-adjusted-lung-tests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The new-to-science Chiriquí fire salamander was found by a Panamanian team that has been investigating one of the least-explored regions of ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319624-red-salamander-found-in-panamanian-forest-is-a-new-species/?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-just-7-per-cent-of-5-to-11-year-olds-in-england-jabbed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Beautiful floating organisms called neuston are gathered up by the same ocean currents as plastic pollution, and they may be endangered by c..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320292-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-is-packed-with-floating-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In Glasgow, 196 countries promised to "revisit and strengthen" their plans for curbing emissions, but there is little sign of this happening..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320379-cop26-no-countries-have-delivered-on-promise-to-improve-climate-plans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Ending abortion protections in the US could start the unravelling of many hard-won rights – with dire consequences for health and equality
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433863-000-overturning-roe-v-wade-would-be-a-disaster-for-public-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Since 7 May, the UK Health Security Agency has announced three cases of monkeypox, two of which required hospital care
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320507-how-serious-is-monkeypox-and-what-are-the-symptoms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

E-cigarettes may be more effective than nicotine patches as a tool for quitting smoking during pregnancy, suggests a UK study
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320515-vaping-may-be-an-effective-way-to-quit-smoking-during-pregnancy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The benefits of yogurt are manifold, and the best part is you can grow as much of it as you want, says Sam Wong
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433864-400-how-to-make-your-own-yogurt/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Neuroscientists measured 75 volunteers’ physiological responses while they watched eight countries’ performances to predict which songs will..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320355-which-countries-will-do-well-at-eurovision-2022-according-to-science/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Brewers could create new recipes that produce beers with desired properties using AI, and it will even work if you are missing some ingredie..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319188-ai-suggests-how-to-make-beer-with-whatever-ingredients-you-have/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The gel, which was implanted alongside a pancreatic cell transplant in monkeys with type 1 diabetes, releases a protein that kills overactiv..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320401-protein-gel-could-help-treat-type-1-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A supersolid is an exotic state of matter that behaves like both a solid and a fluid. It was first predicted 60 years ago, but has only rece..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2320279-strange-state-of-matter-made-into-a-pancake-shape-for-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A low-income Chilean community faces down the Swedish company whose toxic sludge was dumped near its homes causing cancer and congenital con..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433861-100-arica-review-gut-wrenching-documentary-about-a-toxic-waste-lawsuit/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A sweater containing tubes filled with a liquid metal alloy can charge up wearable electronic devices
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319473-sweater-includes-a-wireless-charger-to-keep-your-gadgets-topped-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A study looking at more than 55,000 pairs of words has found why word pairings like "funk fungus" and "gnome bone" seem to be more amusing t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319945-why-some-words-become-funnier-when-paired-together/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a discrepancy known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to transform..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433861-400-have-we-been-measuring-the-expansion-of-the-universe-wrong-all-along/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Neither ARIA's chief executive nor its chair have been appointed yet, though announcements are expected imminently
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319671-launch-of-uk-moonshot-aria-research-agency-delayed-until-end-of-year/?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-north-korea-reports-its-first-cases-of-the-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When Australian animals such as platypuses and wombats are described as bizarre or primitive, it makes it harder to protect these incredible..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433860-500-dismissing-australian-mammals-as-weird-hurts-efforts-to-conserve-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The Event Horizon Telescope collaboration has released the first picture of our galaxy’s supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, and it’s j..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319567-first-picture-of-our-galaxys-supermassive-black-hole-revealed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) in sub-Saharan Africa apply an antimicrobial substance to nestmates whose limbs are lost while raiding ter..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319163-ants-treat-infected-wounds-of-nestmates-with-medicine-from-their-back/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A moving exhibition at Bletchley Park shows women's crucial contribution to the success of the UK's wartime intelligence centre
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25433860-800-the-intelligence-factory-review-how-women-won-the-war-at-bletchley/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A meta-analysis of studies involving 9000 people suggests those who receive a flu vaccine also gain some protection against heart attacks
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2319618-flu-vaccine-cuts-risk-of-heart-attack-in-following-year-by-34-per-cent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home