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Our flagship podcast has a new name but remains a show that can restore optimism and nourish your brain</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478543-the-world-the-universe-and-us-were-relaunching-our-weekly-podcast|2478543</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/30124131/the_world_the_universe_and_us.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>This sensational novel shows what climate fiction can be</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-500-this-sensational-novel-shows-what-climate-fiction-can-be/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>It can be difficult to work out which books count as climate fiction. Emily H. Wilson reads the shortlist for the Climate Fiction prize – and discovers Roz Dineen's powerful novel Briefly Very Beautiful</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635410-500-this-sensational-novel-shows-what-climate-fiction-can-be|2478023</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29140208/SEI_248417980.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Bitter argument breaks out over controversial theory of consciousness</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478564-bitter-argument-breaks-out-over-controversial-theory-of-consciousness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:00:14 +0100</pubDate> <description>Research aiming to answer the great mystery of how consciousness arises is continuing to spark debate, with arguments over whether one leading idea – integrated information theory – even counts as science</description> <guid 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rewards can protect the grid from a surge in electric vehicles</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478848-tiny-rewards-can-protect-the-grid-from-a-surge-in-electric-vehicles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 18:10:12 +0100</pubDate> <description>As the number of electric vehicles increases, their increased demand could strain the grid – but small financial incentives convinced drivers to ease that demand by charging during off-peak hours</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478848-tiny-rewards-can-protect-the-grid-from-a-surge-in-electric-vehicles|2478848</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/02150129/SEI_249674519.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Dark energy bombshell sparks race to find a new model of the universe</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478344-dark-energy-bombshell-sparks-race-to-find-a-new-model-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 13:00:46 +0100</pubDate> <description>‘Shocking’ results from a major astronomical study have raised doubts about the standard model of cosmology, forcing scientists to consider new ways of understanding dark energy and gravity</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478344-dark-energy-bombshell-sparks-race-to-find-a-new-model-of-the-universe|2478344</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29135505/SEI_249213191.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Innovative antivenom may work against the world's deadliest snakes</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478737-innovative-antivenom-may-work-against-the-worlds-deadliest-snakes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 17:00:12 +0100</pubDate> <description>Scientists have created an antivenom that has shown promise against some of the world's deadliest snakes after collecting antibodies from a hyperimmune man who exposed himself to their toxins</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478737-innovative-antivenom-may-work-against-the-worlds-deadliest-snakes|2478737</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/02104523/SEI_249537376.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Extreme heat poses Spanish-style blackout threat to UK electrical grid</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478825-extreme-heat-poses-spanish-style-blackout-threat-to-uk-electrical-grid/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2025 16:00:37 +0100</pubDate> <description>As climate change pushes summer temperatures to new highs, energy infrastructure such as cabling and transformers will struggle to 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<link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635412-700-captivating-images-expose-a-staged-version-of-nature/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>In his series The Anthropocene Illusion, photographer Zed Nelson highlights the tension between an unfolding environmental crisis and our obsession with 'curating' nature</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635412-700-captivating-images-expose-a-staged-version-of-nature|2478193</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29122802/SEI_249308810.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Welcome to a great, straightforward guide to the tree of life</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-300-welcome-to-a-great-straightforward-guide-to-the-tree-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/01181823/SEI_249575190.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Hijacked cicadas play music like a cyborg loudspeaker</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478289-hijacked-cicadas-play-music-like-a-cyborg-loudspeaker/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 17:00:35 +0100</pubDate> <description>Cicadas can be turned into living speakers and made to play music such as Pachelbel’s Canon</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478289-hijacked-cicadas-play-music-like-a-cyborg-loudspeaker|2478289</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/01112618/SEI_249338564.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Meta, Amazon and Google accused of 'distorting' key AI rankings</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478521-meta-amazon-and-google-accused-of-distorting-key-ai-rankings/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:52:26 +0100</pubDate> <description>A test of AI model performance across the industry is being gamed by technology giants, making objective scientific comparison impossible, researchers have claimed</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478521-meta-amazon-and-google-accused-of-distorting-key-ai-rankings|2478521</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/01150030/SEI_249556609.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How Greenland sharks live for hundreds of years without going blind</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478628-how-greenland-sharks-live-for-hundreds-of-years-without-going-blind/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 16:00:33 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<link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635411-700-why-do-so-many-ai-company-logos-look-like-buttholes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Feedback notes the proliferation of AI company logos, and agrees with one blogger's claim that many bear a striking resemblance to a certain anatomical feature</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635411-700-why-do-so-many-ai-company-logos-look-like-buttholes|2478046</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29141806/SEI_2493098761.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Does science have a future in the US?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-100-does-science-have-a-future-in-the-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>When politics and science align, it is easy 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But the situation in the US today shows how science has always been fuelled by politics, says Annalee Newitz</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635410-100-does-science-have-a-future-in-the-us|2478019</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29114835/SEI_248522560.