An early-warning system for climate 'tipping points' is an awful idea 19. March 2025 (19:00) Improving our understanding of sudden climate shifts is welcome. But framing this as creating an "early-warning system" is wrong on so many levels it is hard to know where to begin, says Bill McGuire(New Scientist)
Why particle physicists are going wild for a record-breaking neutrino 19. March 2025 (19:00) Last month's discovery of the most energetic neutrino yet detected is incredibly exciting for us particle physicists – but it also raises many questions, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein(New Scientist)
Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life 19. March 2025 (19:00) When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the clay tablets were preserved by the heat. Selena Wisnom's new book reveals more(New Scientist)
What happened when one woman set out to improve her personality 19. March 2025 (19:00) In the enjoyable and science-backed book Me, But Better, Olga Khazan embarks on a year-long experiment to see if she can really become a more agreeable person(New Scientist)
Brilliant sci-fi novel shows robots coming to grips with emancipation 19. March 2025 (19:00) Abigail is created to replace her owner's dead wife, just as robots are set to gain rights. Emily H. Wilson explores Lucy Lapinska's Some Body Like Me, the latest addition to "robo-rights" literature(New Scientist)
Why you don't need to worry about 'over-potting' your plants 19. March 2025 (19:00) Traditional advice tells us to only move growing plants to a pot one size larger. The science shows that you don't need to bother with this slow transition, says James Wong(New Scientist)
Microsoft’s quantum computer hit with criticism at key physics meeting 19. March 2025 (18:37) After weeks of criticism, Microsoft promised to show new data about its Majorana 1 quantum computer at the biggest meeting of the world's physicists. Researchers in the room tell New Scientist they were not impressed with what they saw.(New Scientist)
Budgie brains have a map of vocal sounds just like humans 19. March 2025 (17:00) Recordings of brain activity in budgerigars reveal sets of brain cells that represent different sounds like keys on a keyboard – a structure never seen before in any bird brain(New Scientist)
Quantum satellite sets globe-spanning distance record 19. March 2025 (17:00) A record-setting test of quantum communication used a microsatellite to connect ground stations in China and South Africa, bringing a global quantum internet closer to reality(New Scientist)
Is our cosmos just a membrane on the edge of a far stranger reality? 19. March 2025 (17:00) String theory may be our best attempt at a theory of everything, except that it can't describe an expanding universe like ours. Now a radical new twist on the idea could finally fix that – but it requires us to completely reimagine reality(New Scientist)
