Should your menstrual phase dictate what you eat and how you exercise? 17. April 2025 (09:00) The idea of varying your lifestyle throughout your menstrual cycle to help relieve PMS or period pain seems intuitive, but the evidence reveals a nuanced picture, finds columnist Alexandra Thompson(New Scientist)
Astronomers claim strongest evidence of alien life yet 17. April 2025 (02:01) On a faraway planet, James Webb Space Telescope has picked up signs of molecules that, on Earth, are produced only by living organisms – but researchers say we must interpret the results cautiously(New Scientist)
Vegan diets have good levels of key amino acids, but there's a catch 16. April 2025 (21:00) It is harder for our bodies to absorb key nutrients from plant-based foods, so some vegans may be short on essential amino acids for healthy muscles and bones despite eating plenty of protein(New Scientist)
Iron Age site was a purple dye factory for centuries 16. April 2025 (21:00) Beginning around 3000 years ago, Tel Shiqmona in modern-day Israel was a major centre for the production of Tyrian purple, a valuable commodity produced from marine snails(New Scientist)
Ancient humans may have faced radiation risk 41,000 years ago 16. April 2025 (21:00) A weakening of Earth’s magnetic field known as the Laschamps event would have increased the threat of solar radiation, perhaps requiring ancient humans to invent protective measures(New Scientist)
The race to visit the asteroid making the closest pass by Earth 16. April 2025 (20:00) Space agencies from the US, Europe and Japan are all making plans to visit the asteroid Apophis when it makes an extremely close flyby in 2029 to learn how to deflect others like it(New Scientist)
Inside the outlandish, futuristic dreams of the tech bros 16. April 2025 (20:00) Exposing the origins of the improbable – and at times scary – plans of tech billionaires makes Adam Becker's More Everything Forever a disturbing but important book(New Scientist)
It's good to have a word describing why going viral is now meaningless 16. April 2025 (20:00) Feedback was pleased to come across journalist Taylor Lorenz's coining of the word "viralflation", as videos with hundreds of millions of hits proliferate across the internet(New Scientist)
