Is this the most glorious retraction notice a journal has ever made? 12. March 2025 (19:00) Feedback would like to bring to readers' attention the retraction of five psychology articles by Nicolas Guéguen, including a "field study" into "bust size and hitchhiking"(New Scientist)
How we could achieve dog-level sense of smell – and what it would mean 12. March 2025 (19:00) Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come – this time how, by the mid-21st century, many people were opting for a "nose job" that would supercharge their sense of smell. Rowan Hooper is our guide.(New Scientist)
Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world 12. March 2025 (19:00) Cosmic Titans, a new exhibition at the University of Nottingham, UK, is a powerful collaboration of artists and quantum physicists that sets out to make the intangible tangible(New Scientist)
Do we finally understand what caused record heat in 2023 and 2024? 12. March 2025 (17:00) Scientists have struggled to explain why global temperatures have shot up in recent years, but ocean cloud cover has now emerged as a crucial piece of the puzzle(New Scientist)