New Scientist

◆ Mars rover found a rock with possible signs of ancient life

◆ SpaceX prepares for Starship flight with first 'chopstick' landing

◆ Social media companies change their policies in the wake of bad press

◆ Wafer-thin light sail could help us reach another star sooner

◆ Dark matter may solve the mystery of how colossal black holes merge

◆ AI can reveal what's on your screen via signals leaking from cables

◆ Millions of trees could grow faster with a boost from wild fungi

◆ Watch a robot peel a squash with human-like dexterity

◆ Biodegradable microplastics may actually be worse for soil and plants

◆ Ants are incredible navigators - let's celebrate their brilliance

◆ A type of brain cell helps explain the calming influence of mothers

◆ We may finally know what caused the biggest cosmic explosion ever seen

◆ Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementia

◆ Egyptian pyramid may have been built using a water-powered elevator

◆ Hundreds of Greenland's glacial lakes have burst since 2008

◆ Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof

◆ Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever

◆ One of Earth's major carbon sinks collapsed in 2023

◆ DeepMind AI gets silver medal at International Mathematical Olympiad

◆ Space travel may make muscles age extremely quickly

◆ Why many studies wrongly claim it's healthy to drink a little alcohol

◆ Early humans began wiping out elephant relatives 1.8 million years ago

◆ Lunar samples reveal exactly when the moon's largest crater formed

◆ We're ignoring easy ways to encourage children to be physically active

◆ Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

◆ Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes

◆ We may finally know how the placebo effect relieves pain

◆ Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoid radiation

◆ AI can predict tipping points for systems from forests to power grids

◆ Komodo dragons have teeth capped with a layer of iron

Scientific American

◆ NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers a Rock That May Contain Alien Microfossils

◆ The CDC's Test for Bird Flu Works, but It Has Issues

◆ Extreme Heat Kills Hundreds of Thousands Worldwide Each Year

◆ Honeybees Defend Their Hive by Slapping Invading Ants

◆ How to See Stars, Satellites, and More in the Daytime Sky

◆ Taylor Swift, the Beatles, Beck and Bach Can Thank Ancient Temples for Modern Music

◆ Reviving Tidal Weirs and Preserving an Ancient Fishing Practice

◆ JWST Images Freezing Giant Exoplanet 12 Light-Years Away

◆ Is Technology in the Olympics a Form of Doping or a Reality of Modern Sport?

◆ Basic Income Gives Money without Strings. Here's How People Spend It

◆ If Trump Were to Pull the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement Again, It Will Be Much Harder to Rejoin

◆ Komodo Dragons' Nightmare Iron-Tipped Teeth Are a Reptilian First

◆ Long COVID Is Serious and Complex but Becoming Less Likely

◆ When Dogs Smell Your Stress, They Act Sad

◆ New Math Breakthrough Reveals the Fifth ‘Busiest Beaver'

◆ The Legacy of Lynchings Still Hurts the Economic Prospects of Black Americans

◆ Should You Be Nice to AI Chatbots Such as ChatGPT?

◆ First 'Cocaine Sharks' Discovered off Brazil

◆ Biden Heat Protection Rule Can't Help Millions of Public Employees

◆ New Way of Making Superheavy Elements May Bring ‘Island of Stability' within Reach

◆ China-U.S. Science Collaborations Are Declining, Slowing Key Research

◆ The Paris Olympics Are a Lesson in Greenwashing

◆ How Student Athletes Can Avoid Heatstroke

◆ NASA Cancels Its VIPER Moon Rover

◆ Altering Consciousness with Advanced Meditation

◆ 500-Million-Year-Old ‘Alien Fish Taco' Was among First Creatures with Jaws

◆ Climate-Friendly Concrete Paves Path to Green Construction

◆ What a Kamala Harris Presidency Would Mean for Science

◆ Rare Whale Beached in New Zealand Offers Glimpse of Little-Known Species

◆ Alaskan Heat Wave Will Send Temperatures Soaring to 90 Degrees F

BBC Science/Nature

◆ Scottish bog gets world heritage status

◆ UK getting more hot and more wet days – Met Office

◆ Rare fossils reveal secrets of mammal evolution

◆ Chimps share humans' 'snappy' conversational style

◆ Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean

◆ UK coal mine fights for future in court

◆ Make electricity cheaper to boost heat pumps - climate advisers

◆ Cave discovered on Moon could be home for humans

◆ Can we change how our brains age? These scientists think it's possible

◆ IVF help for wild rhinos from zoo cousins

◆ Footage reveals 'miracle eagle chick' in flight

◆ No, UK weather is not being manipulated

◆ Is climate change making hurricanes worse?

◆ How Hollywood star Sheen helped uncover a dark secret

◆ Crossbows and eerie silences – following Antarctic whales for climate change clues

◆ Nature groups launch legal bid over wildlife loss

◆ Call for UK agency to regulate harmful chemicals

◆ Satellite to probe mystery of clouds and climate

◆ 27 new wild swimming sites for England - but are they clean?

◆ Together in wonder: North America awed by total solar eclipse

◆ Europe's Ariane-6 rocket blasts off on maiden flight

◆ Satellite captures first-of-a-kind cloud image

◆ Musk's SpaceX to destroy retired space station

◆ Who owns the Moon? A new space race means it could be up for grabs

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