Experiencing heatwaves may make you age faster 25. August 2025 (18:00) Millions of people may experience accelerated ageing as climate change drives more frequent and intense hot weather(New Scientist)
Fewer than half the calories grown on farms now reach our plates 25. August 2025 (17:32) In 2020, the world produced more than enough calories to feed the global population, but only half of those calories reached people’s plates due to rising meat and biofuel production(New Scientist)
An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution 25. August 2025 (16:00) An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our closest relatives, redrawing our family tree and transforming the hunt for Ancestor X(New Scientist)
Antibiotics normally don’t increase the risk of autoimmune disorders 22. August 2025 (20:00) A study of more than 6 million children finds that exposure to antibiotics in the womb or early in life tends not to increase the risk of autoimmunity – but the relationship is complicated(New Scientist)
US military wants to secure the internet by making it more quantum 22. August 2025 (19:00) The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has assembled a team of researchers to make communication networks more secure by injecting them with quantumness(New Scientist)
Another quantum computer reached quantum advantage – does it matter? 22. August 2025 (14:00) A quantum computer that uses particles of light took about two dozen microseconds to complete a calculation that may take trillions of trillions of trillions of years on the world’s best supercomputers(New Scientist)
We could get most metals for clean energy without opening new mines 21. August 2025 (21:00) An analysis of active US mines finds they already collect virtually all of the minerals the country needs for batteries, solar panels and wind turbines – but these critical minerals mostly go to waste(New Scientist)