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We may soon be able to hold fossil fuel companies to account</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635412-600-we-may-soon-be-able-to-hold-fossil-fuel-companies-to-account/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>A Peruvian farmer's case against energy giant RWE will be decided shortly. But it has already made history, says Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead author Friederike Otto</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635412-600-we-may-soon-be-able-to-hold-fossil-fuel-companies-to-account|2478192</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29112928/SEI_248811892.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Housework robots are a step closer as they learn to work in any home</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478122-housework-robots-are-a-step-closer-as-they-learn-to-work-in-any-home/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 09:00:10 +0100</pubDate> <description>Robots often struggle to carry out tasks in places where they haven’t been trained, but a new AI model helps them clean up a mess or make a bed in unfamiliar settings</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478122-housework-robots-are-a-step-closer-as-they-learn-to-work-in-any-home|2478122</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25145625/SEI_248786535.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Robert Macfarlane asks if a river is alive in his provocative new book</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635410-200-robert-macfarlane-asks-if-a-river-is-alive-in-his-provocative-new-book/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>We should protect Earth's rivers and forests with laws. But it is another matter to recast them as actual life forms, as Robert Macfarlane's new book Is a River Alive? does</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635410-200-robert-macfarlane-asks-if-a-river-is-alive-in-his-provocative-new-book|2478020</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29120722/SEI_248418034.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Your washing machine may not actually rid clothes of harmful bacteria</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478665-your-washing-machine-may-not-actually-rid-clothes-of-harmful-bacteria/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:00:24 +0100</pubDate> <description>Washing your clothing on high temperature cycles may not completely disinfect it, researchers have found, because washing machines don't necessarily sustain high enough temperatures</description> <guid 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/30110439/SEI_249195034.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Microplastics could be hampering the ocean’s ability to capture carbon</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478475-microplastics-could-be-hampering-the-oceans-ability-to-capture-carbon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:00:24 +0100</pubDate> <description>A global survey of microplastics in oceans reveals that tiny particles of plastic are prevalent throughout the water column, which could harm marine ecosystems and affect carbon storage in the deep sea</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478475-microplastics-could-be-hampering-the-oceans-ability-to-capture-carbon|2478475</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29201455/SEI_249336582.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478450-deepfake-makers-can-now-evade-an-unusual-detection-method/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 06:15:18 +0100</pubDate> <description>AI-powered deepfake videos with altered facial expressions can display realistic heartbeats through skin colour changes, which may hinder one deepfake detection method</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478450-deepfake-makers-can-now-evade-an-unusual-detection-method|2478450</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29210906/sei249359632.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Our wounds heal slower than the cuts and scrapes of other primates</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478414-our-wounds-heal-slower-than-the-cuts-and-scrapes-of-other-primates/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 01:01:11 +0100</pubDate> <description>Human wounds take almost three times as long to heal as those of other primates, which may come down to our lack of fur</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478414-our-wounds-heal-slower-than-the-cuts-and-scrapes-of-other-primates|2478414</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29165525/SEI_249335339.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Trump administration jeopardises key report on climate change</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478452-trump-administration-jeopardises-key-report-on-climate-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:11 +0100</pubDate> <description>The Trump administration has dismissed all of the researchers working on the next installment of the National Climate Assessment, a crucial report on how climate change is affecting the country</description> <guid 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29124741/SEI_249299022.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Air filters in classrooms reduce sick days by more than 10 per cent</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478252-air-filters-in-classrooms-reduce-sick-days-by-more-than-10-per-cent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 16:00:31 +0100</pubDate> <description>Putting air filters in classrooms seems to boost student attendance, which may be due to them reducing levels of air pollution, pollen, pathogens or all three</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478252-air-filters-in-classrooms-reduce-sick-days-by-more-than-10-per-cent|2478252</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/29141230/SEI_249295649.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>A new version of the periodic table could change how we measure time</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478223-a-new-version-of-the-periodic-table-could-change-how-we-measure-time/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:00:46 +0100</pubDate> <description>An alternative periodic table of elements focusing on highly charged ions reveals new science that could support the quest for more accurate optical atomic clocks</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478223-a-new-version-of-the-periodic-table-could-change-how-we-measure-time|2478223</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/28152620/SEI_249208873.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>US plans massive health database to study autism – will it work?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478221-us-plans-massive-health-database-to-study-autism-will-it-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 22:48:25 +0100</pubDate> <description>The US government’s proposal for a vast health database to study autism could improve our understanding of the condition – but there is a risk it could do more harm than good</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478221-us-plans-massive-health-database-to-study-autism-will-it-work|2478221</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/28213021/SEI_248789220.