91av - Features / /build/images/ns-logo-scaled.ed2dc11a.png daily 1 /article/2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:00:14 +0100 Researchers have found the first new type of magnet in nearly a century. Now, these strange "altermagnets" could help us build an entirely new type of computer 2487013-weve-discovered-a-new-kind-of-magnetism-what-can-we-do-with-it|2487013 /article/2486422-the-truth-about-de-extinction-is-it-even-possible-and-why-do-it/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:00:34 +0100 Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation? 2486422-the-truth-about-de-extinction-is-it-even-possible-and-why-do-it|2486422 /article/2486089-evolution-has-made-humans-both-machiavellian-and-born-socialists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:00:26 +0100 Humanity’s innate treachery is behind social ills ranging from inequality to abuse of power. Lessons from our ancestors can help defeat the enemy within 2486089-evolution-has-made-humans-both-machiavellian-and-born-socialists|2486089 /article/2486024-flashes-of-brilliance-and-frustration-i-let-an-ai-agent-run-my-day/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:00:07 +0100 Ordering takeaway food, writing emails, reworking presentations: AI assistants are promoted as a way of outsourcing mundane tasks to free up your time for more interesting pursuits. So, what are they actually good for – and what are the risks? 2486024-flashes-of-brilliance-and-frustration-i-let-an-ai-agent-run-my-day|2486024 /article/2485338-rapid-bursts-of-ageing-are-causing-a-total-rethink-of-how-we-grow-old/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:00:08 +0100 Suddenly feeling old? Evidence now suggests that rather than a long, steady decline, we dramatically age around three specific times in our lives. Might it be possible to stay younger for longer? 2485338-rapid-bursts-of-ageing-are-causing-a-total-rethink-of-how-we-grow-old|2485338 /article/2485021-youve-been-sold-a-giant-myth-when-it-comes-to-improving-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:00:31 +0100 Diet and exercise will only get you so far, but there is a magic bullet that could make us all live longer, says professor of global public health Devi Sridhar 2485021-youve-been-sold-a-giant-myth-when-it-comes-to-improving-your-health|2485021 /article/2484276-solving-the-250-year-old-puzzle-of-how-static-electricity-works/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 01 Jul 2025 17:00:35 +0100 You may think you know static electricity, but its true nature has long eluded scientists. We’ve now made a huge leap towards finally figuring it out 2484276-solving-the-250-year-old-puzzle-of-how-static-electricity-works|2484276 /article/2484740-the-remarkable-tale-of-how-humans-nearly-didnt-conquer-the-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 30 Jun 2025 17:00:31 +0100 Over tens of thousands of years, waves of Homo sapiens set out across Europe and Asia, only for their societies and cultures to mysteriously vanish. At last, ancient DNA is revealing why 2484740-the-remarkable-tale-of-how-humans-nearly-didnt-conquer-the-world|2484740 /article/2483232-the-deep-lessons-quasiparticles-teach-us-about-the-nature-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:51 +0100 We have discovered legions of strange particles that seem to only have a ghostly existence inside materials. Even so, they are the basis of much modern technology - so are they actually real? 2483232-the-deep-lessons-quasiparticles-teach-us-about-the-nature-of-reality|2483232 /article/2483988-how-quantum-superposition-forces-us-to-confront-what-is-truly-real/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:58 +0100 What are quantum particles doing before we measure them? Getting to grips with this century-old debate takes us to the heart of whether there is an objective reality 2483988-how-quantum-superposition-forces-us-to-confront-what-is-truly-real|2483988 /article/2483956-how-symbiosis-made-earth-what-it-is-and-why-its-key-to-our-future/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:37 +0100 Two life forms living together helped spark the evolution of all complex life. By learning to appreciate this process more fully, we might be able to harness it to heal our planet too 2483956-how-symbiosis-made-earth-what-it-is-and-why-its-key-to-our-future|2483956 /article/2484041-how-the-science-of-friendships-can-help-make-yours-better/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:32 +0100 From acquaintances to besties, our relationships fall on a wide continuum. Research into the ingredients for meaningful and lasting connections can help you strengthen them 2484041-how-the-science-of-friendships-can-help-make-yours-better|2484041 /article/2483940-why-you-should-assume-that-even-the-simplest-animals-are-conscious/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:15 +0100 There is mounting evidence that even surprisingly simple animals, like invertebrates, have a level of consciousness - but not in