Test of AI weather forecasts shows they miss extreme storms 27. May 2025 (23:00) Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events – which are becoming more common as the climate changes(New Scientist)
Medieval woman was executed and displayed on London riverbank 27. May 2025 (20:00) A skeleton found in London records a brutal killing about 1200 years ago, thought to be a rare example of a judicial execution of a woman in medieval England(New Scientist)
Humans were crafting tools from whale bones 20,000 years ago 27. May 2025 (18:00) More than 60 ancient tools found in France and Spain have been identified as whale bone, and the evidence shows that people made tools from this material a thousand years earlier than previously thought(New Scientist)
The four types of imagination and how they create our worlds 27. May 2025 (18:00) Your imagination isn't just one thing. The latest neuroscience is untangling just how diverse this faculty really is, says cognitive neurologist Adam Zeman(New Scientist)
Was Planet Nine exiled from the solar system as a baby? 27. May 2025 (17:00) The chance of a planet forming in the outer reaches of the solar system - a hypothetical Planet Nine - could be as high as 40 per cent, but it would have been a rough start(New Scientist)
Your imagination doesn’t get worse as you age – but it does change 27. May 2025 (17:00) It’s natural to associate wild flights of fantasy with children and a more mundane internal world with adult life. The latest research, though, shows that isn't the whole picture(New Scientist)
The sun is killing off SpaceX's Starlink satellites 27. May 2025 (16:00) There have never been so many satellites orbiting Earth as there are today, thanks in part to the launch of mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink internet service - and now we are learning just how the sun's activity can affect them(New Scientist)
How fast you age is dictated by your sex, ethnicity and education 27. May 2025 (14:30) The pace of ageing accelerates as you get older, and it is linked to an individual's sex, ethnicity and level of education, according to studies of US and UK populations(New Scientist)
Cord blood banking is not living up to its promise 26. May 2025 (17:00) Banking a baby’s umbilical cord blood was once seen as a reasonable way to protect their future health, but much of that potential has turned out to be mere hype(New Scientist)
