The World, the Universe and Us

Weekly: New type of brain cell; Alaska’s first bridge over a moving glacier; quantum batteries that never age

08 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#214 A multi-talented brain cell has been discovered – and it’s a hybrid of the two we already know about, neurons and glia. These glutamatergic a...

CultureLab: The weird ways animals sense the world – Ed Yong on his book An Immense World

05 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s the hidden colours of ultraviolet that bees can see, the complex rhythms and tones of birdsong that we’re unable to hear, or the way ...

Weekly: Our ancestors nearly went extinct?; Why beer goggles aren’t real; Smelling ancient Egyptian perfume

01 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#213 Our ancestors may have very nearly gone extinct. Around a million years ago, there were just 1300 humans left and it stayed that way for over a h...

Dead Planets Society #4: Asteroid Gong

28 Aug 2023

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In an unexpected twist of empathy, Leah and Chelsea are putting their heads together to save the Earth… yes, you read that right! Asteroid researche...

Weekly: India lands on the moon; Placenta cells could heal the heart; Mind-altering drugs and binge drinking on the rise

25 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#212 India is celebrating after successfully - and gently - landing on the Moon. A huge win for the country, which is now only the fourth nation to do...

CultureLab: Must watch science shows – the best TV of 2023

22 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Struggling to choose what to watch? Whether it’s sci-fi, medical dramas or documentaries about the natural world, we’ve got you covered. Our TV co...

Weekly: Climate Special - an antidote for doom; plus the key ingredient for alien technology, and surprising revelations about an ancient tattooed mummy

18 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#211 The hottest July on record, a global surge in wildfires, bleached corals and collapsed cactuses - the story of climate change feels dire right no...

Dead Planets Society #3: Gravitational Wave Apocalypse

14 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As if burrowing through a planet and blowing up the sun weren’t enough… This time, Chelsea and Leah hope to harness the power of gravitational wav...

Weekly: Ultra-processed foods not so bad?; Another milestone toward fusion power; Mapping the genes we know nothing about

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#210 Ultra-processed foods are bad for us and we should avoid them at all costs – right? Well, it’s actually not as clear cut as that.The foods ma...

CultureLab: Adventures of a prehistoric girl – Alice Roberts on her new book Wolf Road

07 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scientist and broadcaster Alice Roberts has written her first children’s book. The fictional tale follows prehistoric girl Tuuli, and captures the s...

Weekly: Surprise superconductor claims put to the test; Alzheimer’s test goes on sale; how NASA (briefly) lost Voyager 2

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#209 The saga of the room-temperature superconductor continues. The creators of a new material called LK-99 maintain that it perfectly conducts electr...

Dead Planets Society #2: Punch A Hole in a Planet

31 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of Dead Planets Society, Leah and Chelsea embark on a boring journey… no, as in they literally try to bore through a planet! With th...

Weekly: Cheaper cures for many diseases; How to understand the superconductor ‘breakthrough’; Hear a star twinkle

28 Jul 2023

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New Scientist Weekly #208 Better and cheaper treatments for everything from sickle cell disease to ageing should come as a result of a new technique f...

CultureLab: Oppenheimer – The rise and fall of the “father of the atomic bomb”

24 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

First J. Robert Oppenheimer created the weapon, then he fought for years to warn of its dangers. During the second world war, the so-called “father ...

Weekly: How to measure consciousness; Nature-made graphene; New sabretooth cats

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Scientist Weekly #206 A major theory of consciousness is being put to the test with brain scans. Integrated information theory proposes a value ca...

Dead Planets Society #1: Kill The Sun

17 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The sun is the centre of our solar system, the parent body to all the planets, unquestionably the most important cosmic object for life on Earth. Bu...

Weekly: JWST’s amazing year; Giant sloth jewellery; $1million mathematics prize

14 Jul 2023

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New Scientist Weekly #205 Following a year of incredible, awe-inspiring images from deep space, the team is celebrating the 1st birthday of the James ...

CultureLab: Earth’s Deep History: Chris Packham on the epic and tumultuous story of our planet

11 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Our world has led a long, sometimes tumultuous, and always complicated life. Over the last four billion years, Earth’s geology has changed radically...

Weekly: Earth breaks heat records; Quantum LiDAR for self-driving cars; Cryptography in pre-Viking runic writing

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Scientist Weekly #203 July has become a record-busting month. In fact, this month has seen the hottest global average temperatures ever recorded o...