the way you might think 2483940-why-you-should-assume-that-even-the-simplest-animals-are-conscious|2483940 /article/2483993-what-is-a-mindset-and-can-you-cultivate-a-better-one/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:12 +0100 Concepts like the “growth mindset” are much misunderstood. But learn to cultivate certain beliefs about your future potential, and evidence suggests it really can foster success and bring health benefits 2483993-what-is-a-mindset-and-can-you-cultivate-a-better-one|2483993 /article/2484176-at-last-we-are-discovering-what-quantum-computers-will-be-useful-for/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:10 +0100 Quantum computers have been hyped as machines that can solve almost any problem. Yet it is becoming clearer that their near-term utility will be narrower 2484176-at-last-we-are-discovering-what-quantum-computers-will-be-useful-for|2484176 /article/2483986-why-are-the-physical-constants-of-the-universe-so-perfect-for-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:22 +0100 Conditions in our little pocket of the universe seem to be just right for life - and the much-debated anthropic principle forces us to wonder why 2483986-why-are-the-physical-constants-of-the-universe-so-perfect-for-life|2483986 /article/2484165-how-metaphysics-probes-hidden-assumptions-to-make-sense-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:20 +0100 All of us hold metaphysical beliefs, whether we realise it or not. Learning to question them is spurring progress on some of the hardest questions in physics 2484165-how-metaphysics-probes-hidden-assumptions-to-make-sense-of-reality|2484165 /article/2483951-why-geoengineering-is-no-longer-a-complete-taboo-for-scientists/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:26 +0100 Geoengineering comes in many forms and the risks and potential benefits vary widely. But many researchers now feel it’s time to investigate this controversial idea 2483951-why-geoengineering-is-no-longer-a-complete-taboo-for-scientists|2483951 /article/2484119-why-physicists-think-geometry-is-the-path-to-a-theory-of-everything/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:36 +0100 From four-dimensional hexagons to the mind-bending amplituhedron, geometrical shapes are wilder than we learn at school - and they are a crucial tool for understanding reality 2484119-why-physicists-think-geometry-is-the-path-to-a-theory-of-everything|2484119 /article/2484046-ancient-humans-only-evolved-language-once-but-why/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 23 Jun 2025 15:00:26 +0100 There’s an argument rumbling about why our ancestors evolved language. And surprisingly, one of the possible explanations has nothing to do with communication 2484046-ancient-humans-only-evolved-language-once-but-why|2484046 /article/2482943-why-lyme-disease-and-other-tick-borne-conditions-are-on-the-rise/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:00:49 +0100 Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry 2482943-why-lyme-disease-and-other-tick-borne-conditions-are-on-the-rise|2482943 /article/2483527-the-surprisingly-big-impact-the-small-intestine-has-on-your-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 17 Jun 2025 17:00:46 +0100 The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in appetite, metabolism and the microbiome – and how to look after it better 2483527-the-surprisingly-big-impact-the-small-intestine-has-on-your-health|2483527 /article/2482841-the-radical-idea-that-space-time-remembers-could-upend-cosmology/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 16 Jun 2025 17:00:54 +0100 There are new hints that the fabric of space-time may be made of "memory cells" that record the whole history of the universe. If true, it could explain the nature of dark matter and much more 2482841-the-radical-idea-that-space-time-remembers-could-upend-cosmology|2482841 /article/2482360-the-chilling-discovery-that-nerve-cells-help-cancers-grow-and-spread/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 09 Jun 2025 17:00:03 +0100 A new understanding of how tumours exploit our nervous system is leading to new ways to treat cancer using familiar drugs like Botox and beta blockers 2482360-the-chilling-discovery-that-nerve-cells-help-cancers-grow-and-spread|2482360 /article/2483443-four-science-based-rules-that-will-make-your-conversations-flow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Thu, 12 Jun 2025 17:00:24 +0100 If you struggle with small talk or find it hard to express yourself, research by psychologist Alison Wood Brooks and others will help you master the art of conversation 2483443-four-science-based-rules-that-will-make-your-conversations-flow|2483443 /article/2482158-tutankhamun-was-only-a-d-list-pharaoh-so-why-was-his-tomb-so-opulent/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 10 Jun 2025 17:00:04 +0100 He was a minor king, yet Tutankhamun’s tomb might have been the most richly stocked of all in ancient Egypt. Now research is revealing the surprising