What’s my Alzheimer’s risk, and can I really do anything to change it? 06. October 2025 (18:00) Can you escape your genetic inheritance, and do lifestyle changes actually make a difference? Daniel Cossins set out to understand what the evidence on Alzheimer’s really means for him(New Scientist)
Nobel prize for medicine goes to trio for work on immune tolerance 06. October 2025 (12:42) The 2025 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine has gone to Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi for their discoveries around how we keep our immune system under control(New Scientist)
There is an odd streak in the universe – and we still don’t know why 03. October 2025 (18:00) Astronomers have long thought the universe should look generally the same in every direction, but an anomaly in the radiation from the big bang persists even after a new analysis from radio telescopes(New Scientist)
20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call 03. October 2025 (12:00) Several species of birds from different continents use and understand similar alarm calls when they see an invader that might lay an egg in their nest – this shared call hints at the origin of language(New Scientist)
Kids as young as 4 innately use sorting algorithms to solve problems 03. October 2025 (12:00) It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new research suggests that much earlier, children can happen upon known sorting algorithms used by computer scientists(New Scientist)
Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the Royal Society science book prize 03. October 2025 (11:00) Sandra Knapp, chair of the judging panel for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explains why neurologist Masud Husain’s collection of case studies is such an enlightening, compassionate book(New Scientist)
