Will reprogramming technique one day help people?
Data from citizen scientists reveal a worrying growth in light pollution over the past decade
An anthropologist argues that experimental communities in Madagascar influenced the European Enlightenment
Highlights from the Science family of journals
New Scientist Magazine – 21 January 2023:
There’s a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here’s what it would take to make it happen
By upending the idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain is behind depression, we are starting to understand some of its mysteries and develop better treatments
Where European eels start and end their lives was long a mystery, but an audacious expedition has finally revealed the last details of their incredible migration
Habitable Worlds Observatory would be designed for robotic servicing
Silt overload and mercury pollution endanger river ecosystems—and the people who depend on them
Agency warns about brain swelling and bleeding on drug’s label, but imposes few restrictions on lecanemab’s use
If we can’t measure something, we can’t know its true nature. This fundamental limitation hampers our understanding of the quantum world – but it doesn’t preclude scientific thinking
From weather to the structure of proteins, some things are predictable in theory, but too complex to figure out in practice. But the rise of artificial intelligence is changing that fast
We will never fully know what pain, colour and love are really like for other people – never mind other animals. That means we may never know if we have created sentient AI
In this episode, reporter Miryam Naddaf joins us to talk about the big science events to look out for in 2023.
We’ll hear about vaccines, multiple Moon missions and new therapeutics, to name but a few.
Study of famed meteorite by quantum microscope hints at planet’s prolonged habitability
Transparency in glassfrogs has potential implications for human blood clotting
The business side of drug development comes to the fore in a tale of two blockbuster blood cancer therapeutics
Science News looks back at some of the most stunning images from the James Webb telescope’s first year in space.
A new space telescope makes a spectacular debut after a troubled gestation
Seen with JWST’s midinfrared instrument, the newborn stars of the Tarantula nebula fade into the background while clouds of dust and gas take center stage, including hydrocarbons that will later form planets.NASA; ESA; CSA; STSCI; WEBB ERO PRODUCTION TEAM
It turns out reindeers’ amazing night vision is thanks to a strange ‘mirror’ in their eyes called the tapetum lucidum that is extra sensitive to UV light
The USS Monitor, an iconic piece of military history, sank 160 years ago. Now a marine sanctuary, the wreck has become an unlikely testbed for ocean conservation
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test aimed to change the orbit of the space rock Dimorphos, and it did so perfectly
Metabolism studies reveal surprising insights into how we burn calories—and how cooperative food production helped Homo sapiens flourish
Scientists have new evidence about how cosmic cataclysms forge gold, platinum and other heavy members of the periodic table
A mourning ritual of dialogues with the dead speaks to the fragility of theological diversity
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