Astronomers found a completely new type of plasma wave near Jupiter 10. July 2025 (18:00) Observations from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal that Jupiter’s strong magnetic field and the unique properties of its plasma can produce a truly novel kind of extraterrestrial wave near its poles(New Scientist)
Peculiar plant could help us reconstruct ancient Earth’s climate 10. July 2025 (17:00) Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides valuable clues for understanding past and present ecosystems(New Scientist)
Interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS might be the oldest comet ever seen 10. July 2025 (15:33) Astronomers tracking an interstellar object flying through the solar system think it comes from a star at least 8 billion years old, almost twice the age of our sun(New Scientist)
Surgical robots take step towards fully autonomous operations 09. July 2025 (21:00) An AI system trained on videos of operations successfully guided a robot to carry out gall bladder surgery on a dead pig, with minimal human assistance(New Scientist)
Stunningly intimate octopus image wins aquatic photography prize 09. July 2025 (20:00) Kat Zhou has won the Aquatic Life category in the 2025 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition, while a shot of a death-defying leap by a lemur took the top prize(New Scientist)
Is this the raciest conference invite ever? 09. July 2025 (20:00) Feedback has been invited to an event next year in Shaoxing, China. It's an academic conference promising "revolutionary thinkers who are redefining human intimacy through cutting-edge robotics and AI"(New Scientist)
Plans to genetically screen newborns for rare diseases are problematic 09. July 2025 (20:00) The UK's health secretary has announced a 10-year plan to check newborns for a huge range of rare conditions. There are major medical and ethical issues with this, argues neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan(New Scientist)
The cosmos is vast, so how do we measure it? 09. July 2025 (20:00) The awe-inspiring distances of the cosmos are hard to visualise, so how can we be certain we are measuring them correctly? Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explains(New Scientist)
