10,000 new planets found hidden in NASA telescope data 27. April 2026 (12:00) NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has been searching for exoplanets since its launch in 2018, and it turns out it may have found plenty more of them than we had thought(New Scientist)
How your heart rate variability can offer an insight into your mind 27. April 2026 (11:00) Smartwatches commonly use heart rate variability to monitor stress. Columnist Helen Thomson explores what this metric actually tells us, and whether it could also predict and diagnose depression – and help improve your mental health more generally(New Scientist)
100-year-old assumption about the universe may soon be overturned 27. April 2026 (09:00) Physicists have long assumed that the universe is uniform at very large scales, but evidence is emerging this is wrong and suggests a way to resolve some of the biggest cosmological mysteries(New Scientist)
Gravity's strength measured more reliably than ever before 24. April 2026 (20:00) Measuring the strength of gravity is extraordinarily difficult, and different experiments have always disagreed – but a new test is paving the way to finally understanding nature’s most enigmatic force(New Scientist)
Symptoms of early dementia reversed by bespoke treatment plans 24. April 2026 (14:33) People with cognitive decline or early-stage dementia saw their symptoms improve when given bespoke treatment plans that targeted their personal nutritional deficiencies, ongoing infections and environmental exposures(New Scientist)
QBox theory may offer glimpse of reality deeper than quantum realm 24. April 2026 (12:00) Physicists have long suspected that there is a layer of physical reality beneath quantum theory and a new mathematical model unveils just how strange it might be(New Scientist)
Is stem cell therapy about to transform medicine and reverse ageing? 24. April 2026 (11:00) A clinical trial to reverse age-related vision conditions using stem cell treatment could finally deliver on the promise of a major discovery in ageing and regeneration made 20 years ago, says columnist Graham Lawton(New Scientist)
Largest-ever octopus was great white shark of invertebrate predators 23. April 2026 (21:00) During the Cretaceous, 19-metre-long predatory octopuses swam the seas, and evidence from their fossilised remains suggest they may have been highly intelligent hunters(New Scientist)
Do you need to worry about Mythos, Anthropic's computer-hacking AI? 23. April 2026 (20:00) A powerful AI kept from public access because of its ability to hack computers with impunity is making headlines around the world. But what is Mythos, does it really represent a risk and might it even be used to improve cybersecurity?(New Scientist)
Catching a cold can delay cancer from spreading to the lungs 23. April 2026 (19:00) Infecting mice with RSV, a common virus that causes cold-like symptoms, prevented breast cancer cells from reaching their lungs. This was due to the release of proteins that stop viruses from replicating in the lungs also making it harder for cancer cells to seed new tumours(New Scientist)
