How we could achieve dog-level sense of smell – and what it would mean 12. March 2025 (19:00) Our Future Chronicles column explores an imagined history of inventions yet to come – this time how, by the mid-21st century, many people were opting for a "nose job" that would supercharge their sense of smell. Rowan Hooper is our guide.(New Scientist)
Exhibition uses art to explore the mysteries of the quantum world 12. March 2025 (19:00) Cosmic Titans, a new exhibition at the University of Nottingham, UK, is a powerful collaboration of artists and quantum physicists that sets out to make the intangible tangible(New Scientist)
Do we finally understand what caused record heat in 2023 and 2024? 12. March 2025 (17:00) Scientists have struggled to explain why global temperatures have shot up in recent years, but ocean cloud cover has now emerged as a crucial piece of the puzzle(New Scientist)
Metals can be squeezed into sheets just a few atoms thick 12. March 2025 (17:00) Sheets of bismuth, gallium, indium, tin and lead can now be made just a few atoms thick by crushing them at a high temperature and pressure between two sapphires(New Scientist)
The first operating system for quantum networks has been built 12. March 2025 (17:00) As a step towards a useful and ultra-secure quantum internet, researchers have created an operating system that coordinates connected quantum computers, no matter what hardware they use(New Scientist)
A fresh understanding of tiredness reveals how to get your energy back 12. March 2025 (17:00) Radical new insights from the science of interoception – how the body senses its internal state – explain the real reasons we feel tired all the time, and how to re-energise(New Scientist)
