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The fact that we’re still here is revealing hidden cosmic realities mg26435180-800-the-universe-could-vanish-at-any-moment-why-hasnt-it|2456472 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435170-700-why-we-now-think-the-myopia-epidemic-can-be-slowed-or-even-reversed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:05:00 +0000 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 mg26435170-700-why-we-now-think-the-myopia-epidemic-can-be-slowed-or-even-reversed|2455462 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435170-900-a-new-life-on-mars-expect-toxic-dust-bad-vibes-and-insects-for-lunch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 You might have heard about plans to establish a self‑sustaining city on Mars. Here’s what life would really be like on the Red Planet mg26435170-900-a-new-life-on-mars-expect-toxic-dust-bad-vibes-and-insects-for-lunch|2455464 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435170-800-is-the-climate-change-food-crisis-even-worse-than-we-imagined/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Extreme weather and a growing population are driving a food security crisis. What can we do to break the vicious cycle of carbon emissions, climate change and soaring food costs – or is it already too late? mg26435170-800-is-the-climate-change-food-crisis-even-worse-than-we-imagined|2455463 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454587-the-real-reason-var-infuriates-football-fans-and-how-to-fix-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:10:00 +0000 The controversies surrounding football’s video assistant referee (VAR) system highlight our troubled relationship with uncertainty – and point to potential solutions 2454587-the-real-reason-var-infuriates-football-fans-and-how-to-fix-it|2454587 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435160-600-if-an-asteroid-were-heading-towards-earth-could-you-avert-disaster/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:55:00 +0000 From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact mg26435160-600-if-an-asteroid-were-heading-towards-earth-could-you-avert-disaster|2454453 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435164-200-before-the-stone-age-were-the-first-tools-made-from-plants-not-rocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:00:00 +0000 Our ancestors probably used a wide range of plant-based tools that have since been lost to history. Now we're finally getting a glimpse of this Botanic Age mg26435164-200-before-the-stone-age-were-the-first-tools-made-from-plants-not-rocks|2454771 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-200-could-when-you-eat-be-as-important-as-what-you-eat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Peaks in appetite and metabolism driven by our body's inbuilt clocks mean that eating at the wrong time can have consequences for our health and waistline mg26435150-200-could-when-you-eat-be-as-important-as-what-you-eat|2453412 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-800-are-fermented-foods-like-kimchi-really-that-good-for-your-gut/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 The health benefits of fermented food and drink have long been touted, but firm evidence in favour of kombucha, sauerkraut and kefir is surprisingly elusive mg26435150-800-are-fermented-foods-like-kimchi-really-that-good-for-your-gut|2453418 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-400-the-surprising-truth-about-the-health-benefits-of-snacking/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 29 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000 We get about a quarter of our calories from snacks and new research shows that this isn't necessarily bad for us. Done right, snacking can boost our health mg26435150-400-the-surprising-truth-about-the-health-benefits-of-snacking|2453414 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-700-is-personalised-nutrition-better-than-one-size-fits-all-diet-advice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Oct 2024 19:00:00 +0000 Our metabolism's response to food is highly idiosyncratic and there are hints that tailoring our diet to these personal differences can deliver health benefits mg26435150-700-is-personalised-nutrition-better-than-one-size-fits-all-diet-advice|2453417 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-500-the-surprisingly-simple-supernutrient-with-far-reaching-health-impacts/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0000 Most ingredients touted as the key to better health fail to live up to the hype but fibre bucks this trend, with benefits for the whole body, not just the gut mg26435150-500-the-surprisingly-simple-supernutrient-with-far-reaching-health-impacts|2453415 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-300-can-we-really-balance-our-hormones-by-eating-certain-foods/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Diets that claim to control excess oestrogen or stress hormones are all the rage on Instagram and TikTok. They could be good for us, just not for the reasons claimed mg26435150-300-can-we-really-balance-our-hormones-by-eating-certain-foods|2453413 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435150-600-do-certain-foods-suppress-inflammation-and-help-you-live-longer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:00:00 +0000 Recent research shows that anti-inflammatory diets are not as faddish as they might sound, with the power to reduce the risk of heart attacks and some cancers mg26435150-600-do-certain-foods-suppress-inflammation-and-help-you-live-longer|2453416 