Science

Not to worry, no giant radioactive wasps here

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Feedback remembers Godzilla, and feels a little nervous about the wasp nest found at an old nuclear weapons site in South Carolina
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The surprisingly useful mathematical patterns in some real-world data

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
From stock market prices to house numbers, certain collections of numbers aren't as random as you'd think, says Katie Steckles
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Is Neuromancer's cyberpunk dystopia still thrilling in 2025?

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
When it was first published in 1984, William Gibson's Neuromancer transformed sci-fi and instantly birthed the cyberpunk genre. Ahead of an upcoming TV adaptation, Emily H. Wilson revisits the prophetic novel to see if it stands the test of time
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Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Flamingoes, a kingfisher and two red-crowned cranes are shown in all their glory in these images from the new book Aviary: The bird in contemporary photography
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Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
During his time as a Meta executive, Nick Clegg witnessed some of the biggest decisions to ever affect the online world. But this collection of tired tropes offers little insight, says Chris Stokel-Walker
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Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Seeking endorsements for her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds herself staring at fundamental questions of space, time – and grammar
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We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Societies can be united and inspired by ideas of the future. We urgently need more of them, argues futurist Sarah Housley
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What can psychoanalysis teach us about love and heartbreak?

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
In Love's Labour, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on 40 years of conversations with his patients about relationships. This compelling memoir is reminiscent of the writing of Oliver Sacks, says David Robson
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We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Governments are looking to ban social media for children but can't get enough of AI – a technology parents are far less equipped to deal with
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Birds dazzle and amaze in stunning new photographs

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Flamingoes, a kingfisher and two red-crowned cranes are shown in all their glory in these images from the new book Aviary: The bird in contemporary photography
Categories: Science

Nick Clegg says nothing at all in new book How to Save the Internet

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
During his time as a Meta executive, Nick Clegg witnessed some of the biggest decisions to ever affect the online world. But this collection of tired tropes offers little insight, says Chris Stokel-Walker
Categories: Science

Should it be space-time or spacetime – and why does it matter anyway?

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Seeking endorsements for her new book, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein finds herself staring at fundamental questions of space, time – and grammar
Categories: Science

We have run out of new visions of the future. This needs to change

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Societies can be united and inspired by ideas of the future. We urgently need more of them, argues futurist Sarah Housley
Categories: Science

What can psychoanalysis teach us about love and heartbreak?

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
In Love's Labour, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on 40 years of conversations with his patients about relationships. This compelling memoir is reminiscent of the writing of Oliver Sacks, says David Robson
Categories: Science

We have let down teens if we ban social media but embrace AI

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 21:00
Governments are looking to ban social media for children but can't get enough of AI – a technology parents are far less equipped to deal with
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3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
As quantum computers get larger, they may become truly useful – 3D-printing a key component of some quantum computers may make it easier to build larger arrays of qubits to make them more powerful
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3D-printing could make it easier to make large quantum computers

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
As quantum computers get larger, they may become truly useful – 3D-printing a key component of some quantum computers may make it easier to build larger arrays of qubits to make them more powerful
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We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Storing carbon dioxide underground is seen as a way to mitigate climate change, but the world could run out of safe storage space within 200 years if we keep on burning fossil fuels
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We may have 10 times less carbon storage capacity than we thought

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Storing carbon dioxide underground is seen as a way to mitigate climate change, but the world could run out of safe storage space within 200 years if we keep on burning fossil fuels
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Queen ant makes males of another species for daughters to mate with

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 03/09/2025 - 19:00
Bizarrely, Iberian harvester ant queens lay eggs that turn into male builder harvester ants, and some of her offspring are hybrids of the two species
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