Weekly: New era in gravitational astronomy; Upending stereotypes of women in hunter-gatherer societies; Orangutan beatboxing and human speech origins

30 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Scientist Weekly #202 In a potentially era-defining scientific breakthrough, we are now able to detect some of the biggest objects in the cosmos. ...

Weekly: The truth behind the orca uprising; Earth enters uncharted territory; genetic treatments for unborn babies.

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Scientist Weekly #201 A new therapy is being used to treat a rare genetic disorder in babies, before they’ve even been born. The condition, call...

Weekly: Claims that secret alien technology is held in the US; link between gut bacteria and intelligence; the parasite that makes ants live longer

15 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New Scientist Weekly #200 Always trust your gut! A recent study shows that the composition of our gut microbiome may be directly linked to our overall...

#199 Being Human: Lewis Dartnell on how our biology shapes our actions

13 Jun 2023

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Are humans the product of their environment, or do we shape the world around us? Lewis Dartnell, author of a series of books which explores this very ...

#198 Giant: An opera about the legacy of the ‘Irish giant’ Charles Byrne and the surgeon John Hunter

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to CultureLab, from New Scientist podcasts. In this episode, culture and comment editor Alison Flood speaks with composer Sarah Angliss.  Sar...

#197 Ancient human Homo naledi had advanced culture; AI passes the world’s biggest Turing Test; climate change hits New York

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A species of ancient human with a brain the size of a chimpanzee’s is upending what we thought we knew about human cognition and culture. Recent fin...

#196 Animal Liberation Now: Peter Singer on eating and living ethically

05 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What does it mean to eat and live ethically in today’s world?  In 1975, Australian philosopher Peter Singer published his landmark book Animal Libe...

#195 Breakthrough in suspended animation; treatment using stem cells from umbilical cord; moon dust threat

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suspended animation - the stuff of science-fiction, or a real-world solution to surviving long voyages into deep space? Actually it’s neither, but r...

#194 Rewilding special: a night in the beaver pen at the rewilded Knepp Estate

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The world is undergoing a catastrophic biodiversity crisis, and the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. The problems are big...

#193 Drug that could cure obesity; world’s largest organism; octopus dreams; mood-enhancing non-alcoholic drink

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A new class of drugs that can reliably help you lose weight are generating great excitement in the fight against obesity - and Elon Musk and Hollywood...

#192 Life-extending mutation; Kangaroo poo transplant for cows; irregular sleep linked to increased risk of death

18 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Want to live 20 percent longer? Well, it may be possible in the future thanks to a new discovery. A life-extending mutation has been found in mice, an...

#191 Special episode: the most mind-bending concepts in science

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this bonus episode of the podcast we present a guide on how to think about some of the most important and mind-bending concepts in science, from ar...

#190 Problems for lab-grown meat; do we need vitamin D supplements?; waking the sleeping Arctic ocean; fish sing for Eurovision

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Lab-grown meat may be cruelty free, but is it really better for the environment? Not at the moment. In fact, the team finds out how it’s up to 25 ti...

#189 Spinal cord stimulation: bringing movement back to paralysed stroke survivors

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spinal cord stimulation has, for the first time, been shown to help two people with upper body paralysis due to stroke regain some arm movement.  To ...

#188 Consciousness measured at point of death; the lifeform with seven genomes; impact of Covid on the gut

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From bright lights at the end of a tunnel, to hearing dead loved ones, there are many common sensations related to near death experiences. But what’...

#187 CultureLab: The Power of Trees with Peter Wohlleben

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As humans are responsible for the devastation of the world’s forests, surely it’s our job, then, to step in and make things right? Well, not accor...

#186 Private space company crashes on the moon; hypnotherapy as anaesthetic; record-breaking ocean warming; Rosalind Franklin and DNA

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With SpaceX’s Starship blowing up, and ispace’s lander crashing into the moon, in the last week two of the most exciting missions of the year have...

#185 CultureLab: Cosmo Sheldrake on capturing the sounds of our oceans

26 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Have you ever stopped to think about what life underwater sounds like?  Well, now is your chance to hear it first-hand as multi-instrumentalist, comp...

#184 Dead Ringers TV review: Revolutionising the future of reproductive health

23 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Based on the 1988 David Cronenberg film, the new six-part TV series Dead Ringers tells the story of identical twin doctors - played by Rachel Weisz - ...