reasons why he was given such a lavish send-off 2482158-tutankhamun-was-only-a-d-list-pharaoh-so-why-was-his-tomb-so-opulent|2482158 /article/2482525-the-man-quietly-spending-1-billion-on-climate-action/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 11 Jun 2025 17:00:34 +0100 From geoengineering to anti-methane cow vaccines and green aviation fuel, meet the former nuclear physicist helping to decide which climate change technologies hold the most promise 2482525-the-man-quietly-spending-1-billion-on-climate-action|2482525 /article/2481402-discovering-the-marvels-of-mucus-is-inspiring-amazing-new-medicines/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 03 Jun 2025 17:00:45 +0100 Mucus does far more than just act as a protective barrier. Emerging research reveals ways to harness its power and deliver treatments for everything from yeast infections to inflammatory bowel disease 2481402-discovering-the-marvels-of-mucus-is-inspiring-amazing-new-medicines|2481402 /article/2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:00:41 +0100 Once thought to have originated in cows and spread through dust, the surprising evolutionary story of tuberculosis reveals why it's so hard to stamp out this ancient disease, writes Carl Zimmer 2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on|2481012 /article/2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 02 Jun 2025 14:00:25 +0100 Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to reframe the current biodiversity crisis 2481371-theres-growing-evidence-the-big-five-mass-extinctions-never-happened|2481371 /article/2480659-can-imagining-a-better-future-really-make-it-come-true/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 28 May 2025 17:00:42 +0100 Manifestation is easy to dismiss as unscientific nonsense. Certain techniques used in the practice, though, do work — just not in the magical way some people think, as neuroscientist Sabina Brennan elucidates 2480659-can-imagining-a-better-future-really-make-it-come-true|2480659 /article/2480780-how-visualisation-sets-you-up-for-success-by-changing-your-cognition/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 28 May 2025 15:00:32 +0100 The vividness of your mind’s eye isn't fixed - and training it up is the secret tool of top athletes and businesspeople. Here’s how you can help develop yours 2480780-how-visualisation-sets-you-up-for-success-by-changing-your-cognition|2480780 /article/2480739-the-extremes-of-imagination-reveal-how-our-brains-perceive-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 27 May 2025 19:00:17 +0100 The worlds inside our heads can be dramatically different. What does that reveal about how our minds shape our lives, asks cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman 2480739-the-extremes-of-imagination-reveal-how-our-brains-perceive-reality|2480739 /article/2480349-the-four-types-of-imagination-and-how-they-create-our-worlds/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 27 May 2025 17:00:13 +0100 Your imagination isn't just one thing. The latest neuroscience is untangling just how diverse this faculty really is, says cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman 2480349-the-four-types-of-imagination-and-how-they-create-our-worlds|2480349 /article/2480355-your-imagination-doesnt-get-worse-as-you-age-but-it-does-change/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 27 May 2025 16:00:06 +0100 It’s natural to associate wild flights of fantasy with children and a more mundane internal world with adult life. The latest research, though, shows that isn't the whole picture 2480355-your-imagination-doesnt-get-worse-as-you-age-but-it-does-change|2480355 /article/2480674-how-your-whole-imagination-is-conjured-up-from-three-brain-processes/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00:49 +0100 Understanding the neurological systems that produce the world inside your head can help you to harness its transformative power 2480674-how-your-whole-imagination-is-conjured-up-from-three-brain-processes|2480674 /article/2480799-five-tests-will-help-you-understand-the-full-scope-of-your-imagination/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 27 May 2025 21:00:25 +0100 Reckon you are highly imaginative? Or fear you are lacking in the creativity department? Put your presumptions to the test, with these challenges from cognitive neurologist, Adam Zeman 2480799-five-tests-will-help-you-understand-the-full-scope-of-your-imagination|2480799 /article/2478861-how-buried-cables-are-revealing-earths-interior-in-incredible-detail/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 21 May 2025 17:00:22 +0100 The globe is criss-crossed by unused fibre-optic cables. Now, researchers are using them to defend against earthquakes and produce an unprecedented map of the underground world 2478861-how-buried-cables-are-revealing-earths-interior-in-incredible-detail|2478861 /article/2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 19 May 2025 17:00:15 +0100 A declining ability