Man unexpectedly cured of HIV after stem cell transplant 01. December 2025 (17:00) A handful of people with HIV have been cured after receiving HIV-resistant stem cells – but a man who received non-resistant stem cells is also now HIV-free(New Scientist)
Cats can overcome fear of water to benefit from aquatic therapy 01. December 2025 (13:05) Vets have developed a training protocol to help cats benefit from water-based rehabilitation therapies, in spite of their natural aversion to water(New Scientist)
The best new science fiction books of December 2025 01. December 2025 (12:00) From a new collection of shorter fiction by Brandon Sanderson to Simon Stålenhag’s new work, via a Stranger Things novel, December’s new sci-fi features some compelling and intriguing offerings(New Scientist)
Was a little-known culture in Bronze Age Turkey a major power? 01. December 2025 (11:00) Archaeologists have gathered evidence from hundreds of Bronze Age sites in western Turkey that could be remnants of a civilisation that has been largely overlooked(New Scientist)
Ancient humans took two routes to Australia 60,000 years ago 28. November 2025 (20:00) Scientists have long tried to uncover the perilous journey humans took to reach the ancient land mass that now makes up Australia. Now, a genetic study has edged us closer to understanding how and when they achieved this(New Scientist)
Why Google’s custom AI chips are shaking up the tech industry 28. November 2025 (17:00) Google is reportedly in talks to sell its tensor processing units – a type of computer chip specially designed for AI – to other tech companies, a move that could unsettle the dominant chip-maker Nvidia(New Scientist)
Upheavals to the oral microbiome in pregnancy may be behind tooth loss 28. November 2025 (14:00) Dental problems often arise or get worse during pregnancy, and a new study hints that rapid changes to the oral microbiome at this time could be at least partly to blame(New Scientist)
Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb 28. November 2025 (11:00) Logging and mining are destroying swathes of the Congo rainforest, with the result that African forests went from being a carbon sink to a carbon source in 2010 to 2017(New Scientist)
Plastic can be programmed to have a lifespan of days, months or years 28. November 2025 (11:00) Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer needed, rather than polluting the environment(New Scientist)
