A doe-eyed look at space exploration is inadequate for the zeitgeist 14. May 2025 (20:00) In highly politicised times, is living off-world something we should entertain, let alone do? Adriana Marais's futurist dream Out of This World and Into the Next feels tone deaf(New Scientist)
Who needs Eurovision when we have the Dance Your PhD contest? 14. May 2025 (20:00) As Eurovision looms, Feedback enjoys discovering more about the winners of this year's Dance Your PhD contest, who have an original take on chemesthesis, the sense that detects the heat of chillies and the coolness of menthol(New Scientist)
When it comes to crime, you can't algorithm your way to safety 14. May 2025 (20:00) There are serious issues with new proposals to use artificial intelligence to predict future crimes, says Yu Xiong, chair of the advisory board to the UK's All-Party Parliamentary Group on the Metaverse and Web 3.0(New Scientist)
How dark energy findings may inspire a new generation of physics nerds 14. May 2025 (20:00) The discovery of the cosmic acceleration problem truly inspired me as a teenage physics nerd. Recent, related revelations about dark energy will hopefully capture the interest of today’s young science geeks, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein(New Scientist)
Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is a superb musical set in the end times 14. May 2025 (20:00) In a luxury survival bunker, a rich family lie to each other as Earth's surface becomes unviable. But things change when a young woman stumbles on them in The End, a wonderful, end-of-the-world musical drama, says Simon Ings(New Scientist)
One half of the moon is hotter than the other 14. May 2025 (18:00) Anomalies in the moon’s gravitational field suggest our satellite’s insides are warmer on one side than the other – which means that its interior is asymmetric(New Scientist)
Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land 14. May 2025 (18:00) The footprints of a reptile-like creature appear to have been laid down around 356 million years ago, pushing back the earliest known instance of animals emerging from the water to live on land(New Scientist)
Surprising insights into the causes of PMDD promise better treatments 14. May 2025 (18:00) Premenstrual dysphoric disorder can cause monthly cycles of rage, depression, anxiety and self-harm. Treatments are limited, but new ideas about the condition could change that(New Scientist)