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2453586-how-psychedelics-and-vr-could-reveal-how-we-become-immersed-in-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:00:00 +0000 An outlandish experiment searching for a brain network that tunes up and down the feeling of immersion is hoping to unlock the therapeutic effects of psychedelics 2453586-how-psychedelics-and-vr-could-reveal-how-we-become-immersed-in-reality|2453586 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435141-700-fresh-insights-into-how-we-doze-off-may-help-tackle-sleep-conditions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 22 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 New research into the moments between wakefulness and sleep could bring hope for insomniacs and even make us more creative problem-solvers mg26435141-700-fresh-insights-into-how-we-doze-off-may-help-tackle-sleep-conditions|2452629 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435141-800-energy-expert-vaclav-smil-on-how-to-feed-the-world-without-trashing-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The systems we use to produce food have many problems, from horrifying waste to their dependence on fossil fuels. Vaclav Smil explains how to fix them mg26435141-800-energy-expert-vaclav-smil-on-how-to-feed-the-world-without-trashing-it|2452630 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435140-700-solving-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-has-raised-new-mysteries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 21 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Physicists finally know whether black holes destroy the information contained in infalling matter. The problem is that the answer hasn’t lit the way to a new understanding of space-time mg26435140-700-solving-stephen-hawkings-black-hole-paradox-has-raised-new-mysteries|2452429 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2406514-how-bad-is-vaping-for-your-health-were-finally-getting-answers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 06 Dec 2023 14:00:00 +0000 As more of us take up vaping and concerns rise about the long-term effects, we now have enough data to get a grip on the health impact – and how it compares to smoking 2406514-how-bad-is-vaping-for-your-health-were-finally-getting-answers|2406514 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435122-900-take-control-of-your-brains-master-switch-to-optimise-how-you-think/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 09 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The discovery that a small blue blob of neurons, the locus coeruleus, controls your mode of thinking suggests ways to increase learning, creativity, focus and alertness mg26435122-900-take-control-of-your-brains-master-switch-to-optimise-how-you-think|2450798 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435130-300-the-free-energy-principle-can-one-idea-explain-why-everything-exists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:30:00 +0100 What life is and how the mind works fall within the compass of one bold concept. But critics say that by attempting to explain everything, it may end up explaining nothing mg26435130-300-the-free-energy-principle-can-one-idea-explain-why-everything-exists|2451554 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435130-400-the-archaeologist-fighting-claims-about-an-advanced-lost-civilisation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Netflix’s Ancient Apocalypse peddles the idea that we have overlooked an extraordinary ancient civilisation. Flint Dibble explains why that is wrong, and why real archaeology is more exciting mg26435130-400-the-archaeologist-fighting-claims-about-an-advanced-lost-civilisation|2451556 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435131-800-why-frenemies-or-love-hate-relationships-are-so-bad-for-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Friends who blow hot and cold put more strain on your physical and mental health than enemies. Here's how to spot them and handle them mg26435131-800-why-frenemies-or-love-hate-relationships-are-so-bad-for-your-health|2451725 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335040-300-we-are-finally-improving-prostate-cancer-diagnoses-heres-how/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 13 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Cases of prostate cancer are surging alarmingly around the world. Thankfully, we are developing more accurate tests that can catch the condition early mg26335040-300-we-are-finally-improving-prostate-cancer-diagnoses-heres-how|2443325 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435120-800-a-cave-in-france-is-revealing-how-the-neanderthals-died-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them mg26435120-800-a-cave-in-france-is-revealing-how-the-neanderthals-died-out|2450640 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435120-900-the-physicist-who-argues-that-there-are-no-objective-laws-of-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 07 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Daniele Oriti’s pursuit of a theory of quantum gravity has led him to the startling conclusion that the laws of nature don’t exist independently of us – a perspective shift that could yield fresh breakthroughs mg26435120-900-the-physicist-who-argues-that-there-are-no-objective-laws-of-physics|2450641 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335104-500-the-brain-has-its-own-microbiome-heres-what-it-means-for-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 25 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Neuroscientists have been surprised to discover that the human brain is teeming with microbes, and we are beginning to suspect they could play