#183 How To Blow Up A Pipeline film review: Is it time for more radical climate activism?

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With action on climate change moving so slowly, is it time for more radical activism? Have we been left with no option but to use sabotage and propert...

#182 3D-printing inside living organisms; what ChatGPT means for human intelligence; why insects fly towards light; carbon storage in the oceans

20 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve all seen the moths gather around the kitchen light or campfire flame at night, but have you ever wondered why they’re drawn to it? Well, the...

#181 New York goes quantum; a tipping point in human culture; JUICE mission to Jupiter

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How many people can we physically feed on Earth? As the global population is predicted to reach 11 billion by the end of the century, do we have enoug...

#180 Maximum human lifespan; a twist on a classic physics experiment; saving the kākāpō

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How long can a human live for? The world record is 122 years, and while some people believe our bodies aren’t capable of surpassing that, a new theo...

#179 Black holes older than time; nine animals to save the climate; the largest creature ever to walk the Earth

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sea otters, American bison and grey wolves are among nine groups of animals that could help fight climate change. The team discusses the various attri...

#178 Botox affects your understanding of emotions; GPT-4 exhibits human-level intelligence; IPCC climate change report 2023

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As countries continue dragging their feet on emissions reductions, the latest  synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is...

#177 Field report from the High Arctic: polar bears and melting glaciers in Svalbard

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, join host Rowan Hooper as he ventures to Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the far north, just 1000 km from the North Pole...

#176 Human organoids are new AI frontier; Listening to the big bang through the cosmic microwave background

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brainoids - tiny clumps of human brain cells - are being turned into living artificial intelligence machines, capable of carrying out tasks like solvi...

#175 Living Off-Earth: Ethical questions for living in outer space with Erika Nesvold

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whether it’s on the Moon, Mars or somewhere even more distant, we may see human settlements in space in our lifetime. But when we do, will we be pre...

#174 Finding the universe’s missing matter; saving babies’ lives by sequencing their genomes; the earliest horse riders - the latest news in science

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Matter we’ve long thought missing from galaxies has finally been found. Great news…except there’s one catch. It turns out that perhaps this matt...

#173 Understanding chronic health conditions; Artificial sweetener linked to heart attacks; Re-thinking galaxies; UN geoengineering report

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As millions of people around the world suffer from long covid, research into how viruses trigger chronic health conditions is getting a lot more focus...

#172 Bio-electric special: how the electricity inside you shapes your body and your health

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this bonus episode of the podcast, host Rowan Hooper sits down with New Scientist magazine editor Cat de Lange, and science journalist Sally Adee t...

#171 Earth’s mysterious “dark biome” and the search for life on Mars; Quantum computers; Judge Dredd predicts the future - the latest news in science

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While testing samples in the Atacama desert, a region of Earth with very similar rocks to those on Mars, astrobiologists have discovered a mysterious ...

#170 How Venice is confronting climate change and adapting to the rising seas

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Venice, Italy, is often voted the world’s most beautiful city. Built across 120 small islands in a shallow lagoon, it’s been an important financia...

#169 Why the US is shooting down UFOs; the science behind period cravings; saving the UK’s rivers

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The UK’s rivers are in a dire state. Full of sewage, chemicals and prescription drugs, life in our rivers is suffering. New Scientist has teamed up ...

#168 Polar Sounds: Rare underwater noises from the Arctic and Antarctic

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hear the chattering sounds of a narwhal, the surprisingly tuneful tones of singing sea ice, and the alarming crashes of ice shelves collapsing in this...

#167 Bird flu in mammals, the cause of sunquakes, and the entropy of consciousness – the latest news in science

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The continuing avian flu epidemic is devastating bird populations. And now there are concerns over increasing numbers of mammals becoming infected. As...

#166 Immune systems: Is yours weak or strong and how can you boost your immune system to fight disease?

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The immune system is the intricate constellation of cells and molecules in our bodies that defends us against disease and on this special bonus episod...

#165 Water dowsing to detect leaks; Astroforge going asteroid mining; AI discovers new bacteria-killing proteins – the latest news in science

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

An ancient and debunked method of searching for water leaks is still being used by some of the UK’s water companies. The team finds out why water do...

