Clare Wilson sheds light on the brain's power to constantly remodel itself, the latest covid variant and why vitamin D cuts the risk of auto..
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Astronomers have found lots of exoplanets but not much evidence of exomoons, and a new model might explain why
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306648-moons-might-not-form-around-rocky-planets-much-larger-than-earth/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

2014 marked the first time more than half of global ocean surface recorded temperatures considered extreme compared to a historical average
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306423-extreme-marine-heatwaves-are-now-normal-for-the-worlds-oceans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and e..
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Two record-breaking lightning flashes occurred in 2020: one with a length of 768 kilometres is the longest ever recorded, while another with..
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Public library of DNA sequences will allow botanists to track the complex evolutionary history of flowering plants in unprecedented detail
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306608-huge-genetic-database-includes-over-9000-species-of-flowering-plants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

New global estimate of tree diversity suggests there are 9200 undiscovered species, but many will be rare and vulnerable
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306553-there-may-be-9200-more-tree-species-in-the-world-than-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Thousands of tweets every day expose other users’ date of birth, which could help criminals access their private accounts
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306361-birthday-wishes-inadvertently-give-away-private-information-online/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A rare variant of the SIRT6 gene increases DNA repair in human cells, and learning its effects could help to develop anti-ageing drugs
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306341-gene-variant-found-in-centenarians-appears-to-slow-the-ageing-process/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Using a combination of game theory and the physics of complex systems, it’s possible to model the behaviour of a rush hour commuter crowd
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306528-game-theory-shows-how-people-crowd-on-trains-at-rush-hour/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In this month's newsletter, Penny Sarchet explains the great divide in flowering plant biology, and remembers American naturalist E.O. Wilson
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306508-wild-wild-life-newsletter-unlocking-the-secrets-of-flowering-plants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The discovery of three previously-unknown strains of chlamydia in Australian birds warrants close monitoring in case they can jump to other ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306501-1-in-3-birds-tested-at-an-australian-animal-hospital-have-chlamydia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and e..
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There's something for everyone in this week's stargazing guide, as Abigail Beall picks out celestial treats tailored to both of Earth's hemi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333713-200-how-to-spot-the-double-cluster-and-the-carina-nebula-this-week/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The waste problem we face today is many orders of magnitude greater than the one that led to the Great Stink of London. Political leaders ma..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333713-300-we-cant-afford-to-delay-getting-to-grips-with-chemical-pollution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The BA.2 variant of omicron seems to be taking over in many places, but it isn't expected to cause yet another wave of cases around the world
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306416-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-fast-spreading-ba-2-omicron-variant/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Conservationists have used artificial insemination to help grow giant panda populations, but data from decades of births show that panda mot..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306494-giant-pandas-more-likely-to-reject-cubs-after-artificial-insemination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A new book by geneticist Jennifer Raff updates our understanding of the first Americans, and confronts the crimes of the past
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333710-700-origin-review-a-genetic-history-of-the-americas/?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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A network of clinics has been set up to give treatments to people who are extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus soon after they have a pos..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306297-uks-rapid-covid-19-drug-delivery-is-helping-protect-vulnerable-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The vivid swathes of minerals in this lithium extraction field, photographed by Tom Hegen, make for a dazzling sight but also represent a wo..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333710-200-lithium-fields-beautiful-from-the-air-trouble-on-the-ground/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Eurasian reed warblers migrate to sub-Saharan Africa each year – and they seem to use the slope of Earth’s magnetic field to judge when they..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306264-migrating-birds-may-use-slope-of-earths-magnetic-field-as-stop-sign/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Google has a new plan to replace cookies, the files that track us when we browse the internet, but it is controversial with advertisers and ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306232-what-does-googles-new-cookie-replacement-mean-for-online-privacy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As people begin to return to flying, we look at one potential long-term fix for cutting aviation emissions: battery-powered planes
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306183-fix-the-planet-newsletter-why-planes-need-a-battery-breakthrough/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Microorganisms have adapted to one of the harshest environments on Earth, a sulphurous and acidic lake that is considered an analogue to anc..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306352-bacteria-survive-extremes-that-may-have-existed-in-ancient-mars-lakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The more quickly people respond to each other during a conversation, the more likely they are to feel in sync
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306349-we-click-better-with-others-when-conversations-flow-more-quickly/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Physicist Chad Orzel’s new book is an enthusiastic romp through the history of our species’ love of clocks and calendars
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333710-500-a-brief-history-of-timekeeping-a-new-book-explores-how-we-mark-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Hibernating animals find it hard to get the nitrogen they need to maintain muscles – but ground squirrels have gut microbes that can break d..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306079-hibernating-ground-squirrels-recycle-urine-to-maintain-their-muscles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Electric fields have previously been shown to speed up wound healing, so researchers have created a dressing powered by static electricity
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305979-electric-wound-dressing-could-help-injuries-heal-faster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A ring-shaped object 160,000 light years away may be the first intergalactic supernova remnant ever observed
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306213-rare-intergalactic-supernova-may-have-been-seen-outside-the-milky-way/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The two major groups of bats diverged tens of millions of years ago, and the main difference between them lies in a tiny inner ear bone
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305724-a-tiny-change-to-an-inner-ear-bone-led-bats-to-evolve-into-two-groups/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

