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Vanishing Y chromosomes could aid or worsen lung cancer outcomes

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 20/11/2025 - 11:00
The health impacts of men losing their Y chromosome from their cells are increasingly coming to light, with the loss playing a complicated role in the most common form of lung cancer
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Vanishing Y chromosomes could aid or worsen lung cancer outcomes

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 20/11/2025 - 11:00
The health impacts of men losing their Y chromosome from their cells are increasingly coming to light, with the loss playing a complicated role in the most common form of lung cancer
Categories: Science

Daily Brain Teaser for Nov 20, 2025

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 20/11/2025 - 02:00
Sound-Out Salad

Can you name the salad veggies? Use synonyms of each word in the clue; put them together to sound out the answer.

EG. Clue: Dog Bloom
Answer: Cauliflower
Explanation: "Collie" "Flower"

1. Caution Groove
2. Rotate Bite
3. Fish-egg Hair
4. Allow We
5. Twirl Scratch
6. Taxi Shift
7. Animal-park Crucial Leg-joint
8. Signal Burden
9. Awesome Plate
10. Invigorate Each

Bonus:

-Room Jumble
-Compel Whip
-Not Age


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

We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 22:00
A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of the solar system – including the movement of Neptune
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We’ve found an unexpected structure in the solar system’s Kuiper belt

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 22:00
A newly discovered cluster of objects called the “inner kernel” of the Kuiper belt could teach us about the early history of the solar system – including the movement of Neptune
Categories: Science

Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 21:00
When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the proboscis of a female mosquito had exactly the properties they needed
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Mosquito proboscis repurposed as a fine nozzle for 3D printing

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 21:00
When engineers struggled to make 3D printer nozzles narrow enough for their needs, they turned to nature and found the proboscis of a female mosquito had exactly the properties they needed
Categories: Science

Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 21:00
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
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Climate heating has reached even deepest parts of the Arctic Ocean

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 21:00
The depths of the Arctic Ocean have warmed more than scientists expected. New research has placed the blame on warmer water from Greenland
Categories: Science

How a new way of thinking about fat could transform your health

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Body fat, often reviled, is actually a vital organ that contributes to your health and well-being. It is time for us to stop vilifying fat and to start exploring how we can harness its power
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Is there any evidence that playing music to plants is beneficial?

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Botanist James Wong is constantly asked if he plays music to his army of plants. Time to put this notion to the test...
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Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe discuss their new spacebound album, Liminal

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe's album Liminal is being transmitted into space by Nobel laureate Robert Wilson. They give Chelsea Whyte the lowdown
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How a new way of thinking about fat could transform your health

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Body fat, often reviled, is actually a vital organ that contributes to your health and well-being. It is time for us to stop vilifying fat and to start exploring how we can harness its power
Categories: Science

Is there any evidence that playing music to plants is beneficial?

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Botanist James Wong is constantly asked if he plays music to his army of plants. Time to put this notion to the test...
Categories: Science

Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe discuss their new spacebound album, Liminal

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe's album Liminal is being transmitted into space by Nobel laureate Robert Wilson. They give Chelsea Whyte the lowdown
Categories: Science

New Scientist recommends the Society of Wildlife Artists' annual expo

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
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A fascinatingly grisly guide to replacing and repairing body parts

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes for a brilliant read – just beware the gory details, warns Carissa Wong
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Imagining a future where smart glasses allow 'AI slop' to be avoided

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
In the latest in our imagined history of inventions yet to come, Future Chronicles columnist Rowan Hooper reveals how an ingenious way to avoid being swamped by AI content was invented in the late 2020s
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Cars are getting bigger. This is a problem for us and for the planet

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Sport utility vehicles and other larger cars are becoming more and more common, and this is dangerous for our health in many ways. But we have ways to counter "carspreading", says Anthony Laverty
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An ambitious look at quantum physics is fun – but overdoes it a little

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 19/11/2025 - 20:00
Attempts to describe quantum physics are rarely enjoyable, but Paul Davies' zeal in Quantum 2.0 sometimes steers too close to hype, finds Karmela Padavic-Callaghan
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