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Fossil fuel emissions rise again – but China's are levelling off

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 7:01pm
Global emissions from fossil fuels are expected to hit another record high in 2025, but China’s carbon emissions appear to be reaching a peak
Categories: Astronomy

Strongest evidence yet that the Epstein-Barr virus causes lupus

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 2:00pm
Lupus has been linked to the Epstein-Barr virus – which causes glandular fever, or mono – before, but we now have evidence of how it can bring about the autoimmune condition
Categories: Astronomy

Finally wrangling with the complexity of female bodies benefits us all

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Medical research has long sought to gloss over the hormonal and chromosomal complications typical of female biology. But embracing this complexity could benefit everyone
Categories: Astronomy

The 19th-century maths that can help you deal with horrible coffee

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Do you need to fairly allocate players to teams, or sort out a pot of badly brewed coffee? Katie Steckles has a mathematical solution
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Breaking Bad showrunner uses sci-fi for smart dive into happiness

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Vince Gilligan, the showrunner behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is back, this time using sci-fi to explore a deceptively rich premise about the pursuit of happiness and the notion of utopia, finds Bethan Ackerley
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New Scientist recommends this extreme birdwatching documentary

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week
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Smart new book takes an axe to the myth of human exceptionalism

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Christine Webb's provocative and moving book The Arrogant Ape explores our unjustifiable sense of superiority in the living world, laying out the evidence against it, says Elle Hunt
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Is the future of education outside universities?

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
New technologies and academic funding cuts are upending the ways we learn today. Newly enrolled student Annalee Newitz finds some silver linings
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Sperm are selfish – and so are we

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
A new study hammers home how the "survival of the nicest" view makes no sense when it comes to evolution, says Jonathan R. Goodman
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Surprising new biography of Francis Crick unravels the story of DNA

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's structure, finds Michael Le Page
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Kim Kardashian has wrangled an invite to NASA HQ. Can we get one too?

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 1:00pm
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian apparently thinks the 1969 moon landing was fake. If Feedback comes up with an equally outlandish conspiracy theory, maybe we can also get a guided tour of NASA
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Remarkable robot images provide a vision of the future

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 12:26pm
These photographs of humanoid robots by Henrik Spohler are part of his project Tomorrow Is the Question
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Sex could help wounds heal faster by reducing stress

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 12:17pm
Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their partner – but they cleared up even quicker if these individuals were also intimate with their other half
Categories: Astronomy

Huge cloud of plasma belched out by star 130 light years away

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 11:00am
A coronal mass ejection from a distant star has been confirmed for the first time, raising questions about how such events could impact exoplanet habitability
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Is a deadly asteroid about to hit Earth? Meet the man who can tell you

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 11:00am
When an asteroid threatens Earth, astronomers use a rating called the Torino scale to communicate the risk. Richard Binzel, who invented the scale, tells New Scientist about his 50-year career in planetary defence
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Chemical computer can recognise patterns and perform multiple tasks

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 9:00am
Previous attempts at building a chemical computer have been too simple, too rigid or too hard to scale, but an approach based on a network of reactions can perform multiple tasks without having to be reconfigured
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Women prefer to be prettier than a partner, but men want to be funnier

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 7:00am
When measuring yourself against your partner, which traits do you prefer to have compared with your significant other? A survey that forced people to choose has found that men and women have different preferences when it comes to being smarter, funnier or more attractive
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IBM has unveiled two unprecedentedly complex quantum computers

Wed, 11/12/2025 - 6:00am
IBM revealed two new quantum computers, called Loon and Nighthawk – the qubits they use are connected in newly intricate ways and may enable a way to run error-free computations
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Cradle of humanity is still revealing new insights about our origins

Tue, 11/11/2025 - 1:00pm
The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species
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At-home hypnosis relieves menopausal hot flushes

Tue, 11/11/2025 - 12:25pm
Hot flushes could be relieved by listening to recordings that induce hypnosis from home, rather than having to venture to a clinic
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