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warming – but other trees will struggle</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428874-english-oaks-can-withstand-warming-but-other-trees-will-struggle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 18:06:42 +0100</pubDate> <description>Climate change means many tree species planted today in Europe won’t survive to the end of the century, but English oaks could thrive in many areas</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428874-english-oaks-can-withstand-warming-but-other-trees-will-struggle|2428874</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/29164113/SEI_201901618.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Genetically modified golden rice may yet succeed in the Philippines</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428632-genetically-modified-golden-rice-may-yet-succeed-in-the-philippines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 14:00:56 +0100</pubDate> <description>A court in the Philippines revoked the permit to grow rice genetically modified to boost vitamin A, but the government is expected to appeal against the decision</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428632-genetically-modified-golden-rice-may-yet-succeed-in-the-philippines|2428632</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/29104356/SEI_201874342.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>AI that determines risk of death helps save lives in hospital trial</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428674-ai-that-determines-risk-of-death-helps-save-lives-in-hospital-trial/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:00:54 +0100</pubDate> <description>An AI trained on the heart's electrical activity alerted physicians about patients at high risk of dying, significantly reducing deaths in a clinical trial with almost 16,000 patients at two hospitals</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428674-ai-that-determines-risk-of-death-helps-save-lives-in-hospital-trial|2428674</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26190435/SEI_201476553.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil and contaminate food</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428386-toxic-chemicals-from-car-tyres-can-get-into-soil-and-contaminate-food/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 13:00:17 +0100</pubDate> <description>Governments need to take action to protect people from potentially toxic additives in tyre rubber, say researchers after finding they can get into food from contaminated soil</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428386-toxic-chemicals-from-car-tyres-can-get-into-soil-and-contaminate-food|2428386</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25155808/SEI_201374974.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428710-how-the-us-is-preparing-for-a-potential-bird-flu-pandemic/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:11:01 +0100</pubDate> <description>As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the country’s health agencies are ramping up surveillance efforts and working to develop a vaccine if needed</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428710-how-the-us-is-preparing-for-a-potential-bird-flu-pandemic|2428710</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26202612/SEI_201538742.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427826-image-generating-ai-creates-uncanny-optical-illusions/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:00:58 +0100</pubDate> <description>Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to construct complex optical illusions - pictures that look like different things when viewed from far away or with motion blur</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427826-image-generating-ai-creates-uncanny-optical-illusions|2427826</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25122713/SEI_201246103.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428699-bowhead-whales-still-harmed-from-whaling-that-ended-a-century-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s lasting effects on the whales’ genetic diversity are leading to declines again</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428699-bowhead-whales-still-harmed-from-whaling-that-ended-a-century-ago|2428699</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23201127/SEI_201099020.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>5 extraordinary ideas about the mind and what it means to be conscious</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428150-5-extraordinary-ideas-about-the-mind-and-what-it-means-to-be-conscious/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:00:31 +0100</pubDate> <description>To celebrate the launch of our new event series in the US, kicking off with a masterclass on the brain and consciousness, we have made five incredible stories on that subject free to 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the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428529-alpacas-are-the-only-mammals-known-to-directly-inseminate-the-uterus/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 16:00:52 +0100</pubDate> <description>When alpacas mate, males deposit sperm directly into the uterus, a reproductive strategy not confirmed in any other mammals</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428529-alpacas-are-the-only-mammals-known-to-directly-inseminate-the-uterus|2428529</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25151421/SEI_201329601.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428473-asteroid-that-broke-up-over-berlin-was-fastest-spinning-one-ever-seen/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 14:00:07 +0100</pubDate> <description>Before it shattered over Germany, the asteroid 2024 BX1 was clocked rotating once every 2.6 seconds – the fastest spin we have observed</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428473-asteroid-that-broke-up-over-berlin-was-fastest-spinning-one-ever-seen|2428473</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25111120/SEI_201230746.