Hot methane seeps could support life beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet 18. April 2025 (12:00) Microbial communities feeding on geothermal methane seeps beneath the Antarctic ice sheet could resemble life-supporting environments on frozen worlds in our solar system and beyond(New Scientist)
Most accurate space clock to launch – and count down to destruction 18. April 2025 (11:00) A network of Earth's best clocks will be synchronised with the most accurate one ever sent into space. But the device has a short shelf life: it will burn up in the atmosphere at the end of the decade as the ISS deorbits(New Scientist)
Will we ever have confirmation of life outside our solar system? 17. April 2025 (18:07) The report of possible biosignatures on the exoplanet K2-18b is exciting, but we are a long way from establishing beyond doubt that there is life on such a distant world(New Scientist)
Does the shipping industry's plan for net zero add up? 17. April 2025 (16:00) New global rules will see a carbon levy applied to emissions from shipping for the first time, but analysts say the package falls short of what is needed(New Scientist)
A classic hacking technique works on some quantum computers 17. April 2025 (15:00) Two independent research teams have developed methods for hacking noisy quantum computers based on a row-hammer attack, a type of interference used to infiltrate traditional computers(New Scientist)
Why claims about 'resurrecting' dire wolves are the tip of the iceberg 17. April 2025 (15:00) Colossal Biosciences’s "de-extinction" news is just the latest in a slew of eyebrow-raising claims by privately funded researchers. Is the bar for belief lower when those making the claims have a lot of money, wonders Jonathan R. Goodman(New Scientist)
Ancient computer's gears may not have been able to turn 17. April 2025 (10:00) The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming(New Scientist)
