Norovirus vaccine pill protects against winter vomiting bug 14. May 2025 (21:00) An oral vaccine reduced infection risk in a trial where people were deliberately exposed to high doses of norovirus, and could also slow the spread of the pathogen(New Scientist)
The complexity of female sex hormones calls for more science, not less 14. May 2025 (20:00) Women were historically excluded from health studies on the grounds that hormone fluctuations introduced "noise" into the data, and this has left us with a lack of understanding about a range of conditions(New Scientist)
A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist 14. May 2025 (20:00) In highly politicised times, is living off-world something we should entertain, let alone do? Adriana Marais's futurist dream Out of This World and Into the Next feels tone deaf(New Scientist)
Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest? 14. May 2025 (20:00) As Eurovision looms, Feedback enjoys discovering more about the winners of this year's Dance Your PhD contest, who have an original take on chemesthesis, the sense that detects the heat of chillies and the coolness of menthol(New Scientist)
When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety 14. May 2025 (20:00) There are serious issues with new proposals to use artificial intelligence to predict future crimes, says Yu Xiong, chair of the advisory board to the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Metaverse and Web 3.0(New Scientist)
How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds 14. May 2025 (20:00) The discovery of the cosmic acceleration problem truly inspired me as a teenage physics nerd. Recent, related revelations about dark energy will hopefully capture the interest of today’s young science geeks, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein(New Scientist)