to detect scents is linked to conditions including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. But restoring our most neglected sense might not only reduce cognitive decline – studies also show it could even reverse it 2479542-why-honing-your-sense-of-smell-could-keep-you-sharp-as-you-age|2479542 /article/2479332-how-an-ancient-alchemy-technique-is-transforming-modern-chemistry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 20 May 2025 17:00:38 +0100 Today’s chemistry is a wet business, mostly done by mixing compounds in liquid solvents. But a push towards using dry powders instead is proving surprisingly effective 2479332-how-an-ancient-alchemy-technique-is-transforming-modern-chemistry|2479332 /article/mg26635432-900-the-bold-attempt-to-solve-the-toughest-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 12 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Finding out whether gravity – and therefore space-time itself – is quantum in nature has long been thought impossible. But innovative new ideas might be about to help answer this crucial question mg26635432-900-the-bold-attempt-to-solve-the-toughest-mystery-at-the-heart-of-physics|2479783 /article/mg26635433-000-the-wild-idea-that-we-all-get-nutrients-from-the-air-that-we-breathe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 13 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Growing evidence suggests a source of nutrition might be right under our noses. But how important are such aeronutrients – and can we harness them to better treat deficiencies? mg26635433-000-the-wild-idea-that-we-all-get-nutrients-from-the-air-that-we-breathe|2479784 /article/mg26635433-100-surprising-insights-into-the-causes-of-pmdd-promise-better-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 14 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Premenstrual dysphoric disorder can cause monthly cycles of rage, depression, anxiety and self-harm. Treatments are limited, but new ideas about the condition could change that mg26635433-100-surprising-insights-into-the-causes-of-pmdd-promise-better-treatments|2479785 /article/mg26635421-000-what-are-microplastics-doing-to-your-brain-were-starting-to-find-out/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 07 May 2025 17:10:00 +0100 The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour mg26635421-000-what-are-microplastics-doing-to-your-brain-were-starting-to-find-out|2478927 /article/mg26635420-900-what-7-fiendishly-hard-puzzles-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-mathematics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 06 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 25 years ago, a $1 million reward was promised to anyone who could solve one of seven incredibly hard maths riddles. With only one of them now solved, what will it take to crack the rest? mg26635420-900-what-7-fiendishly-hard-puzzles-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-mathematics|2478926 /article/mg26635420-800-how-to-harness-your-emotions-for-a-happier-calmer-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 05 May 2025 17:00:00 +0100 From anger to envy, research is revealing how to shift your mental state and put bad feelings to good use – with benefits for longevity, relationships and mental health mg26635420-800-how-to-harness-your-emotions-for-a-happier-calmer-life|2478925 /article/mg26635414-100-how-vanishing-y-chromosomes-could-help-explain-mens-ill-health/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 29 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 The enigmatic Y chromosome has a tendency to disappear from cells with age. Now, research is revealing the long-term impacts this can have on disease risk and life expectancy mg26635414-100-how-vanishing-y-chromosomes-could-help-explain-mens-ill-health|2478276 /article/mg26635410-800-how-a-simple-walk-can-bust-stress-boost-cognition-and-fight-diseases/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:40:00 +0100 We all know that walking is good for us, but growing evidence reveals that the right hike can exponentially enhance the health benefits mg26635410-800-how-a-simple-walk-can-bust-stress-boost-cognition-and-fight-diseases|2478037 /article/mg26635410-700-the-impossible-particle-hinting-at-the-universes-biggest-secrets/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 28 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Neutrinos have always been hard to explain – and now the detection of one so energetic it shouldn't exist may help illuminate the strangest corners of the cosmos mg26635410-700-the-impossible-particle-hinting-at-the-universes-biggest-secrets|2478036 /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=features Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of evolution itself mg26635401-500-can-a-strange-state-of-matter-explain-what-life-is-and-how-it-began|2477153 /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=features Wed, 23 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 As humanity