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A very serious guide to buying your own humanoid robot butler

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 18:00
You can now buy a humanoid robot housekeeper for less than the price of a second-hand car. But before splashing out, there’s something you need to know
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Your partner probably wakes you up at night without you even realising

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 14:00
People who share a bed with a partner are woken by them multiple times per night, but don’t remember most of these disturbances
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Your partner probably wakes you up at night without you even realising

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 14:00
People who share a bed with a partner are woken by them multiple times per night, but don’t remember most of these disturbances
Categories: Science

Particle discovered at CERN solves a 20-year-old mystery

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 11:00
Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades
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Particle discovered at CERN solves a 20-year-old mystery

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 11:00
Physicists working on the LHCb experiment have spotted an elusive and fleeting particle, a heavier and more charming cousin to the proton, that has been sought for decades
Categories: Science

3I/ATLAS: Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system

New Scientist - Space - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 09:00
The levels of a heavy form of hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS are 30 to 40 times higher than in Earth's oceans, suggesting the comet has a cold and distant origin
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3I/ATLAS: Interstellar comet has water unlike any in our solar system

New Scientist - Technology - Tue, 17/03/2026 - 09:00
The levels of a heavy form of hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS are 30 to 40 times higher than in Earth's oceans, suggesting the comet has a cold and distant origin
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Forget the multiverse. In the pluriverse, we create reality together

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 18:00
A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can the cosmos be stitched together from interlocking perspectives?
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Forget the multiverse. In the pluriverse, we create reality together

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 18:00
A radical idea that resolves many quantum paradoxes suggests there is no objective view of reality. How can the cosmos be stitched together from interlocking perspectives?
Categories: Science

The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 18:00
All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu
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The asteroid Ryugu has all of the main ingredients for life

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 18:00
All five of the canonical nucleobases – the underpinnings of DNA, RNA and life on Earth – have been found in samples from the asteroid Ryugu
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Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 17:00
Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years
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Why global warming is accelerating and what it means for the future

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 17:00
Scientists disagree whether human-made climate change or natural fluctuations are mostly to blame for worse-than-expected heat in recent years
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AI is nearly exclusively designed by men – here's how to fix it

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 15:00
With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lange
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AI is nearly exclusively designed by men – here's how to fix it

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 15:00
With the Trump administration’s attacks on so-called woke AI it is becoming even harder to make the technology we use fairer and more diverse. Leading voices are speaking out, reports Catherine de Lange
Categories: Science

The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 14:00
Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents
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The ancient Goths were an ethnically diverse group

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 14:00
Ancient DNA reveals that the Goths of eastern Europe, some of whom would ultimately sack the city of Rome, may have been a mix of peoples from three continents
Categories: Science

What does it mean if the universe has extra dimensions?

New Scientist - Space - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 11:00
Dimensions beyond the four we’re familiar with could solve a host of problems in physics and cosmology. Columnist Leah Crane explores what a higher-dimensional universe might be like – and how we could find out if we live in one
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What does it mean if the universe has extra dimensions?

New Scientist - Technology - Mon, 16/03/2026 - 11:00
Dimensions beyond the four we’re familiar with could solve a host of problems in physics and cosmology. Columnist Leah Crane explores what a higher-dimensional universe might be like – and how we could find out if we live in one
Categories: Science

A smartphone app can help men last longer in bed

New Scientist - Space - Sat, 14/03/2026 - 02:01
In a randomised trial, men who experience premature ejaculation benefitted from using an app to learn techniques for extending intercourse
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