The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action 11. June 2025 (18:00) From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist deciding which climate change technologies hold the most promise(New Scientist)
These images are the first time we have seen the sun's south pole 11. June 2025 (17:00) The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a joint mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, is the first to venture into a tilted orbit around the sun, letting it take some unusual pictures(New Scientist)
Can we stop big tech from controlling the internet with AI agents? 11. June 2025 (16:00) With tech giants like Google developing ways for AI models to communicate and work together, there are fears that smaller players could get left behind in the rush to unleash AI agents on the internet(New Scientist)
'Impossible' particle that hit Earth may have been dark matter 11. June 2025 (14:09) We may already have had our first-ever encounter with dark matter, according to researchers who say a mysteriously high-energy particle detected in 2023 is not a neutrino after all, but something far stranger(New Scientist)
Meta's AI memorised books verbatim – that could cost it billions 10. June 2025 (20:00) Many AI models were trained on the text of books, but a new test found at least one model has directly memorised nearly the entirety of some books, including Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which could complicate ongoing legal battles over copyright infringement(New Scientist)
Ancient humans’ extraordinary journey to South America 10. June 2025 (20:00) Humans first arrived in South America through a series of extraordinary migrations – and genetic studies now reveal more about how they settled and then split into four distinct groups on the continent(New Scientist)
Tutankhamun was only a D-list pharaoh. So why was his tomb so opulent? 10. June 2025 (18:00) He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off(New Scientist)
IBM says it will build a practical quantum supercomputer by 2029 10. June 2025 (13:00) The company has unveiled new innovations in quantum hardware and software that researchers hope will make quantum computing both error-proof and useful before the end of the decade(New Scientist)
