Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time 10. April 2026 (13:00) Physicists have shown how time can effectively be reversed for some quantum systems, which would allow for new ways to harvest energy(New Scientist)
The man who ruined mathematics 10. April 2026 (11:00) The incompleteness theorem is accepted as part of the mathematical canon today, but columnist Jacob Aron says it was a bombshell when Kurt Gödel first introduced it. Gödel’s seminal work directly contradicted one of the great minds of mathematics and limited the field forever(New Scientist)
CAR T-cell therapy takes woman from bedridden to 'perfectly fine' 09. April 2026 (18:00) A woman with three different autoimmune conditions had all of them treated simultaneously by genetically modifying her immune cells to kill off the rogue ones causing problems(New Scientist)
Sci-fi show The Miniature Wife underwhelms - despite the big names 09. April 2026 (15:00) Elizabeth Banks stars as an author shrunk by her scientist husband Matthew Macfadyen in this major new series - but it fails to live up to its promise, finds Josh Bell(New Scientist)
Mysterious 'compound X' clears toxic Parkinson’s proteins from brain 09. April 2026 (15:00) A drug known only as compound X helped to remove the problematic proteins associated with Parkinson's disease from the brains of mice, and improved their balance and mobility(New Scientist)
Emperor penguins added to endangered list after rapid decline 09. April 2026 (12:00) The International Union for Conservation of Nature has updated the Red List status for three of Antarctica’s most famous species after a dire assessment of their prospects under climate change(New Scientist)
Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic 08. April 2026 (21:00) Measurements by buoys at four latitudes in the western Atlantic provide the strongest evidence yet that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation is weakening(New Scientist)