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Global warming could make tides higher as well as raising sea levels</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427844-global-warming-could-make-tides-higher-as-well-as-raising-sea-levels/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:00:58 +0100</pubDate> <description>In addition to the overall rise in sea level, the heights of tides are also changing as the oceans warm and separate into more distinct layers</description> <guid 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23110912/SEI_200083853.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Two medicines for opioid addiction also help with compulsive gambling</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428206-two-medicines-for-opioid-addiction-also-help-with-compulsive-gambling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:00:10 +0100</pubDate> <description>The medicines nalmefene and naltrexone helped compulsive gamblers reduce their betting activities, trials have shown</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428206-two-medicines-for-opioid-addiction-also-help-with-compulsive-gambling|2428206</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24124240/SEI_201220096.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments from water</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428469-swarm-of-nanorobots-can-remove-tiny-plastic-fragments-from-water/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 23:00:19 +0100</pubDate> <description>In just 2 hours, small metal robots can capture most nanoscopic plastic particles from a sample of water</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428469-swarm-of-nanorobots-can-remove-tiny-plastic-fragments-from-water|2428469</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25163731/SEI_201336320.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428584-wasps-use-face-recognition-brain-cells-to-identify-each-other/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:57:08 +0100</pubDate> <description>The neurons in wasp brains that help them recognise hive mates are similar to those in the brains of primates, including humans</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428584-wasps-use-face-recognition-brain-cells-to-identify-each-other|2428584</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25203410/SEI_201406943.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for mini ones to grow</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428466-supermassive-black-holes-may-provide-a-nursery-for-mini-ones-to-grow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:00:15 +0100</pubDate> <description>The supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies may capture smaller black holes. Not only does this prove a place for the small black holes to grow, it also makes the supermassive ones look even bigger and brighter</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428466-supermassive-black-holes-may-provide-a-nursery-for-mini-ones-to-grow|2428466</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25160358/SEI_201366246.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428500-birthplace-of-red-asteroid-kamooalewa-pinned-to-specific-moon-crater/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:00:15 +0100</pubDate> <description>The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating on the moon, and now we might know the exact impact crater it was launched from</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428500-birthplace-of-red-asteroid-kamooalewa-pinned-to-specific-moon-crater|2428500</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25121717/SEI_201250531.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428495-rat-neuron-injection-lets-mice-that-cant-smell-sniff-out-cookies/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:00:14 +0100</pubDate> <description>Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff out hidden cookies when sensory neurons from rats were grown in their brains</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428495-rat-neuron-injection-lets-mice-that-cant-smell-sniff-out-cookies|2428495</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/25121440/SEI_201342588.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Nuclear fusion experiment overcomes two key operating hurdles</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427825-nuclear-fusion-experiment-overcomes-two-key-operating-hurdles/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:00:38 +0100</pubDate> <description>Two important barriers to a stable, powerful fusion reaction have been leapt by an experiment in a small tokamak reactor, but we don’t yet know if the technique will work in larger devices</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427825-nuclear-fusion-experiment-overcomes-two-key-operating-hurdles|2427825</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24111408/SEI_201218791.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic diversity</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428026-modern-rose-hybrids-have-a-worrying-lack-of-genetic-diversity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:00:31 +0100</pubDate> <description>Intensive breeding since the 19th century has created thousands of varieties of rose, but a reduction in genetic diversity could leave them vulnerable to diseases and climate change</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428026-modern-rose-hybrids-have-a-worrying-lack-of-genetic-diversity|2428026</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23124028/SEI_201110159.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Why curbing chatbots' worst exploits is a game of whack-a-mole</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234881-200-why-curbing-chatbots-worst-exploits-is-a-game-of-whack-a-mole/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>AI companies are trying to impose safety measures on their chatbots, while researchers are finding ways around them all the time. Where will this end, asks Alex Wilkins</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26234881-200-why-curbing-chatbots-worst-exploits-is-a-game-of-whack-a-mole|2427860</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22142618/SEI_200452889.