My life as a meteorologist in Chernobyl under Russian occupation 13. April 2026 (16:00) When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Chernobyl lay on the path to the capital Kyiv. When the plant was occupied by Russian troops, meteorologist Lyudmila Dyblenko fearlessly continued taking vital measurements to monitor the nuclear exclusion zone(New Scientist)
Chernobyl at 40: The past, present and future of a nuclear disaster 13. April 2026 (16:00) Forty years ago, the catastrophic explosion at Chernobyl sent plumes of radioactive waste into the atmosphere. Now, New Scientist has gained exclusive access to learn how vital work to decontaminate the site has been derailed by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine(New Scientist)
Exclusive report: Inside Chernobyl, 40 years after nuclear disaster 13. April 2026 (16:00) New Scientist reporter Matthew Sparkes secured unrivalled access to Chernobyl's most crucial scientific sites, where researchers are fighting to protect the area and ensure it remains safe amid the constant threat of attack from Russia(New Scientist)
NASA’s Artemis II mission was a historic success 11. April 2026 (03:20) The astronauts of the Artemis II mission around the moon have made it home safely to Earth, marking the end of a triumphant mission and the beginning of a longer road to stay on the moon(New Scientist)
Hidden fossils reveal secrets of oceans before major mass extinction 10. April 2026 (20:00) A handful of plankton fossils buried in a small chunk of rock show that the oceans were teeming with life before the Late Ordovician mass extinction, the second most severe on record(New Scientist)
Quantum batteries could be charged by reversing time 10. April 2026 (13:00) Physicists have shown how time can effectively be reversed for some quantum systems, which would allow for new ways to harvest energy(New Scientist)
The man who ruined mathematics 10. April 2026 (11:00) The incompleteness theorem is accepted as part of the mathematical canon today, but columnist Jacob Aron says it was a bombshell when Kurt Gödel first introduced it. Gödel’s seminal work directly contradicted one of the great minds of mathematics and limited the field forever(New Scientist)
