The space of night is infinite,
The blackness and emptiness
Crossed only by thin bright fences
Of logic

— Kenneth Rexroth
"Theory of Numbers"

Astronomy

Physicist Frank Close's new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
The story of the birth and growth of nuclear science is rebalanced in Destroyer of Worlds, which gives due prominence to the role of women
Categories: Astronomy

Trump's proposed science cuts will have huge consequences

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
The universe will still be there to marvel at, despite brutal cuts set to hit NASA and the National Science Foundation's budgets. But the damage to future research will be long-lasting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy

Trump's proposed science cuts will have huge consequences

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
The universe will still be there to marvel at, despite brutal cuts set to hit NASA and the National Science Foundation's budgets. But the damage to future research will be long-lasting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy

Does this new tent repel both water and the laws of physics?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback is tickled by a marketing email touting a new range of tents, which promises revolutionary waterproofing technology
Categories: Astronomy

A woman's body is a man's world. Just ask an anatomist...

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
From Fallopian tubes to the G-spot, long-dead men have left their mark on women's anatomy. It's time to turf them out, says Adam Taor
Categories: Astronomy

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
How did we lose the sense that some parts of life should be off-limits rather than open to commodification? Tiffany Jenkins's thoughtful new book Strangers and Intimates explores
Categories: Astronomy

Does this new tent repel both water and the laws of physics?

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
Feedback is tickled by a marketing email touting a new range of tents, which promises revolutionary waterproofing technology
Categories: Astronomy

A woman's body is a man's world. Just ask an anatomist...

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
From Fallopian tubes to the G-spot, long-dead men have left their mark on women's anatomy. It's time to turf them out, says Adam Taor
Categories: Astronomy

A compelling book asks if we are killing off the idea of private life

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
How did we lose the sense that some parts of life should be off-limits rather than open to commodification? Tiffany Jenkins's thoughtful new book Strangers and Intimates explores
Categories: Astronomy

The discovery that cancer hacks nerves could lead to fairer treatments

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
With rising cancer rates, we need more good news, and the latest finding that cancer interacts with the nervous system means cheap and readily available drugs could help
Categories: Astronomy

The discovery that cancer hacks nerves could lead to fairer treatments

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
With rising cancer rates, we need more good news, and the latest finding that cancer interacts with the nervous system means cheap and readily available drugs could help
Categories: Astronomy

'Uranus is weird.' Big moons of tilted ice giant hide a magnetic mystery, Hubble telescope reveals

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 2:00pm
Scientists find surprising evidence that space dust is shaping the surfaces of Uranus' largest moons.
Categories: Astronomy

Watch June's full Strawberry Moon skim the southern horizon with these free livestreams tonight

Space.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 1:21pm
This month's full Strawberry Moon rides low across the southern sky via livestream on June 11.
Categories: Astronomy

Join ESA at the International Paris Air Show 2025

ESO Top News - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:46pm

Join the European Space Agency at the new Paris Space Hub during this year’s International Paris Air Show.

Categories: Astronomy

New Map Shows How Gun Deaths of Children Have Increased in States with Loose Firearm Laws

Scientific American.com - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:30pm

Gun violence is the leading cause of death of children in the U.S.—and states with loose gun control laws bear the heaviest burden, a new study found

Categories: Astronomy

Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:16pm
Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain
Categories: Astronomy

Cyborg tadpoles are helping us learn how brain development starts

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:16pm
Implants that monitor the neural activity of frog embryos as they grow into tadpoles and then adults could offer a window into the developing brain
Categories: Astronomy

Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
Categories: Astronomy

Mind-reading AI turns paralysed man's brainwaves into instant speech

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
A brain-computer interface has enabled a man with paralysis to have real-time conversations, without the usual delay in speech
Categories: Astronomy

The man quietly spending $1 billion on climate action

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 06/11/2025 - 12:00pm
From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist helping to decide which climate change technologies hold the most promise
Categories: Astronomy