#164 The Last of Us: the science of a fungal zombie apocalypse

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The new HBO series The Last of Us is making waves, raking in a steady stream of high reviews. Based on a game of the same name, it’s set in a world ...

#163 Antidepressants; Exoplanets; California’s megadroughts – the latest news in science

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A vaccine for the respiratory virus RSV may be ready this year. In fact, after decades of efforts, successful vaccines have arrived like buses, with t...

#162 How to trigger positive tipping points to tackle climate change

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

On this special episode of the show, host Rowan Hooper and environment reporter Madeleine Cuff chat with climate scientist Tim Lenton of the Univers...

#161 What they don’t tell you about the climate crisis with Assaad Razzouk

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode of the podcast, hear Rowan Hooper’s extended interview with Assaad Razzouk, author of Saving the Planet Without the Bullshit: ...

#160 Rejuvenation treatments; world to breach 1.5 degrees of global heating

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A cure for ageing, without the price-tag? It might sound too good to be true, but the team digs into new evidence that shows low-frequency ultrasound ...

#159 Aboriginal stories describe ancient climate change and sea level rise in Australia

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode of the podcast, hear an extended interview with Cassie Lynch, a descendent of the Noongar people of south west Australia who’s...

#158 Exxon’s 1970s predictions for climate change were super accurate

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Scientists working for oil giant Exxon between 1977 and 2003 accurately predicted the pace and scale of climate change and warned of the harm of burni...

#157 Computer lawyer takes first court case; brains speed up with age

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Will artificial intelligence replace lawyers in the future? The team learns about a new, chat-bot style bit of tech that fights your legal battles for...

#156: What you need to know in science and culture for 2023

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To see in the New Year, host Rowan Hooper and the team look ahead to their science and cultural highlights for the coming months. We start with 2 big ...

#155: Our five favourite New Scientist long-reads from 2022

25 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A holiday special of the podcast and a free-gift giveaway this week, as we celebrate five of New Scientist’s best front-page features of 2022. As we...

#154: News review 2022 - stand-out moments and funniest stories

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Recorded live online for New Scientist subscribers, in this holiday special the team takes you through their stand out moments of the year, the funnie...

#153: Fusion breakthrough; COP15 report; Shakespeare and climate change

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s been an exciting breakthrough in nuclear fusion. For the first time on Earth, a controlled fusion reaction has generated more power than it ...

#152 Ancient species of human could control fire; complete brain map of fly

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An extinct species of ancient human may have been much more advanced than we first realised. First discovered 10 years ago, Homo neladi had a brain ab...

#151 COP15: the meeting to save life on Earth; anti-ageing properties of urine

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Following repeated delays, the COP15 biodiversity conference is finally going ahead. On December 7th representatives from most of the countries in the...

#150 Megadrought in the US; how to move an elephant

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The southwestern US is currently in the midst of a megadrought - the worst in 1200 years. And it has put the Colorado River in crisis, an essential so...

#149 COP27 treaty emerges; a method to discover wormholes

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Cheering greeted Brazil’s president-elect, Lula da Silva, when he appeared at COP27 this week. Madeleine Cuff brings us a report from the climate co...

#148 Climate action from COP27; world population reaches 8 billion

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Warnings over the world’s mad dash to create new supplies of fossil fuels, discussions about climate loss and damage, and talk about nature-based so...

#147 The oldest yew trees in Europe – and how to save them

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In a special episode of the podcast, host Rowan Hooper visits Newlands Corner in the North Downs in southern England, the site of one of the oldest an...

#146 Accelerated end to fossil fuel; double discovery on Mars

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Spurred on by the war in Ukraine, we’re seeing a worldwide shift to green energy, with the global demand of fossil fuels now expected to peak in 15 ...

#145 COP27 climate summit preview; unexpected animal sounds

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

It’s already been a year since COP26, with its successor COP27 gearing up to begin on 6 November. 12 months on from some big pledges, the team finds...

#144 Geoengineering plan to slow the melt of arctic ice

23 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

An extended bonus episode of the podcast, where we learn more about proposals to slow the rate of ice loss in Greenland - and if it works, in Antarcti...

#143 Bird flu sweeps UK; secrets of the Neanderthal family

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wild bird populations have been devastated by an avian flu variant that’s sweeping the UK - and more than 3.5 million captive birds have been culled...

