Methane-eating bacteria are ready to capture landfill emissions 11. April 2025 (14:08) Bioreactors housing methane-eating bacteria could offer a portable, off-grid solution for soaking up methane leaks from sites like landfills and coal mines(New Scientist)
Dolphins are dying from toxic chemicals banned since the 1980s 11. April 2025 (12:00) Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are commonly found in the bodies of short-beaked common dolphins that get stranded on UK beaches, and are linked to the animals’ risk of infectious diseases(New Scientist)
Ringworld extract: Read a section from Larry Niven’s timeless classic 11. April 2025 (11:30) In this extract from the classic science fiction novel, the latest read for the New Scientist Book Club, we meet Ringworld’s protagonist Louis Wu, as he travels a future Earth(New Scientist)
Where Schrödinger’s cat came from – and why it’s getting fatter 10. April 2025 (20:00) Schrödinger called his metaphorical cat “quite ridiculous” but the quantum weirdness it represents has become a useful benchmark for the quantum computing industry, finds our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan(New Scientist)