prepares to return to the moon, scientists also have ideas for huge lunar experiments that could revolutionise astrophysics mg26635401-600-how-astonishing-observatories-could-do-big-physics-from-the-moon|2477154 /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=features Mon, 21 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Mounting evidence suggests there might be two separate types of the world’s fastest-growing neurological condition. Can this fresh understanding lead to much-needed new treatments? mg26635401-400-a-dramatic-rethink-of-parkinsons-offers-new-hope-for-treatment|2477152 /article/2476049-could-the-ancient-greeks-have-invented-quantum-theory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:00:07 +0100 There were hints that the world may be quantum long before the development of quantum mechanics in 1925 – could we have come up with this revolutionary theory hundreds or even thousands of years earlier? 2476049-could-the-ancient-greeks-have-invented-quantum-theory|2476049 /article/mg26635393-000-carlo-rovelli-on-what-we-get-wrong-about-the-origins-of-quantum-theory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Conventional accounts of the birth of quantum theory often overlook the pivotal role of one of its luminaries – and this has led to a persistent misunderstanding of what it really means, argues physicist Carlo Rovelli mg26635393-000-carlo-rovelli-on-what-we-get-wrong-about-the-origins-of-quantum-theory|2476370 /article/mg26635393-100-what-exactly-would-a-full-scale-quantum-computer-be-useful-for/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100 As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t yet know exactly which problems they will excel at – and that makes them all the more exciting mg26635393-100-what-exactly-would-a-full-scale-quantum-computer-be-useful-for|2476371 /article/mg26635393-200-what-does-quantum-theory-really-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100 For 100 years, quantum theory has painted the subatomic world as strange beyond words. But bold new interpretations and experiments may help us to finally grasp its true meaning mg26635393-200-what-does-quantum-theory-really-tell-us-about-the-nature-of-reality|2476372 /article/2476373-a-timeline-of-the-most-important-events-in-quantum-mechanics/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 15 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0100 Explore the key moments in the history of quantum theory, from the early ideas of Albert Einstein and Werner Heisenberg to the discovery of phenomena like superposition and entanglement – and today’s quantum computers 2476373-a-timeline-of-the-most-important-events-in-quantum-mechanics|2476373 /article/2476051-where-exactly-does-the-quantum-world-end-and-concrete-reality-begin/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:00:12 +0100 Quantum effects like superposition and entanglement have long been seen in single particles, but physicists are on a quest to find out just how big an object can be before it loses its quantumness 2476051-where-exactly-does-the-quantum-world-end-and-concrete-reality-begin|2476051 /article/mg26635391-200-inside-the-mouth-watering-race-to-master-lab-grown-chocolate/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 14 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 We’ve now figured out how to culture chocolate in the lab. The breakthrough could help with spiralling cocoa costs, and may even lead to tastier treats with more nutritional value mg26635391-200-inside-the-mouth-watering-race-to-master-lab-grown-chocolate|2476267 /article/mg26635380-100-what-the-surprising-lives-of-solitary-animals-reveal-about-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 09 Apr 2025 17:30:00 +0100 A new understanding of why some animals evolved to be loners, and the benefits that brings, shows that a social lifestyle isn’t necessarily superior mg26635380-100-what-the-surprising-lives-of-solitary-animals-reveal-about-us|2474981 /article/mg26635382-000-were-finally-uncovering-fibres-remarkable-benefits-for-body-and-mind/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 07 Apr 2025 17:05:00 +0100 From dampening inflammation to boosting mental health, the many types of dietary fibre have a surprisingly large impact throughout the body. Here's how to get your fill mg26635382-000-were-finally-uncovering-fibres-remarkable-benefits-for-body-and-mind|2475292 /article/mg26635380-200-what-the-new-science-of-magic-reveals-about-perception-and-free-will/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 08 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive psychology is exploring how they do it and revealing fresh insights into how our minds work mg26635380-200-what-the-new-science-of-magic-reveals-about-perception-and-free-will|2474982 /article/mg26635372-500-the-epic-quest-to-redefine-the-second-using-the-worlds-best-clocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 A more precise definition of the second is crucial to all sorts