#142: We need to talk about mental health and climate change

17 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2022, for the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change included mental health as part of its assessment of the impacts of climate ...

#141 Energy threat to international security; a new form of multiplication

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The climate crisis is as great a threat to energy security as Russia’s war on Ukraine, warns the World Meteorological Organization. The team finds o...

#140 New Scientist Live Ask-us-Anything bonus episode

11 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

At New Scientist Live we invited you to ask our journalists anything - and at two packed out sessions, you absolutely delivered. Recorded live from th...

#139 Gas leak impact on climate change; a new way to explain life

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Exploding gas pipelines have signalled a new environmental disaster. Nord Stream 1 and 2 have both sprung leaks, with many assuming sabotage. With hug...

#138 UK government’s attack on nature; when you can’t stop laughing

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The UK government is being accused of mounting an attack against nature. Environmental charities claim a raft of newly announced or rumoured plans are...

#137 How to turn the shipping industry green; Enceladus passes habitability test

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

‘Get it Done’ is the theme for this year’s Climate Week in New York, with hundreds of events taking place across the city. Reporter James Dinnee...

#136 A step towards building artificial life; solar-powered slugs

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ribosomes are tiny protein-making factories found inside cells, and a crucial component of life. And now a team of scientists has figured out how to m...

#135 The Amazon passes a tipping point; a place to live only 100 light years away

08 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Amazon rainforest may have passed the tipping point that will flip it into savannah. A new report suggests that large portions of the rainforest h...

#134 Artemis moon mission; decoding the dreams of mice

31 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The launch of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket didn’t go to plan this week. The team looks at the problems that stopped this long-awaited launch. And wi...

#133 A treatment for food allergies; predicting earthquakes

24 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There may be a way of treating, or even preventing, food allergies. A promising new trial has used a fat molecule called butyrate to treat peanut alle...

#132 Impact of drought; monkeys using sex toys

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Droughts in many parts of Europe are the worst in 500 years. Even as temperatures begin to cool and some rain begins to fall, it may be a long time ti...

#131 Why thinking hard tires you out; game-changing US climate bill

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The US is about to pass an historic piece of climate legislation. The Inflation Reduction Act allocates $370 billion to climate mitigation, and the te...

#130 How to reverse death; Neil Gaiman on Sandman; AlphaFold and biology’s revolution; life in the multiverse with Laura Mersini-Houghton

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A new type of artificial blood has been created which, in the future, could bring people back from the dead - or what we think of now as dead, at leas...

#129 BlueDot special: Mysteries of the universe; stories of hope and joy; growing tiny human brains; solving global problems

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to a special edition of the show recorded live at the bluedot music festival. On the panel are New Scientist journalists Rowan Hooper and Abby...

#128 Extreme heatwaves; China’s space station launch; covid’s effects in pregnancy; a black hole symphony

21 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Following scolding 40 degree record temperatures, it’s clear the UK is not set up to deal with such heat. But as extreme weather events become more ...

#127: Pig hearts transplanted into dead people; James Webb Space Telescope gives best-ever view of the universe; boosting wheat genetics to feed the world

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

After the first pig-human transplant patient died just 2 months after receiving his new heart, researchers are now testing modified pig hearts by tran...

#126: Are we stuck in a time loop? Legal action against climate change; covid fifth wave; time loop are we stuck?

07 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ten years since the discovery of the fabled Higgs boson, can the Large Hadron Collider ever make us that excited again? Physicists are now kind of bor...

#125: Poo transplants cure IBS; climate change shrinks the human niche; CRISPR babies; monkeypox latest

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world’s first CRISPR babies are now toddlers. Now, nearly four years since the super-controversial experiment was announced, scientists in China...

#124: Lopsided universe; solar activity affects heart health; hero rats trained for rescue missions

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

If you like things orderly, we have bad news for you - our universe is lopsided. Based on everything we know about gravity and the early universe, we’...

#123: ‘Sentient’ claim for Google AI; spacecraft spots starquakes; the rise of the mammals; hot brains

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How will we know when we’ve made a truly sentient artificial intelligence? Well, one Google engineer believes we’re already there. The team discus...

#122: The science of Top Gun; the 1.5°C climate goal is out of reach; return to the moon; hepatitis mystery

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

While it may be technically possible to keep global heating to 1.5°C it’s really not very likely - at all. So why are we clinging to it? The team a...