Gravity may arise from quantumness of space 17. March 2025 (12:00) Scientists have long sought the particle that carries the force of gravity, but a new theoretical model tosses out that idea entirely – and shows how it could be tested in experiments(New Scientist)
Giant Milky Way-like galaxy formed unusually soon after the big bang 17. March 2025 (11:00) The Big Wheel, discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope, formed just 2 billion years after the big bang - surprisingly early for a spiral galaxy of a similar size to our Milky Way(New Scientist)
What makes a good day a good day, according to science 17. March 2025 (10:00) Surveys that ask thousands of people how they spend their time have revealed some surprising activities that seem to make any given day a good one(New Scientist)
We may have discovered how dark oxygen is being made in the deep sea 14. March 2025 (18:00) A newly discovered mechanism could explain the shock finding last year that oxygen is produced by metallic nodules on the seafloor – and it might be happening on other planets, too(New Scientist)
Mathematicians solve 125-year-old problem to unite key laws of physics 14. March 2025 (17:00) Can one single mathematical framework describe the motion of a fluid and the individual particles within it? This question, first asked in 1900, now has a solution that could help us understand the complex behaviour of the atmosphere and ocean.(New Scientist)
Starlink satellite part hit a Canadian farm when it fell from orbit 14. March 2025 (16:07) A failed launch left a batch of Starlink satellites in the wrong orbit last year, and it appears that a fragment of one fell to Earth and hit a farm in Canada. Thankfully, no one was injured(New Scientist)
Should governments really be using AI to remake the state? 14. March 2025 (14:15) New Scientist's revelation that a UK minister is asking ChatGPT for advice raises the question of what role these new AI tools should play in government – and whether we should really think of them as intelligent(New Scientist)
Memory illusion makes you think events occurred earlier than they did 14. March 2025 (14:00) It can be difficult to recall exactly when a specific event happened, and now it seems our memory can be tricked into pushing occurrences back in time, making us think they happened earlier than in reality(New Scientist)
