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Boy's body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin

New Scientist - Space - Fri, 31/10/2025 - 08:00
The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago have given us new insights into the preservative properties of copper
Categories: Science

Boy's body was mummified and turned green by a copper coffin

New Scientist - Technology - Fri, 31/10/2025 - 08:00
The green mummified remains of a teenager buried in Italy 200 to 400 years ago have given us new insights into the preservative properties of copper
Categories: Science

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Oct 31, 2025)

Daily Brain Teaser - Fri, 31/10/2025 - 02:00
Insert A Word

Insert a word from group B into a word from group A to form a larger word. (Try & Eat = Treaty)

Group A
Slight
Bless
King
Pain
Hock
Shed
Rue
Hen
Wing

Group B
One
Now
Lad
Eight
Tar
Even
Cat
Itch
Add


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Categories: Brain Teaser

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 21:00
Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are exciting, but there is no reason to claim that they are evidence of alien spacecraft – sometimes a comet is just comet, says Robin George Andrews
Categories: Science

Sorry, but interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS really is a comet, not aliens

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 21:00
Interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS are exciting, but there is no reason to claim that they are evidence of alien spacecraft – sometimes a comet is just comet, says Robin George Andrews
Categories: Science

Magnetic gel could remove kidney stones more effectively

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 20:00
Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process more efficient
Categories: Science

Magnetic gel could remove kidney stones more effectively

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 20:00
Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process more efficient
Categories: Science

The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite what Trump says

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 18:10
President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice – but will it actually happen?
Categories: Science

The US is unlikely to test nuclear weapons, despite what Trump says

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 18:10
President Donald Trump appears to have ordered a return to nuclear testing after decades of uneasy but effective treaties banning the practice – but will it actually happen?
Categories: Science

Dinosaur skeleton settles long debate over 'tiny T. rex' fossils

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 18:00
Palaeontologists have argued for decades over whether certain fossils are young Tyrannosaurus rex or another species entirely – now they have strong evidence that the diminutive Nanotyrannus really existed
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Dinosaur skeleton settles long debate over 'tiny T. rex' fossils

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 18:00
Palaeontologists have argued for decades over whether certain fossils are young Tyrannosaurus rex or another species entirely – now they have strong evidence that the diminutive Nanotyrannus really existed
Categories: Science

Germanium superconductor could help build reliable quantum computers

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 12:00
A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips to be built into one device, creating better and more reliable quantum computers.
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Germanium superconductor could help build reliable quantum computers

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 12:00
A new type of germanium superconductor could allow classical and quantum chips to be built into one device, creating better and more reliable quantum computers.
Categories: Science

Daily Brain Teaser for Oct 30, 2025

Daily Brain Teaser - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 02:00
Fell From A Star

It fell from a star,
But not very far.
It seems to fly
Above you and I.
Look further down to see
Cousin Jay below us three.
Jump down further to see an empty space.
Tell me what "it" is, and where is this place?


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Categories: Brain Teaser

Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

New Scientist - Space - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 01:30
People who receive stem cell therapy within a week of their first heart attack have nearly a 60 per cent lower risk of developing heart failure years later
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Stem cell therapy lowers risk of heart failure after a heart attack

New Scientist - Technology - Thu, 30/10/2025 - 01:30
People who receive stem cell therapy within a week of their first heart attack have nearly a 60 per cent lower risk of developing heart failure years later
Categories: Science

A tiny nearby galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous black hole

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 29/10/2025 - 22:03
One of the Milky Way’s smallest galactic neighbours seems to have a supermassive black hole at its centre, upending assumptions that it was dominated by dark matter
Categories: Science

A tiny nearby galaxy is home to a shockingly enormous black hole

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 29/10/2025 - 22:03
One of the Milky Way’s smallest galactic neighbours seems to have a supermassive black hole at its centre, upending assumptions that it was dominated by dark matter
Categories: Science

Cats revealed in all their glory in stunning new photographs

New Scientist - Space - Wed, 29/10/2025 - 20:00
Photographer Tim Flach's new book Feline explores the mysterious and irresistible world of cats, from the domesticated to the wild, and why we love them
Categories: Science

Cats revealed in all their glory in stunning new photographs

New Scientist - Technology - Wed, 29/10/2025 - 20:00
Photographer Tim Flach's new book Feline explores the mysterious and irresistible world of cats, from the domesticated to the wild, and why we love them
Categories: Science

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