A revolutionary new understanding of autism in girls 31. March 2025 (18:00) By studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting that huge numbers of women have gone undiagnosed(New Scientist)
Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole 31. March 2025 (14:00) An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside, a finding that reveals how effectively black holes destroy the quantum states near their event horizons(New Scientist)
Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin 31. March 2025 (12:40) Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how it did so(New Scientist)
Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming 31. March 2025 (11:30) The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now researchers say that China's efforts to clean up air pollution are inadvertently responsible for the majority of this extra warming(New Scientist)
Does aspirin have potential as an anti-cancer drug? 31. March 2025 (11:00) Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential has been full of twists and turns since then(New Scientist)
Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless frontier? 28. March 2025 (22:39) Since the second world war, US economic prosperity and major technological developments have hinged upon the government’s commitment to funding scientific research. The Trump administration is ending that(New Scientist)
Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal 28. March 2025 (16:21) Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe asteroid 2024 YR4, which earlier this year seemed to be at risk of hitting Earth in 2032. Earth is now safe, but astronomers are cheering on a possible collision with the moon(New Scientist)
