'Quantum Darwinism' may explain why we live in a shared reality 07. April 2025 (14:00) A framework inspired by evolution may demonstrate why two observers see the same non-quantum world emerge from the many fuzzy probabilities of the quantum realm(New Scientist)
AI data scrapers are an existential threat to Wikipedia 04. April 2025 (23:00) As AI developers harvest Wikipedia content to train their models, the resulting surge in automated traffic is driving up costs for the non-profit that runs the popular crowdsourced encyclopaedia(New Scientist)
Cannibal spiders have strange trick to stop their siblings eating them 04. April 2025 (22:00) A spider species eat their siblings as soon as they die but tolerate each other when they are alive, suggesting a mysterious signal helps them to determine when to dine on a nest mate(New Scientist)
Largest ever US honeybee die-off has destroyed 1.6 million colonies 04. April 2025 (21:00) Beekeepers often experience some seasonal losses, but this past winter, more than half of all US honeybee colonies died off, potentially the largest loss in US history(New Scientist)
Kennedy has taken a sledgehammer to the US's public health 04. April 2025 (18:00) The US anti-vaccine movement is now firmly embedded in the highest levels of government, where those overseeing public health agencies are making drastic cuts both wide and deep(New Scientist)
Bonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humans 03. April 2025 (21:00) The way bonobos combine vocal sounds to create new meanings suggests the evolutionary building blocks of human language are shared with our closest relatives(New Scientist)
Mammoth tusk flakes may be the oldest ivory objects made by humans 03. April 2025 (20:00) Ancient humans living in what is now Ukraine 400,000 years ago may have practised or taught tool-making techniques using mammoth tusks, a softer material than bone(New Scientist)
We could make solar panels on the moon by melting lunar dust 03. April 2025 (18:00) Researchers used a synthetic version of moon dust to build working solar panels, which could eventually be created within – and used to power – a moon base of the future(New Scientist)
