Black Mirror returns full of delights and disappointments 16. April 2025 (20:00) Black Mirror's new season is a mixed bag, ranging from a sublimely plotted romp to one of the worst episodes to date. And it's still playing fast and loose with its sci-fi concepts, finds Bethan Ackerley(New Scientist)
Living material made from fungus could make buildings more sustainable 16. April 2025 (18:00) Researchers have used a fungus and bacteria to create rigid, living structures similar to bone and coral, which could one day be used as a self-repairing building material(New Scientist)
Where exactly does the quantum world end and concrete reality begin? 16. April 2025 (16:00) Quantum effects like superposition and entanglement have long been seen in single particles, but physicists are on a quest to find out just how big an object can be before it loses its quantumness(New Scientist)
Could the ancient Greeks have invented quantum theory? 16. April 2025 (16:00) There were hints that the world may be quantum long before the development of quantum mechanics in 1925 – could we have come up with this revolutionary theory hundreds or even thousands of years earlier?(New Scientist)
What exactly would a full-scale quantum computer be useful for? 16. April 2025 (16:00) As quantum computers mature, they will be transformational. But there are good reasons why we don’t yet know exactly which problems they will excel at – and that makes them all the more exciting(New Scientist)
First ever confirmed image of a colossal squid in the deep ocean 15. April 2025 (23:00) The colossal squid is the largest invertebrate on the planet, but it is also surprisingly elusive. An image of a 30-centimetre-long juvenile is our first glimpse of the animal in its natural habitat(New Scientist)