a role in neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's mg26335104-500-the-brain-has-its-own-microbiome-heres-what-it-means-for-your-health|2449105 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435110-700-why-we-avoid-effort-even-though-it-can-improve-our-well-being/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 01 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Understanding the “effort paradox” can help you reshape your relationship to exertion so that you commit to those hard but truly meaningful activities mg26435110-700-why-we-avoid-effort-even-though-it-can-improve-our-well-being|2449855 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435112-500-how-to-rebuild-democracy-to-truly-harness-the-power-of-the-people/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Confidence in politics is falling around the world. Can scientific insights help us create a fairer, smarter foundation for government? mg26435112-500-how-to-rebuild-democracy-to-truly-harness-the-power-of-the-people|2449939 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26435110-800-the-astrophysicist-unravelling-the-origins-of-supermassive-black-holes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 30 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 How did the supermassive black holes we’re now seeing in the early universe get so big so fast? Astrophysicist Sophie Koudmani is using sophisticated galaxy simulations to figure it out mg26435110-800-the-astrophysicist-unravelling-the-origins-of-supermassive-black-holes|2449856 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335090-900-snoring-isnt-just-a-nuisance-its-dangerous-why-cant-we-treat-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 17 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Snoring is often viewed as harmless, at least to the snorer, but we are now uncovering its potentially serious effects on cardiovascular health. And finding ways to stop is surprisingly challenging mg26335090-900-snoring-isnt-just-a-nuisance-its-dangerous-why-cant-we-treat-it|2447906 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335082-600-a-fresh-understanding-of-ocd-is-opening-routes-to-new-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 We're finally pinning down the mechanisms that drive obsessive-compulsive disorder, revealing a complex combination of imbalanced brain networks, the immune system and even gut microbes mg26335082-600-a-fresh-understanding-of-ocd-is-opening-routes-to-new-treatments|2447086 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25934580-200-can-we-finally-reverse-balding-with-these-new-experimental-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 26 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0100 Male pattern baldness could soon be a thing of the past, with new hair loss treatments beginning to show tantalising results mg25934580-200-can-we-finally-reverse-balding-with-these-new-experimental-treatments|2393615 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2440422-the-remarkable-science-backed-ways-to-get-fit-as-fast-as-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:00:14 +0100 A better understanding of what happens to our bodies when we get fitter can unlock ways to speed up the journey – and it might be simpler than you think 2440422-the-remarkable-science-backed-ways-to-get-fit-as-fast-as-possible|2440422 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25533930-400-a-longevity-diet-that-hacks-cell-ageing-could-add-years-to-your-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 28 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0100 A new diet based on research into the body's ageing process suggests you can increase your life expectancy by up to 20 years by changing what, when and how much you eat mg25533930-400-a-longevity-diet-that-hacks-cell-ageing-could-add-years-to-your-life|2326149 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335100-100-the-fascinating-truth-about-why-common-sense-isnt-really-that-common/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 24 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 New research is revealing that common sense is a lot more idiosyncratic than we thought, with important implications for tackling political polarisation and the future of AI mg26335100-100-the-fascinating-truth-about-why-common-sense-isnt-really-that-common|2448800 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335103-400-the-astrophysicist-who-may-be-about-to-discover-how-the-universe-began/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Astronomer Jo Dunkley is planning to use the Simons Observatory to snare evidence for inflation, the theory that the universe expanded at incredible speed after its birth mg26335103-400-the-astrophysicist-who-may-be-about-to-discover-how-the-universe-began|2448991 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335090-100-why-the-words-we-use-in-physics-obscure-the-true-nature-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 18 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Simple words like "force" and "particle" can mislead us as to what reality is actually like. Physicist Matt Strassler unpacks how to see things more clearly mg26335090-100-why-the-words-we-use-in-physics-obscure-the-true-nature-of-reality|2447889 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335091-000-the-ai-expert-who-says-artificial-general-intelligence-is-nonsense/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 16 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Artificial intelligence has more in common with ants than humans, says Neil Lawrence. Only by taking a more nuanced view of intelligence can