‘Exploratory and curious animals’: mysterious rise in orca sightings off Northumberland coast | Marine life
The Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast have long drawn fans of the natural world keen to catch…
Weatherwatch: Cleaner clouds may slow rate of global heating | Climate crisis
Cleaner clouds are helping to slow the rate of global heating, a study shows. Falling levels of dust…
CSIRO modelling explores flood-mitigation options for Richmond Valley
Modelling by the CSIRO shows that even the installation of a series of upstream “detention” basins would not…
This weird ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanet has a hotspot in the wrong place, and astronomers aren’t sure how
Hot Jupiters are some of the most extreme planets in the universe, blazing gas giants like Jupiter or…
This Strange New Magnet Could Transform Future Electronics
An illustration of the atomic structure of altermagnets. Neighboring atoms are rotated and their magnetic spins are flipped.…
How Bolivia’s breakthrough in jaguar rehabilitation could bring the big cat back from the brink | Conservation
A tentative paw emerged from a steel cage on to the sandy riverbed deep in the Bolivian rainforest.…
Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana Named Caltech President
Ray Jayawardhana, Caltech’s 10th president, spoke at JPL on Jan. 6, 2026, the day his appointment was announced.…
First new open-ocean subsea research habitat in 40 years launched
In this video, New Scientist CoLab partners with ocean engineering company DEEP to follow the deployment of Vanguard,…
Musk Calls Reporting on SpaceX Prototype AI Device ‘Utterly False’
Topline SpaceX CEO Elon Musk called a recent report the company showed investors a prototype handheld, iPhone-like device…
Physicists Devise Black Hole Alternative With a ‘Mini Universe’ at Its Center
Theoretically, black holes emerged from the principles of Albert Einstein’s general relativity (gravity as distortions of spacetime), but…
Shark attacks are rising in Australia. Green activists don’t want to admit why
The most surprising thing about a great white shark taking up residence at Bondi Beach, Sydney, this month,…
Dr. Anderson’s Last Discovery: Embryo Signals Guide Cells
Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love — and now, more than five years…