Saturn's rings form a giant dusty doughnut encircling the planet 16. December 2025 (09:00) The rings of Saturn are normally thought to be flat, but measurements by the Cassini spacecraft show that some of their particles fly hundreds of thousands of kilometres above and below the thin main discs(New Scientist)
Your period may make sport injuries more severe 16. December 2025 (06:00) Professional footballer players who became injured while on their period took longer to recover than when injuries occurred at other times of their menstrual cycle(New Scientist)
The world will soon be losing 3000 glaciers every year 15. December 2025 (17:00) Under current climate policies, 79 per cent of the world’s glaciers will disappear by 2100, endangering the water supply for 2 billion people and raising sea levels dramatically(New Scientist)
How green hydrogen could power industries from steel-making to farming 15. December 2025 (12:00) Many industries are eyeing up hydrogen as a source of clean energy, but with supplies of green hydrogen limited, we should prioritise the areas where it could have the most positive impact on carbon emissions, say researchers(New Scientist)
Mars may once have had a much larger moon 12. December 2025 (16:00) There are two small moons in orbit around Mars today, but both may be remnants of a much larger moon that had enough of a gravitational pull to drive tides in the Red Planet's lost lakes and seas(New Scientist)
Qubits break quantum limit to encode information for longer 12. December 2025 (09:00) Controlling qubits with quantum superpositions allows them to dramatically violate a fundamental limit and encode information for about five times longer during quantum computations(New Scientist)
New antibiotic could stave off drug-resistant gonorrhoea 12. December 2025 (00:30) Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the microbe responsible for gonorrhoea, is developing resistance to most antibiotics, which means we need new drugs to treat the condition. An antibiotic called zoliflodacin might be part of a solution(New Scientist)
Disney and OpenAI have made a surprise deal – what happens next? 11. December 2025 (18:25) In a stunning reversal, Disney has changed tack with regard to safeguarding its copyrighted characters from incorporation into AI tools – perhaps a sign that no one can stem the tide of AI(New Scientist)