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Brain activity seems to be more complex in baby girls than boys</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427098-brain-activity-seems-to-be-more-complex-in-baby-girls-than-boys/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 13:00:28 +0100</pubDate> <description>When fetuses and babies were exposed to sound stimuli, their brains' subsequent activity appeared to be more complicated in the females than the males</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427098-brain-activity-seems-to-be-more-complex-in-baby-girls-than-boys|2427098</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/18142252/SEI_2003409791.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>India’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s improvements</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427161-indias-healthcare-system-falls-short-despite-modis-improvements/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:00:51 +0100</pubDate> <description>More than 1.4 billion people live in India, giving its healthcare system a major role in planetary well-being. In the past 10 years, prime minister Narendra Modi has worked to improve India's healthcare, but there is still much work to be done</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427161-indias-healthcare-system-falls-short-despite-modis-improvements|2427161</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23101633/SEI_200297987.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Why we need to modernise our emotional relationship with cancer</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234882-900-why-we-need-to-modernise-our-emotional-relationship-with-cancer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Cancer has been one of the world's most feared diseases for decades. But this "cancerphobia" no longer matches the evidence and is doing great harm, argues David Ropeik</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26234882-900-why-we-need-to-modernise-our-emotional-relationship-with-cancer|2428018</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23104947/SEI_200604525.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Can India build a world-leading computer chip industry from scratch?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2422985-can-india-build-a-world-leading-computer-chip-industry-from-scratch/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:00:49 +0100</pubDate> <description>India currently has a fairly small chip-manufacturing industry, but prime minister Narendra Modi wants the country to become a dominant player in the sector in just a few years</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2422985-can-india-build-a-world-leading-computer-chip-industry-from-scratch|2422985</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23095819/SEI_200995546.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428439-japans-slim-moon-lander-has-shockingly-survived-a-third-lunar-night/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:04:05 +0100</pubDate> <description>Almost all moon landers break down during the extraordinary cold of lunar night, but Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon has astonishingly survived three nights</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428439-japans-slim-moon-lander-has-shockingly-survived-a-third-lunar-night|2428439</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24190155/SEI_197743061.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum forces used to automatically assemble tiny device</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428182-quantum-forces-used-to-automatically-assemble-tiny-device/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:00:40 +0100</pubDate> <description>The very weak forces of attraction caused by the Casimir effect can now be used to manipulate microscopic gold flakes and turn them into a light-trapping tool</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428182-quantum-forces-used-to-automatically-assemble-tiny-device|2428182</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24174000/SEI_201256069.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428310-culling-predatory-starfish-conserves-coral-on-the-great-barrier-reef/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:00:18 +0100</pubDate> <description>Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great Barrier Reef maintaining and even increasing coral cover, leading researchers to call for the programme to be dramatically scaled up</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428310-culling-predatory-starfish-conserves-coral-on-the-great-barrier-reef|2428310</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24121607/SEI_201212223.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Let's not trash recycling technologies that could end plastic waste</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234883-000-lets-not-trash-recycling-technologies-that-could-end-plastic-waste/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>Some environmental campaigners claim that attempts to create a circular economy for plastics are doomed to fail – but the arguments can be disingenuous</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26234883-000-lets-not-trash-recycling-technologies-that-could-end-plastic-waste|2428238</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24122113/SEI_201106279.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Huge genetic study redraws the tree of life for flowering plants</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428359-huge-genetic-study-redraws-the-tree-of-life-for-flowering-plants/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:00:45 +0100</pubDate> <description>Using genomic data from more than 9500 species, biologists have mapped the evolutionary relationships between flowering plants</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428359-huge-genetic-study-redraws-the-tree-of-life-for-flowering-plants|2428359</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/24142221/SEI_201239916.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Huge dinosaur footprints belonged to one of the largest raptors ever</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428138-huge-dinosaur-footprints-belonged-to-one-of-the-largest-raptors-ever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 06:00:57 +0100</pubDate> <description>A set of large, distinctive footprints suggest a raptor dinosaur that lived in East Asia 96 million years ago grew to a length of 5 metres</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428138-huge-dinosaur-footprints-belonged-to-one-of-the-largest-raptors-ever|2428138</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23192825/SEI_201096508.