Oh, would it not be absurd if there was no objective state?
What if the unobserved always waits, insubstantial,
till our eyes give it shape?

— Peter Hammill

Astronomy

Attenborough dominates our pick of 2024's best documentaries to date

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Enjoy the year's top documentaries so far, including David Attenborough on the rise of the mammals and a profile of Victor Glover, soon to be the first Black astronaut to orbit the moon
Categories: Astronomy

Attenborough dominates our pick of 2024's best documentaries to date

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Enjoy the year's top documentaries so far, including David Attenborough on the rise of the mammals and a profile of Victor Glover, soon to be the first Black astronaut to orbit the moon
Categories: Astronomy

Take a photographic tour around the world's first fully organic state

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil
Categories: Astronomy

Creativity's origins are probably too complex for simple explanations

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
What makes some people so creative? There are many common beliefs about the neuroscience of innovation, but they fail to capture its true complexity, says Anna Abraham in her book The Creative Brain: Myths and truths
Categories: Astronomy

Take a photographic tour around the world's first fully organic state

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
All farmland in the Indian state of Sikkim, shown in these images, has been certified organic since 2016, and local authorities say the change is already improving wildlife populations and the area's arid soil
Categories: Astronomy

Creativity's origins are probably too complex for simple explanations

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
What makes some people so creative? There are many common beliefs about the neuroscience of innovation, but they fail to capture its true complexity, says Anna Abraham in her book The Creative Brain: Myths and truths
Categories: Astronomy

How the US used science to wage psychological war

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
The US has been honing its psychological warfare skills since the 19th century, when it started sending anthropologists onto battlefields, says Annalee Newitz
Categories: Astronomy

Beans, beans, do they really make you fart? Scientists investigate

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Feedback gets wind of new research into flatulence, and reminds us all of past studies into "the gas-producing ability of Boston baked beans"
Categories: Astronomy

Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
The new Climate Fiction prize aims to reward the best novels about climate change, because books can shift the narrative on global warming, says Tori Tsui
Categories: Astronomy

The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby's cancer diagnosis added urgency to his project, as part of musical collective Mining, to turn weather and sea data into music
Categories: Astronomy

How the US used science to wage psychological war

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
The US has been honing its psychological warfare skills since the 19th century, when it started sending anthropologists onto battlefields, says Annalee Newitz
Categories: Astronomy

Beans, beans, do they really make you fart? Scientists investigate

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Feedback gets wind of new research into flatulence, and reminds us all of past studies into "the gas-producing ability of Boston baked beans"
Categories: Astronomy

Why a new literary prize for climate fiction will make a difference

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
The new Climate Fiction prize aims to reward the best novels about climate change, because books can shift the narrative on global warming, says Tori Tsui
Categories: Astronomy

The man transforming data from two dramatic storms into music

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Craig Kirkpatrick-Whitby's cancer diagnosis added urgency to his project, as part of musical collective Mining, to turn weather and sea data into music
Categories: Astronomy

Why it's vital we fight prejudices about the elderly once and for all

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Ageism is a widespread global prejudice. It's about time we started acknowledging our unconscious bias towards old age – not least because our own future health depends on it
Categories: Astronomy

Why it's vital we fight prejudices about the elderly once and for all

New Scientist Space - Space Headlines - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Ageism is a widespread global prejudice. It's about time we started acknowledging our unconscious bias towards old age – not least because our own future health depends on it
Categories: Astronomy

Wow! Satellite views International Space Station from only 43 miles away (photo)

Space.com - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 1:30pm
The International Space Station was caught on camera in an incredible new photo from HEO Robotics, which images satellites using space-based sensors.
Categories: Astronomy

Cotton candy exoplanet is 2nd lightest planet ever found

Space.com - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 1:00pm
A newly discovered giant planet is the density of a vast cloud of cotton candy. The sweet discovery of WASP-193 b marks the entry of the second-lightest exoplanet ever seen into the exoplanet catalog.
Categories: Astronomy

Goose Bumps, Extra Nipples and Leftover Tails Remind Us of What We Once Were

Scientific American.com - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 1:00pm

Human’s evolutionary remnants show us the kinds of animals we used to be

Categories: Astronomy

OpenAI overtakes Google in race to build the future, but who wants it?

New Scientist Space - Cosmology - Wed, 05/15/2024 - 12:27pm
With big announcements about the latest artificial intelligence models this week, tech firms are competing to have the most exciting products - but generative AI remains hampered by issues
Categories: Astronomy