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Tweaking the smell of cat food can encourage fussy felines to eat

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 23:00
Some cats will suddenly refuse to touch brands of cat food that they have eaten for years. Changing the way the food smells might solve the problem
Categories: Science

Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 21:00
A handful of plankton fossils buried in a small chunk of rock show that the oceans were teeming with life before the Late Ordovician mass extinction, the second most severe on record
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Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 21:00
A handful of plankton fossils buried in a small chunk of rock show that the oceans were teeming with life before the Late Ordovician mass extinction, the second most severe on record
Categories: Science

The secret project to settle controversial maths proof with a computer

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 19:30
Working in secret for more than two years, a group of mathematicians has set out to resolve of the longest and most bitter battles in modern mathematics
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The secret project to settle controversial maths proof with a computer

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 19:30
Working in secret for more than two years, a group of mathematicians has set out to resolve of the longest and most bitter battles in modern mathematics
Categories: Science

Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 14:00
Physicists have shown how time can effectively be reversed for some quantum systems, which would allow for new ways to harvest energy
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Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 14:00
Physicists have shown how time can effectively be reversed for some quantum systems, which would allow for new ways to harvest energy
Categories: Science

The man who ruined mathematics

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 12:00
The incompleteness theorem is accepted as part of the mathematical canon today, but columnist Jacob Aron says it was a bombshell when Kurt Gödel first introduced it. Gödel’s seminal work directly contradicted one of the great minds of mathematics and limited the field forever
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The man who ruined mathematics

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 12:00
The incompleteness theorem is accepted as part of the mathematical canon today, but columnist Jacob Aron says it was a bombshell when Kurt Gödel first introduced it. Gödel’s seminal work directly contradicted one of the great minds of mathematics and limited the field forever
Categories: Science

Physicists resolve a long-standing puzzle over the size of a proton

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 12:00
Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help future searches for new particles
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Physicists resolve a long-standing puzzle over the size of a proton

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 12:00
Two extremely precise experiments agree with a previously shocking measurement of just how big the proton is, which may help future searches for new particles
Categories: Science

Daily Brain Teaser for Apr 10, 2026

Daily Brain Teaser - Fri, 10/04/2026 - 03:00
Hinkie Pinkie

These word pairs are not in relation to each other, but if you find their synonyms, the two words will rhyme.

Example : Over-sized Feline = Fat Cat

Kiss Dog
Funny Cat
Movie Monster
Unusual Rabbit
Copper Teapot
Wedding Limo
Untamed Minor


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
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Chimpanzee group's violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 22:00
Researchers who observed a murderous conflict unfolding in a once-unified group of wild chimpanzees say there are parallels with civil wars in human societies
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Chimpanzee group's violent rupture hints at evolutionary roots of war

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 22:00
Researchers who observed a murderous conflict unfolding in a once-unified group of wild chimpanzees say there are parallels with civil wars in human societies
Categories: Science

CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine'

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 19:00
A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems
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CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine'

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 19:00
A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems
Categories: Science

Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 16:00
Elizabeth Banks stars as an author shrunk by her scientist husband Matthew Macfadyen in this major new series – but it fails to live up to its promise, finds Josh Bell
Categories: Science

Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms – despite the big names

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 16:00
Elizabeth Banks stars as an author shrunk by her scientist husband Matthew Macfadyen in this major new series – but it fails to live up to its promise, finds Josh Bell
Categories: Science

Mysterious 'compound X' clears toxic Parkinson’s proteins from brain

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 16:00
A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility
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Mysterious 'compound X' clears toxic Parkinson’s proteins from brain

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 09/04/2026 - 16:00
A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility
Categories: Science

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