A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing 09. May 2026 (09:00) If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia(New Scientist)
US government releases huge batch of UFO files 08. May 2026 (20:33) The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come(New Scientist)
Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash 08. May 2026 (17:07) A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control(New Scientist)
There’s a been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise 08. May 2026 (16:08) Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming(New Scientist)
There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise 08. May 2026 (16:08) Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming(New Scientist)
Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle 08. May 2026 (12:11) An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange stalagmite circle found deep inside Bruniquel cave in south-west France(New Scientist)
The mathematician who doesn’t exist 08. May 2026 (11:00) A secret society of French mathematicians has been revolutionising the field of mathematics under a pseudonym for nearly a century. Columnist Jacob Aron finds that this mythic collective provided maths a rigorous and useful foundation, and did some real harm along the way(New Scientist)
Hantavirus outbreak will not cause a covid-style pandemic, says WHO 07. May 2026 (18:40) The World Health Organization sought to quell worldwide fears over the hantavirus outbreak on the cruise ship MV Hondius and reassure the public that the risk of widespread transmission is low(New Scientist)
