Glow-in-the-dark plants to replace streetlights? Forget it 27. August 2025 (18:00) The brightest and most colourful glowing plants yet have been created by injecting phosphorescent chemicals directly into the leaves, but it is little more than a cheap gimmick(New Scientist)
Armoured dinosaur's 'crazy' spikes weren't just for defence 27. August 2025 (18:00) A 165-million-year-old ankylosaur from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco was covered in an array of extreme armour including body spikes fused to its skeleton, a feature never seen in any dinosaur before(New Scientist)
Light-based AI image generator uses almost no power 27. August 2025 (18:00) A system that generates images by inducing random fluctuations in a laser beam could slash energy use compared with standard AI tools(New Scientist)
Why auroras are so much brighter and more easily visible recently 27. August 2025 (18:00) The aurora borealis has been remarkably bright recently. Space weather physicist Tamitha Skov reveals what's going on and how worried we should be about a major solar storm(New Scientist)
CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines 27. August 2025 (09:00) Performing CPR on a space station in microgravity involves doing a handstand on a person's chest and pushing against the walls with your legs – but now researchers say there is a better way(New Scientist)
Thylacine's genome provides clues about why it went extinct 27. August 2025 (02:00) A comparison of the thylacine’s genome to other marsupials has revealed that the creatures lost genetic diversity long before humans and dingoes arrived in Australia(New Scientist)
Long-lost sailback shark rediscovered after more than 50 years 26. August 2025 (21:20) The rare sailback houndshark, which has an unusually large dorsal fin, was first described by scientists in 1973. That was the last record of its existence, until now(New Scientist)