of physical measurements – but to get there, scientists have to pack up their extraordinarily fragile optical clocks and take them on tour mg26635372-500-the-epic-quest-to-redefine-the-second-using-the-worlds-best-clocks|2474372 /article/mg26635374-000-the-animals-revealing-why-human-culture-isnt-as-special-as-we-thought/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0100 Even animals with very small brains turn out to have cultural traditions, which poses a puzzler for biologists wondering what makes human culture unique mg26635374-000-the-animals-revealing-why-human-culture-isnt-as-special-as-we-thought|2474490 /article/mg26635372-400-a-revolutionary-new-understanding-of-autism-in-girls/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0100 By studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting that huge numbers of women have gone undiagnosed mg26635372-400-a-revolutionary-new-understanding-of-autism-in-girls|2474371 /article/mg26535364-200-microdosing-weight-loss-drugs-is-on-the-rise-but-does-it-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 There are many claims about the benefits of microdosing weight-loss drugs, from anti-inflammatory effects to extending longevity. Do any of them stack up? mg26535364-200-microdosing-weight-loss-drugs-is-on-the-rise-but-does-it-work|2473536 /article/mg26535364-400-the-unexpected-impacts-of-a-society-transformed-by-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have the power to block the forces driving obesity, but the knock-on societal effects may not necessarily be so positive mg26535364-400-the-unexpected-impacts-of-a-society-transformed-by-weight-loss-drugs|2473538 /article/mg26535364-100-what-do-glp-1-drugs-really-tell-us-about-the-brains-reward-system/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 Anecdotal reports suggest drugs like Ozempic may curb not just appetite but also impulsive or addictive behaviour, hinting at links between metabolic health and our brains mg26535364-100-what-do-glp-1-drugs-really-tell-us-about-the-brains-reward-system|2473535 /article/mg26535364-500-glp-1-drugs-are-only-the-start-the-powerful-drugs-to-expect-next/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 The race is under way to make faster, cheaper and better GLP-1 drugs that will go beyond reducing obesity levels to treating some of our most difficult conditions mg26535364-500-glp-1-drugs-are-only-the-start-the-powerful-drugs-to-expect-next|2473539 /article/mg26535364-300-why-exercise-is-more-important-than-ever-when-taking-weight-loss-drugs/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Mar 2025 11:00:00 +0000 GLP-1 drugs have revolutionised the treatment of obesity, but the very reason they are effective is also why it's vital to prioritise exercise when taking them mg26535364-300-why-exercise-is-more-important-than-ever-when-taking-weight-loss-drugs|2473537 /article/mg26535360-800-how-a-surprising-twist-on-rewilding-could-help-settle-our-carbon-debt/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 We’ve pumped huge amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere that needs to be paid back. Large animals like wolves, bison and whales may already be tackling the problem mg26535360-800-how-a-surprising-twist-on-rewilding-could-help-settle-our-carbon-debt|2473221 /article/2472159-were-finally-learning-how-perimenopause-profoundly-changes-the-brain/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:00:35 +0000 The hormonal upheaval in the run-up to menopause can cause cognitive difficulties. But researchers are also finding that this can be a critical window for protecting long-term brain health 2472159-were-finally-learning-how-perimenopause-profoundly-changes-the-brain|2472159 /article/mg26535353-900-is-our-cosmos-just-a-membrane-on-the-edge-of-a-far-stranger-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 String theory may be our best attempt at a theory of everything, except that it can't describe an expanding universe like ours. Now a radical new twist on the idea could finally fix that – but it requires us to completely reimagine reality mg26535353-900-is-our-cosmos-just-a-membrane-on-the-edge-of-a-far-stranger-reality|2472635 /article/mg26535354-000-psychology-is-revealing-how-to-have-a-better-relationship-with-money/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Money is a deeply emotive subject, our attitudes to it vary wildly and we are reluctant to bring it up in conversation. Could new research help us to be less weird about it? mg26535354-000-psychology-is-revealing-how-to-have-a-better-relationship-with-money|2472636 /article/mg26535350-700-what-the-extraordinary-medical-know-how-of-wild-animals-can-teach-us/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Birds do it, chimps do it, even monarch butterflies do it – and by paying more attention to how animals self-medicate, we can find new treatments for ourselves mg26535350-700-what-the-extraordinary-medical-know-how-of-wild-animals-can-teach-us|2472358 /article/mg26535342-500-a-fresh-understanding-of-tiredness-reveals-how-to-get-your-energy-back/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Radical new insights from the science of interoception – how the body senses its internal state – explain the real reasons we feel tired all the time, and how to re-energise mg26535342-500-a-fresh-understanding-of-tiredness-reveals-how-to-get-your-energy-back|2471414 /article/mg26535340-600-the-epic-scientific-quest-to-reveal-what-makes-folktales-so-compelling/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Linguists, psychologists and experts in cultural evolution are discovering why we tell stories, how ancient the oldest ones are and why some tales run and run mg26535340-600-the-epic-scientific-quest-to-reveal-what-makes-folktales-so-compelling|2471253 /article/mg26535340-700-the-physicist-on-a-mission-to-spark-a-quantum-industrial-revolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 10 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Quantum fridges, batteries and clocks are brilliant inventions but still limited in power. Now physicist Nicole Yunger Halpern is charting a path to take them to the next level mg26535340-700-the-physicist-on-a-mission-to-spark-a-quantum-industrial-revolution|2471254 /article/mg26535332-200-the-alarming-rise-of-colorectal-cancer-diagnoses-in-people-under-50/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Colorectal cancers will soon be the number one cause of cancer death among people under 50. Could changes in lifestyle and environment be to blame? mg26535332-200-the-alarming-rise-of-colorectal-cancer-diagnoses-in-people-under-50|2470588 /article/mg26535332-000-the-cosmic-landscape-of-time-that-explains-our-universes-expansion/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 A strange new conception of how time warps across the universe does away with cosmology's most mysterious entity, dark energy mg26535332-000-the-cosmic-landscape-of-time-that-explains-our-universes-expansion|2470586 /article/mg26535330-100-the-critical-computer-systems-still-relying-on-decades-old-code/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Software used by banks and the space industry may still rely on archaic code. We went in search of the oldest code in use and asked, what happens when it glitches? mg26535330-100-the-critical-computer-systems-still-relying-on-decades-old-code|2470201 /article/2469784-why-the-worlds-longevity-hotspots-may-not-be-all-they-seem/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:00:03 +0000 Blue zones, places home to an unusual number of centenarians, are looked to for their secrets to living healthier lives – but are they even real? 2469784-why-the-worlds-longevity-hotspots-may-not-be-all-they-seem|2469784 /article/mg26535320-900-permafrost-mummies-are-unlocking-the-secrets-of-prehistory/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 25 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The frozen remains of animals like mammoths, wolves and cave lions offer the most detailed picture yet of the last glacial period mg26535320-900-permafrost-mummies-are-unlocking-the-secrets-of-prehistory|2469497 /article/mg26535322-100-inside-the-new-therapies-promising-to-finally-beat-autoimmune-disease/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Type 1 diabetes, IBD, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, coeliac disease and lupus are all caused by the body attacking itself. But new therapies that reset the immune system could offer lasting help mg26535322-100-inside-the-new-therapies-promising-to-finally-beat-autoimmune-disease|2469672 /article/mg26535321-100-the-research-that-will-help-you-not-suck-at-digital-communication/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Should that meeting have been an email? Is it ever ok to send a voice note? Andrew Brodsky has studied the communication habits of 100,000 people and has the answers mg26535321-100-the-research-that-will-help-you-not-suck-at-digital-communication|2469499 /article/2468253-the-story-of-mirror-life-from-intriguing-idea-to-unprecedented-threat/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Thu, 20 Feb 2025 15:00:06 +0000 Grave warnings have been issued about the dangers of creating life forms using mirror-image molecules. How worried should we be? 2468253-the-story-of-mirror-life-from-intriguing-idea-to-unprecedented-threat|2468253 /article/mg26535311-600-from-headaches-to-tics-how-mass-nocebo-effects-spread-real-symptoms/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 17 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Social media is enabling health symptoms and mass psychogenic illnesses to spread quickly around the world. But by knowing how it happens, you can protect yourself mg26535311-600-from-headaches-to-tics-how-mass-nocebo-effects-spread-real-symptoms|2468504 /article/mg26535310-900-when-did-time-begin-hint-it-wasnt-at-the-big-bang/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 18 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 