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Your diet may influence how effective vaccines are for you</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428000-your-diet-may-influence-how-effective-vaccines-are-for-you/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 13:00:25 +0100</pubDate> <description>Obese mice that lost weight on a low-fat diet before getting a flu shot had better immune responses than those that lost weight afterwards, suggesting diet and weight loss influence vaccine efficacy</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428000-your-diet-may-influence-how-effective-vaccines-are-for-you|2428000</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23171042/SEI_201100201.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Exquisite fossils of Cretaceous shark solve mystery of how it hunted</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428109-exquisite-fossils-of-cretaceous-shark-solve-mystery-of-how-it-hunted/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2024 01:01:03 +0100</pubDate> <description>Six full-body fossils of Ptychodus sharks have been formally analysed for the first time, revealing that they were fast swimmers that preyed on shelled creatures</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428109-exquisite-fossils-of-cretaceous-shark-solve-mystery-of-how-it-hunted|2428109</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23160429/SEI_201007420.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Climate change could make it harder to detect submarines</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427808-climate-change-could-make-it-harder-to-detect-submarines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 21:30:53 +0100</pubDate> <description>Climate change’s effects on ocean water temperatures and salinity could shrink sonar detection ranges underwater and make it more challenging to spot submarines</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427808-climate-change-could-make-it-harder-to-detect-submarines|2427808</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22185801/SEI_200993497.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Will Amazon's robotic revolution spark a new wave of job losses?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428065-will-amazons-robotic-revolution-spark-a-new-wave-of-job-losses/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:00:50 +0100</pubDate> <description>Amazon says it will create new jobs to replace roles taken over by machines, but it isn’t clear whether this will happen quickly enough</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428065-will-amazons-robotic-revolution-spark-a-new-wave-of-job-losses|2428065</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23134758/SEI_200991789.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Ships smuggling Russian oil spotted in satellite images by AI</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427745-ships-smuggling-russian-oil-spotted-in-satellite-images-by-ai/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:00:13 +0100</pubDate> <description>AI can analyse satellite images to reveal the movements of dark ships in a shadow fleet that smuggles oil and other cargo from sanctioned countries such as Russia, Iran, Venezuela and North Korea</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427745-ships-smuggling-russian-oil-spotted-in-satellite-images-by-ai|2427745</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19220901/SEI_200611948.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Should we tweak the atmosphere to counteract global warming?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2428051-should-we-tweak-the-atmosphere-to-counteract-global-warming/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:43:41 +0100</pubDate> <description>With severe climate impacts becoming more and more apparent, many scientists think we should explore ways to block out solar radiation, but doing so would be risky</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2428051-should-we-tweak-the-atmosphere-to-counteract-global-warming|2428051</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/23122401/SEI_201102130.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Glucose monitors may misclassify people as being at risk of diabetes</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427834-glucose-monitors-may-misclassify-people-as-being-at-risk-of-diabetes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:00:10 +0100</pubDate> <description>Our blood sugar levels vary a lot from day to day, so results from continuous glucose monitors need to be interpreted with caution</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427834-glucose-monitors-may-misclassify-people-as-being-at-risk-of-diabetes|2427834</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22143237/SEI_200996138.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Single atoms captured morphing into quantum waves in startling image</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427659-single-atoms-captured-morphing-into-quantum-waves-in-startling-image/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:00:30 +0100</pubDate> <description>In the 1920s, Erwin Schrödinger wrote an equation that predicts how particles-turned-waves should behave. Now, researchers are perfectly recreating those predictions in the lab</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427659-single-atoms-captured-morphing-into-quantum-waves-in-startling-image|2427659</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19182753/SEI_200582590.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Some scientists say insects are conscious – it doesn't settle anything</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427975-some-scientists-say-insects-are-conscious-it-doesnt-settle-anything/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:03:44 +0100</pubDate> <description>A group of around 40 scientists signed a declaration calling for formal acknowledgement of consciousness in a range of animals, including insects and fish – but the evidence is still lacking</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427975-some-scientists-say-insects-are-conscious-it-doesnt-settle-anything|2427975</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/22210045/SEI_201048061.