New Scientist Space - Cosmology
World’s largest coral is 300 years old and was discovered by accident
The mega-coral measures 34 metres by 32 metres – making it larger than a blue whale – and it is thought to be three centuries old
Categories: Astronomy
Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema
Air pollution has been linked to eczema before, and now a study of more than 280,000 people has strengthened the association
Categories: Astronomy
12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools
Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel
Categories: Astronomy
How I learned to love looking at the moon – and you can too
The moon's glare can frustrate astronomers, but Leah Crane is a big fan of the jagged, cratered details of the lunar surface these days
Categories: Astronomy
Major US art event explores the bonds between art and science
More than 70 exhibitions across Southern California are taking on the relationship between art and science, with compelling results
Categories: Astronomy
Does this high-tech lettuce hold the answer to the global food crisis?
Photographer Kadir van Lohuizen captures the food industry's attempts to meet the challenges of climate change and conflicts in his new book, Food for Thought
Categories: Astronomy
A personal investigation into the crisis of men's mental health
The issue of men's dangerously bottled-up emotions finds a fresh and personal voice in Silent Men, a documentary that is at its most powerful when director Duncan Cowles turns the camera on others
Categories: Astronomy
You can't put a price on the sense of awe particle physics inspires
Astronomy and particle physics are no longer seen as vital by the US establishment, so funding has fallen. But our work creates a sense of wonder, and wonder matters, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Categories: Astronomy
How to take a quantum approach to finding love
Feedback was delighted to learn of the appearance of quantum physicist Garrett Josemans on Netflix's Love is Blind. After all, being comfortable with two opposing realities can surely help in a relationship
Categories: Astronomy
To truly understand non-human grief, we need to think like the animals
Evidence that animals mourn the death of loved ones is growing, but we should be wary of letting our biases cloud this topic, says philosopher Susana Monsó
Categories: Astronomy
The dilemma of mining more metals so we can ditch fossil fuels
In his new book, Power Metal, journalist Vince Beiser provides a balanced briefing on the race for the resources that will shape our technological future
Categories: Astronomy
We must use genetic technologies now to avert the coming food crisis
Food production is responsible for more than a third of greenhouse gas emissions. To get everyone the food they need in a warming world, governments worldwide must invest in securing our food systems
Categories: Astronomy
Why we now think the myopia epidemic can be slowed – or even reversed
Rates of near-sightedness are rising all over the world. But solutions to the epidemic are coming into focus and could be simpler than you think
Categories: Astronomy
Sweeter tomatoes are coming soon thanks to CRISPR gene editing
Selection for bigger tomatoes has made the fruits less sweet, but now it has been shown that gene editing can make them sweeter without decreasing yields
Categories: Astronomy
Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere
Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that could improve GPS accuracy and help track space weather
Categories: Astronomy
Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains
Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved fossil
Categories: Astronomy
Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high
An annual accounting of CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and land use change finds no sign emissions will peak this year
Categories: Astronomy
Migratory birds can use Earth's magnetic field like a GPS
Eurasian reed warblers don’t just get a sense of direction from Earth’s magnetic field – they can also calculate their coordinates on a mental map
Categories: Astronomy
Orbital wins the Booker prize: “I see it as a kind of space pastoral"
Samantha Harvey has won the UK's top fiction prize for a novel that takes place over 24 hours on the International Space Station
Categories: Astronomy
Google Street View helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb
AI and Google Street View have created 'digital twins' of living trees in North American cities – part of a huge simulation that could help make urban tree planting and trimming decisions
Categories: Astronomy
