The Turin Shroud bears DNA from many people, plants and animals 30. March 2026 (12:00) Researchers have identified genetic material from a vast range of organisms contaminating the shroud, said to have wrapped Jesus's body, further complicating the question of the cloth's true origin(New Scientist)
The Shroud of Turin bears DNA from many people, plants and animals 30. March 2026 (12:00) Researchers have identified genetic material from a vast range of organisms contaminating the shroud, said to have wrapped Jesus's body, further complicating the question of the cloth's true origin(New Scientist)
Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious 30. March 2026 (09:00) An accounting of all the water that should have been and gone on Mars’s surface has come up with a discrepancy that shows just how little we understand the Red Planet’s hydrological history(New Scientist)
AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C 27. March 2026 (16:00) Hundreds of millions of people live close enough to data centres used to power AI to feel warmer average temperatures in their local area(New Scientist)
I almost drowned in space when my helmet filled with water 27. March 2026 (14:00) During his second-ever spacewalk, European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano felt water creeping across his face – and knew he could be moments from drowning inside his helmet(New Scientist)
How Anthony Leggett pushed the boundaries of quantum physics 27. March 2026 (13:00) After the passing of physicist Anthony Leggett, columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan remembers their personal connection with this giant of quantum physics, and explores the legacy of his enduring recipe for testing the edges of the quantum world(New Scientist)
We could protect Earth from dangerous asteroids using a huge magnet 27. March 2026 (12:00) A new spacecraft concept called NOVA could keep asteroids from hitting our planet by using a huge magnet to gradually pull them apart while shifting their trajectories(New Scientist)
Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet 27. March 2026 (10:20) Kim Stanley Robinson opens his classic science fiction novel Red Mars in 2026. As the New Scientist Book Club embarks on reading it in April, he looks back on its origins – and how the idea of moving to Mars holds up today(New Scientist)
Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on 27. March 2026 (10:15) As the New Scientist Book Club reads Kim Stanley Robinson’s science-fiction novel in April, George Bass digs into why this 1992 book still feels so relevant today(New Scientist)