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Has the US finally figured out how to do high-speed rail?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427647-has-the-us-finally-figured-out-how-to-do-high-speed-rail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 19:30:37 +0100</pubDate> <description>As work begins on building the US’s first high-speed rail service – linking Los Angeles to Las Vegas – analysts say the project could serve as a blueprint for similar projects across the country</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427647-has-the-us-finally-figured-out-how-to-do-high-speed-rail|2427647</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/18212910/SEI_200477379.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Deliberate fires are responsible for half of the land burned each year</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427601-deliberate-fires-are-responsible-for-half-of-the-land-burned-each-year/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:00:29 +0100</pubDate> <description>The finding that managed fires burn a much greater area than thought means we may be underestimating the increase in wildfires due to global heating</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427601-deliberate-fires-are-responsible-for-half-of-the-land-burned-each-year|2427601</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19155401/SEI_200467619.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Drug residue can be detected in fingerprints left at crime scenes</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427750-drug-residue-can-be-detected-in-fingerprints-left-at-crime-scenes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 15:00:07 +0100</pubDate> <description>Forensic investigators can reliably measure drug and explosive residue using gels that lift fingerprint samples</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427750-drug-residue-can-be-detected-in-fingerprints-left-at-crime-scenes|2427750</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19203519/SEI_200614369.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Geoengineering could save the ice sheets – but only if we start soon</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427681-geoengineering-could-save-the-ice-sheets-but-only-if-we-start-soon/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:00:21 +0100</pubDate> <description>Shading the planet by spraying aerosols into the stratosphere might stave off ice sheet collapse, modelling studies suggest, but we are running out of time</description> <guid 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they have ‘spatial memory’</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427433-particles-move-in-beautiful-patterns-when-they-have-spatial-memory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:00:22 +0100</pubDate> <description>A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path twice produces stunningly complex patterns</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427433-particles-move-in-beautiful-patterns-when-they-have-spatial-memory|2427433</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17183614/SEI_200152425.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Why we need to change the way we think about exhaustion</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg26234873-300-why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-exhaustion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 19:00:00 +0100</pubDate> <description>One in five adults worldwide is living with fatigue. The general advice is to “do more” - but this isn’t the only solution to our exhaustion epidemic, says Amy Arthur</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">mg26234873-300-why-we-need-to-change-the-way-we-think-about-exhaustion|2427195</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/17103212/SEI_2000409551.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Ancient humans lived inside a lava tube in the Arabian desert</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427222-ancient-humans-lived-inside-a-lava-tube-in-the-arabian-desert/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:00:09 +0100</pubDate> <description>Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert landscape of Saudi Arabia</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427222-ancient-humans-lived-inside-a-lava-tube-in-the-arabian-desert|2427222</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19103421/SEI_200568923.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How cannabis gets you high and alters your perception</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427654-how-cannabis-gets-you-high-and-alters-your-perception/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:00:54 +0100</pubDate> <description>20 April is weed's unofficial holiday. In honour of the special day, we collected our answers to all your cannabis questions. This is the science of 420</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427654-how-cannabis-gets-you-high-and-alters-your-perception|2427654</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19203843/SEI_200609390.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427163-early-humans-spread-as-far-north-as-siberia-400000-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:00:49 +0100</pubDate> <description>A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427163-early-humans-spread-as-far-north-as-siberia-400000-years-ago|2427163</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19095829/SEI_200566208.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2427669-knot-theory-could-help-spacecraft-navigate-crowded-solar-systems/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 20:00:52 +0100</pubDate> <description>It can be difficult to figure out how to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another, but a trick from knot theory can help find spots where shifting orbits becomes easy</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2427669-knot-theory-could-help-spacecraft-navigate-crowded-solar-systems|2427669</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/19170848/SEI_200590055.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought</title> 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