In Control, Geneticist Adam Rutherford argues that eugenics isn’t just a horrific mistake from the past, but an ongoing threat and that we m..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333710-400-control-review-the-troubling-past-present-and-future-of-eugenics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It has long been suspected that vitamin D could help reduce the risk of developing an autoimmune disease, and now we have evidence this is t..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306132-vitamin-d-supplements-really-do-reduce-risk-of-autoimmune-disease/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

When gravitational waves pass over massive objects, they should create an echo that could allow us to examine objects that we can’t otherwis..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305911-strange-gravitational-wave-echoes-may-let-us-probe-dark-matter/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Adult frogs can’t usually regrow a lost leg, but they can after treatment with a regenerative cocktail – and the new leg even contains funct..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306066-frogs-regrow-amputated-legs-after-treatment-with-a-chemical-cocktail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An existing cancer drug has been found to also wake up dormant HIV, and it could eventually work with an HIV medicine in a "kick and kill" s..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2306093-cancer-drug-could-one-day-help-cure-hiv-by-waking-up-dormant-viruses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Something extraordinarily bright in space is pulsing far slower than most similar cosmic objects, and it may be a strange type of neutron st..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305919-a-strange-object-in-space-is-blasting-out-radio-waves-every-18-minutes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An autonomous surgical robot joined sections of intestine together inside the abdominal cavities of live pigs, with limited intervention fro..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305980-robot-performs-keyhole-surgery-on-pigs-with-little-help-from-doctors/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After 40 years of research, scientists have uncovered what happens in the brain during a migraine and developed promising new drugs to tackl..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333713-100-we-are-finally-beginning-to-understand-migraines-and-how-to-treat-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

An AI designed to detect bed sores in digital images has been used to identify wounded animals in camera trap footage, and can also detect p..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305616-ai-can-spot-wounded-wild-animals-and-poachers-in-camera-trap-footage/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

A partial skull from China represents the earliest human with a “modern” brain size. It could represent an unknown group of ancient humans, ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305830-160000-year-old-fossil-may-be-the-first-denisovan-skull-weve-found/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

About one-fifth of all Melipona beecheii stingless bee larvae develop as queens, but the colony accepts only one – the rest are executed by ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305843-some-bee-colonies-have-to-kill-thousands-of-selfish-wannabe-queens/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The coronavirus is evolving to become more transmissible, and eventually it could even overtake measles, the most contagious virus we know of
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305708-how-much-more-contagious-could-the-coronavirus-get/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Bitcoin is theoretically vulnerable to being cracked by quantum computers, but calculations show they would need to be a million times large..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305646-quantum-computers-are-a-million-times-too-small-to-hack-bitcoin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New Scientist and e..
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As school absences soar in England because of covid-19 – and classroom mask-wearing guidelines are lifted – many teachers aren't sure how be..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305864-school-teachers-unsure-of-best-way-to-ventilate-rooms-in-cold-weather/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

It was thought that microbes in sediments beneath the seafloor died above 80°C, but scientists have found some that can survive up to 120°C ..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305667-microbes-survive-deep-below-the-seafloor-at-temperatures-up-to-120c/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

As covid restrictions are relaxed in the UK, we look at how these new policies could play out
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305649-health-check-newsletter-england-lets-covid-19-rip-what-happens-next/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

Whether we are in a new geological epoch is still up for debate, but geologists have almost decided where on Earth should be the official bi..
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305801-geologists-to-pinpoint-official-birthplace-of-the-anthropocene-in-2022/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home

After a month of travelling through space, the James Webb Space Telescope has reached its parking spot 1.5 million kilometres from Earth
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2305705-the-james-webb-space-telescope-has-arrived-at-its-final-destination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home