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Humans evolved to survive mild burns at the expense of severe ones</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478118-humans-evolved-to-survive-mild-burns-at-the-expense-of-severe-ones/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:29:18 +0100</pubDate> <description>Early humans had almost no hope of surviving severe burns, so evolution may have prioritised the selection of genes that heal mild ones, which could be affecting modern medicine</description> <guid 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25193246/SEI_248767567.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Virtual reality could help men understand the impacts of catcalling</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477902-virtual-reality-could-help-men-understand-the-impacts-of-catcalling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:00:23 +0100</pubDate> <description>Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust when catcalled, which could change the behaviour of some perpetrators</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2477902-virtual-reality-could-help-men-understand-the-impacts-of-catcalling|2477902</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25113441/SEI_248637902.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Is Keir Starmer being advised by AI? The UK government won’t tell us</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2478180-is-keir-starmer-being-advised-by-ai-the-uk-government-wont-tell-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2025 12:32:41 +0100</pubDate> <description>The UK government's Redbox AI chatbot is being used by thousands of civil servants, but a lack of transparency about exactly how they are using it has experts concerned</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2478180-is-keir-starmer-being-advised-by-ai-the-uk-government-wont-tell-us|2478180</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/28093148/SEI_248799312.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477867-first-ever-black-hole-bomb-created-in-the-lab/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 11:00:31 +0100</pubDate> <description>A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating cylinder and magnetic coils. Studying the bomb could help us better understand real black holes.</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2477867-first-ever-black-hole-bomb-created-in-the-lab|2477867</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/24112328/SEI_248622512.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Should you water your orchid with ice cubes?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635400-900-should-you-water-your-orchid-with-ice-cubes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>There's a fierce debate raging in the horticulture world over whether adding ice cubes to your orchid is beneficial or damaging for this tropical plant. James Wong investigates</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635400-900-should-you-water-your-orchid-with-ice-cubes|2477146</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/22141807/SEI_247537991.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Can a strange state of matter explain what life is – and how it began?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635401-500-can-a-strange-state-of-matter-explain-what-life-is-and-how-it-began/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of evolution itself</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635401-500-can-a-strange-state-of-matter-explain-what-life-is-and-how-it-began|2477153</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/17151501/SEI_247736599.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Chronicling nature activism in a coastal corner of India</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635400-700-chronicling-nature-activism-in-a-coastal-corner-of-india/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Intertidal is Yuvan Aves's extraordinary, personal exploration of the rich wildlife offsetting the urbanity of Chennai, India. While its focus is a small strip of Indian coast, its issues are global</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635400-700-chronicling-nature-activism-in-a-coastal-corner-of-india|2477134</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/22121208/SEI_247536642.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How astonishing observatories could do big physics from the moon</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635401-600-how-astonishing-observatories-could-do-big-physics-from-the-moon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>As humanity prepares to return to the moon, scientists also have ideas for huge lunar experiments that could revolutionise astrophysics</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26635401-600-how-astonishing-observatories-could-do-big-physics-from-the-moon|2477154</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/22101355/SEI_247655801.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>US government defunds research on misinformation</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477956-us-government-defunds-research-on-misinformation/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:29:37 +0100</pubDate> <description>The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated deepfakes, even as misleading information runs rampant on social media</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2477956-us-government-defunds-research-on-misinformation|2477956</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/24195333/sei248660585.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Chatbots can hide secret messages in seemingly normal conversations</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477243-chatbots-can-hide-secret-messages-in-seemingly-normal-conversations/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 17:00:18 +0100</pubDate> <description>Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations, which could help people living under oppressive regimes communicate secretly</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2477243-chatbots-can-hide-secret-messages-in-seemingly-normal-conversations|2477243</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25104117/SEI_248656040.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Ancient supervolcano eruption had surprisingly mild impact on climate</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2477887-ancient-supervolcano-eruption-had-surprisingly-mild-impact-on-climate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:00:21 +0100</pubDate> <description>Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in several years of warm and dry weather, geochemical evidence from India suggests</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2477887-ancient-supervolcano-eruption-had-surprisingly-mild-impact-on-climate|2477887</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/24124544/SEI_248629917.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Hackers could 'vandalise' quantum computers without people noticing</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2476237-hackers-could-vandalise-quantum-computers-without-people-noticing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:00:34 +0100</pubDate> <description>Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computers, leaving other people with unknowingly incorrect results - but thankfully, there is a fix</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2476237-hackers-could-vandalise-quantum-computers-without-people-noticing|2476237</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/25100816/SEI_247755304.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>A dramatic rethink of Parkinson’s offers new hope for treatment</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635401-400-a-dramatic-rethink-of-parkinsons-offers-new-hope-for-treatment/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home</link> <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. 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