we see how machines will truly transform society mg26335091-000-the-ai-expert-who-says-artificial-general-intelligence-is-nonsense|2447907 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335080-800-how-the-hidden-lives-of-dinosaurs-are-being-revealed-by-new-technology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 10 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 From migrating sauropods and semi-aquatic predators to doting parents, palaeontologists are finally uncovering the mysteries of the lifestyles of dinosaurs mg26335080-800-how-the-hidden-lives-of-dinosaurs-are-being-revealed-by-new-technology|2446906 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335082-700-how-the-most-precise-clock-ever-could-change-our-view-of-the-cosmos/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 09 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Forget atomic clocks. Nuclear clocks, which only drop a second every 300 billion years, can test whether nature's fundamental constants are constant after all mg26335082-700-how-the-most-precise-clock-ever-could-change-our-view-of-the-cosmos|2447087 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335070-800-were-finally-solving-the-puzzle-of-how-clouds-will-affect-our-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 02 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Clouds can trap heat or reflect it away from Earth, making their impact on global warming extraordinarily hard to predict. Now, new ways of studying them are lifting the fog mg26335070-800-were-finally-solving-the-puzzle-of-how-clouds-will-affect-our-climate|2446011 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335074-400-microglia-how-the-brains-immune-cells-may-be-causing-dementia/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 03 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 They fight invaders, clear debris and tend neural connections, but sometimes microglia go rogue. Preventing this malfunction may offer new treatments for brain conditions including Alzheimer's mg26335074-400-microglia-how-the-brains-immune-cells-may-be-causing-dementia|2446238 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 04 Sep 2024 17:00:00 +0100 With its particles in two places at once, quantum theory strains our common sense notions of how the universe should work. But one group of physicists says we can get reality back if we just redefine its foundations mg26335070-700-can-we-solve-quantum-theorys-biggest-problem-by-redefining-reality|2446010 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234953-900-the-surprising-mental-health-and-brain-benefits-of-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 12 Jun 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have unexpected effects on the brain, opening up potential new ways to treat depression, anxiety, addiction and Alzheimer’s mg26234953-900-the-surprising-mental-health-and-brain-benefits-of-weight-loss-drugs|2435246 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2445475-how-to-avoid-being-fooled-by-ai-generated-misinformation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 02 Sep 2024 09:00:33 +0100 Advances in generative AI mean fake images, videos, audio and bots are now everywhere. But studies have revealed the best ways to tell if something is real 2445475-how-to-avoid-being-fooled-by-ai-generated-misinformation|2445475 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335062-800-is-digital-technology-really-swaying-voters-and-undermining-democracy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Many fear that voters are being manipulated by political campaigns that use Facebook ads, TikTok and YouTube videos, but research reveals a more surprising story mg26335062-800-is-digital-technology-really-swaying-voters-and-undermining-democracy|2445325 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335060-900-how-a-new-kind-of-vaccine-could-lead-to-the-eradication-of-alzheimers/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 27 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Promising new vaccines are designed to be given to patients at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. If they perform well in clinical trials, they have the potential to one day rid society of dementia mg26335060-900-how-a-new-kind-of-vaccine-could-lead-to-the-eradication-of-alzheimers|2445110 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335060-100-how-the-healing-powers-of-botany-can-reduce-anxiety-and-boost-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 26 Aug 2024 19:00:00 +0100 Surrounding ourselves with greenery can do wonders for our physical and mental wellbeing. Kathy Willis reveals just what kinds of plants are best for our brains and bodies, and why mg26335060-100-how-the-healing-powers-of-botany-can-reduce-anxiety-and-boost-health|2444990 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335050-600-why-nasa-is-sending-a-probe-to-europa-and-what-its-looking-for/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:00:00 +0100 Past observations have indicated that the icy moon of Jupiter has a vast subsurface ocean. Launching in October, NASA’s Europa Clipper will go there in search of evidence that it could support life mg26335050-600-why-nasa-is-sending-a-probe-to-europa-and-what-its-looking-for|2444438 https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26335050-100-why-the-underground-home-of-the-worlds-weirdest-wildlife-is-in-danger/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:30:00 +0100 Up to 100,000 extraordinary species, from spiders and beetles to salamanders and fish, live in subterranean caves and cracks. 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