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The weird physics of plant-based milks is only just coming to light

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 30/03/2026 - 10:00
Experiments on different kinds of milk have revealed that many plant-based milks are non-Newtonian fluids
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The weird physics of plant-based milks is only just coming to light

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 30/03/2026 - 10:00
Experiments on different kinds of milk have revealed that many plant-based milks are non-Newtonian fluids
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Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 30/03/2026 - 10:00
An accounting of all the water that should have been and gone on Mars’s surface has come up with a discrepancy that shows just how little we understand the Red Planet’s hydrological history
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Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 30/03/2026 - 10:00
An accounting of all the water that should have been and gone on Mars’s surface has come up with a discrepancy that shows just how little we understand the Red Planet’s hydrological history
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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 28, 2026)

Daily Brain Teaser - Sat, 28/03/2026 - 02:00
Bit of Brush Anagram

Each sentence below contains a word that can be anagrammed to answer or describe the sentence.

Example: Craft that might tip in the ocean. Answer: Canoe (Anagram of ocean)

1. Bit of brush
2. Opposite of unite
3. Writings of a steno
4. They affix without paste
5. Having less reason for fears
6. Animal that may need a shoer

Excerpted from an old Reader's Digest


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 17:00
Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area
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AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 17:00
Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area
Categories: Science

I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 15:00
During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet
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I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 15:00
During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet
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How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 14:00
After the passing of physicist Anthony Leggett, columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with this giant of quantum physics, and explores the legacy of his enduring recipe for testing the edges of the quantum world
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How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 14:00
After the passing of physicist Anthony Leggett, columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with this giant of quantum physics, and explores the legacy of his enduring recipe for testing the edges of the quantum world
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We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 13:00
A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull them apart while shifting their trajectories
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We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 13:00
A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull them apart while shifting their trajectories
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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:20
Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today
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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:20
Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today
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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:15
As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this 1992 book still feels so relevant today
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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:15
As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this 1992 book still feels so relevant today
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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:15
This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it
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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:15
This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New Scientist Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it
Categories: Science

Surprising male G-spot found in most detailed study of the penis yet

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 27/03/2026 - 11:00
A long-overlooked area of the penis has been found to have the highest concentration of nerve endings and sensory structures in the organ, suggesting that it is the “male G-spot”
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