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Hottest engine in the world reveals weirdness of microscopic physics

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 16:10
A tiny engine comprised of a glass bead zapped with electric fields behaves as if it is operating 2000 times hotter than the sun
Categories: Science

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 14:00
Weather apps regularly differ in their predictions for the same location – why is it so hard to predict local forecasts, and where can we get the best weather information?
Categories: Science

Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 14:00
Weather apps regularly differ in their predictions for the same location – why is it so hard to predict local forecasts, and where can we get the best weather information?
Categories: Science

Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:50
The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction
Categories: Science

Our verdict on ‘Circular Motion’: this dystopia hit too close to home

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:50
The New Scientist Book Club has just finished reading Alex Foster's sci-fi novel “Circular Motion”. We liked it – but there were calls for a bit more science in this slice of science fiction
Categories: Science

Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:30
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today
Categories: Science

Ursula Le Guin's son on why The Dispossessed is (maybe) his favourite

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:30
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin's classic science fiction novel "The Dispossessed". Here, her son Theo Downes-Le Guin considers the artistic process behind it – and why it still resonates today
Categories: Science

Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:30
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres
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Read an extract from The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 12:30
The New Scientist Book Club is currently reading Ursula K. Le Guin’s classic novel The Dispossessed. In this extract from its opening, we get our first glimpse of the planet Anarres
Categories: Science

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 29, 2025)

Daily Brain Teaser - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 03:00
Word Play

What do the following words have in common?

Assess
Banana
Dresser
Grammar
Potato
Revive
Uneven
Voodoo


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Categories: Brain Teaser

Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn't work that well

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 02:30
Surgery, not antibiotics, might be the best way to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition that leaves people with a permanently blocked or runny nose and a reduced sense of smell
Categories: Science

Go-to therapy for chronic sinus condition doesn't work that well

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 02:30
Surgery, not antibiotics, might be the best way to treat chronic rhinosinusitis, a condition that leaves people with a permanently blocked or runny nose and a reduced sense of smell
Categories: Science

Will Australia's social media ban really keep teenagers safe online?

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 01:00
Social media platforms will soon have to exclude children under 16 in Australia, but there are doubts over how age verification tools will work – and whether this is the right approach to deal with online harms
Categories: Science

Will Australia's social media ban really keep teenagers safe online?

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 29/08/2025 - 01:00
Social media platforms will soon have to exclude children under 16 in Australia, but there are doubts over how age verification tools will work – and whether this is the right approach to deal with online harms
Categories: Science

Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 28/08/2025 - 20:00
Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but urine tests seem to work just as well
Categories: Science

Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 28/08/2025 - 20:00
Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but urine tests seem to work just as well
Categories: Science

The foundations of eczema may start to be laid down in the womb

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 28/08/2025 - 19:30
Eczema can be very distressing for children – and now it seems that its roots may at least partly lie in their mothers experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy
Categories: Science

The foundations of eczema may start to be laid down in the womb

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 28/08/2025 - 19:30
Eczema can be very distressing for children – and now it seems that its roots may at least partly lie in their mothers experiencing high levels of stress during pregnancy
Categories: Science

Daily Brain Teaser for Aug 28, 2025

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 28/08/2025 - 03:00
Run, Hit, Jump

What expression is represented here?

Run, Hit, Jump = Volume Level 9

Dictionary = Volume Level 2


Check Braingle.com for the answer.
Categories: Brain Teaser

Ancient crocodile relative could have ripped dinosaurs apart

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 27/08/2025 - 22:00
A fossil discovered in Patagonia shows a 3.5-metre-long reptile from the late Cretaceous with large, serrated teeth capable of slicing through muscle
Categories: Science

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