Carbon credits are flawed, but they can still help save forests pred 4 urami in 28 minutami Carbon credits bought by companies to offset their emissions really have reduced deforestation, but not by as much as credit developers claim, according to a rigorous analysis(New Scientist)
A new tectonic plate boundary could be forming in southern Africa pred 11 urami in 28 minutami Gases collected from boiling mineral springs in Zambia contain the chemical signature of having come directly from the Earth’s mantle, a sign of a rupture in the tectonic plates and the possible beginning of a new continental boundary(New Scientist)
The story of the first human tool: the humble container pred 22 urami in 28 minutami An analysis of ancient human artefacts finds that the container, a simple but critical tool, may have originated 500,000 years ago. Columnist Michael Marshall explores how slings, ostrich eggs and wooden trays helped our ancestors survive(New Scientist)
Can floating data centres meet AI's huge energy demand? pred 22 urami in 28 minutami A US start-up is putting autonomous data centres in the ocean, powered by wave energy, but experts warn that the harsh environment could make maintenance challenging(New Scientist)
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer pred 1 dnevom in 28 minutami The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal(New Scientist)
Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence pred 1 dnevom, 4 urami in 28 minutami Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry(New Scientist)
A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing 09. May 2026 (09:00) If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia(New Scientist)
US government releases huge batch of UFO files 08. May 2026 (20:33) The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come(New Scientist)