You may think that time started 13.8 billion years ago at the birth of the universe, but physicists with alternative definitions of time have other ideas mg26535310-900-when-did-time-begin-hint-it-wasnt-at-the-big-bang|2468497 /article/mg26535311-400-were-uncovering-a-radically-different-view-of-civilisations-origins/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The discovery that farming might not have been the catalyst for civilisation means we must completely rethink the timeline of the first complex societies mg26535311-400-were-uncovering-a-radically-different-view-of-civilisations-origins|2468502 /article/mg26535311-100-when-did-life-begin-on-earth-new-evidence-reveals-a-shocking-story/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 Fossils and genetics are starting to point to life emerging surprisingly soon after Earth formed, when the planet was hellishly hot and seemingly uninhabitable mg26535311-100-when-did-life-begin-on-earth-new-evidence-reveals-a-shocking-story|2468499 /article/mg26535311-500-why-geologists-cant-agree-on-when-the-anthropocene-epoch-began/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Feb 2025 18:00:00 +0000 Nobody doubts that human activities have dramatically transformed Earth, so why has there been no official recognition of the Anthropocene? mg26535311-500-why-geologists-cant-agree-on-when-the-anthropocene-epoch-began|2468503 /article/mg26535311-200-we-are-finally-getting-to-grips-with-how-plate-tectonics-started/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 19 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out mg26535311-200-we-are-finally-getting-to-grips-with-how-plate-tectonics-started|2468500 /article/mg26535311-000-when-did-the-first-galaxies-form-earlier-than-we-thought-possible/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 By looking ever further back in time, the James Webb Space Telescope is at last revealing the first galaxies – and a very strange young cosmos mg26535311-000-when-did-the-first-galaxies-form-earlier-than-we-thought-possible|2468498 /article/mg26535311-300-why-its-so-hard-to-tell-when-homo-sapiens-became-a-distinct-species/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000 The more we discover about our species' family tree, the harder it becomes to pinpoint when exactly Homo sapiens emerged, raising questions over what it really means to be human mg26535311-300-why-its-so-hard-to-tell-when-homo-sapiens-became-a-distinct-species|2468501 /article/mg26535300-700-a-whole-new-world-of-tiny-beings-challenges-fundamental-ideas-of-life/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The surprising discovery of entities smaller than viruses raises profound questions about what life is and how it got started mg26535300-700-a-whole-new-world-of-tiny-beings-challenges-fundamental-ideas-of-life|2467302 /article/mg26535300-800-how-studying-babies-minds-is-prompting-us-to-rethink-consciousness/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 The debate over when consciousness arises has been revitalised by new tests of awareness in infants – raising the possibility that it emerges just before birth mg26535300-800-how-studying-babies-minds-is-prompting-us-to-rethink-consciousness|2467303 /article/mg26535301-600-how-cosmic-stasis-may-drastically-rewrite-the-history-of-the-universe/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000 Unexpected epochs of stillness that punctuate the cosmic timeline could offer a natural explanation for dark matter and many other unsolved astronomical mysteries mg26535301-600-how-cosmic-stasis-may-drastically-rewrite-the-history-of-the-universe|2467535 /article/mg26234881-800-a-new-kind-of-experiment-at-the-lhc-could-unravel-quantum-reality/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 24 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The Large Hadron Collider is testing entanglement in a whole new energy range, probing the meaning of quantum theory – and the possibility that an even stranger reality lies beneath mg26234881-800-a-new-kind-of-experiment-at-the-lhc-could-unravel-quantum-reality|2427885 /article/mg26234884-600-how-to-get-the-right-balance-of-omega-3s-and-omega-6s-in-your-diet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:00:00 +0100 The balance of omega fatty acids in the food we eat affects our health. But what does the evidence say about claims you should be seeking to reduce omega-6 intake as well as boosting omega-3s? mg26234884-600-how-to-get-the-right-balance-of-omega-3s-and-omega-6s-in-your-diet|2427717 /article/mg26234852-200-the-surprising-benefits-of-anxiety-and-how-you-could-harness-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=features Wed, 03 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0100 There can be no doubt that extreme anxiety is highly debilitating, but at moderate levels, our nervous feelings can make us smarter problem solvers and fuel original thinking mg26234852-200-the-surprising-benefits-of-anxiety-and-how-you-could-harness-them|2424807