Cavities could be prevented by a gel that restores tooth enamel 04. November 2025 (11:00) Enamel does not naturally regenerate, which can lead to painful cavities, but a gel that harnesses some of the properties of saliva could restore the hard, shiny layer to teeth(New Scientist)
Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen 03. November 2025 (17:00) Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise(New Scientist)
Does the family tree of ancient humans need a drastic rewrite? 03. November 2025 (17:00) Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the rules themselves are flawed(New Scientist)
SpaceX's Starlink and other satellites face growing threat from sun 03. November 2025 (14:00) There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to reveal how solar storms could disrupt internet mega constellations like SpaceX's Starlink(New Scientist)
Our bodies are ageing faster than ever. Can we hit the brakes? 03. November 2025 (13:00) All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there are ways to turn back the clock on your biological age(New Scientist)
We may have found a surprisingly nearby cluster of primordial stars 03. November 2025 (11:00) The very first generation of stars, called Population III stars, are mostly expected to be too distant to see directly – but astronomers may have found some for the very first time(New Scientist)
Orcas are ganging up on great white sharks to eat their livers 03. November 2025 (06:00) For the first time, video footage has captured orcas in the Gulf of California hunting young great white sharks, using a trick to flip them over, paralise them and get at their energy-rich livers(New Scientist)
Quantum computers reveal that the wave function is a real thing 31. October 2025 (18:00) The uncertainty inherent to quantum mechanics has long left physicists wondering whether the observations we make on the quantum level reflect reality - a new test suggests they do(New Scientist)
