Why constipation isn’t just painful, but can lead to serious disease 05. August 2025 (18:00) Increasing evidence suggests chronic constipation can be a causal factor in illnesses including cardiovascular disease and cognitive impairment. So what can you do to get moving again?(New Scientist)
Deep-living microbes could 'eat' energy generated by earthquakes 05. August 2025 (00:00) When rocks fracture in underground faults, they generate a variety of chemical compounds that could provide more energy sources for microbes in Earth’s depths(New Scientist)
Can we send a spacecraft to intercept interstellar object 3I/ATLAS? 04. August 2025 (20:00) Scientists are exploring various proposals to repurpose existing spacecraft in order to chase after the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS and take a closer look – but time is against them(New Scientist)
Why mathematicians want to destroy infinity – and may succeed 04. August 2025 (18:00) Mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding back science, from logic to cosmology, and they have a radical plan to do something about it(New Scientist)
Could we get quantum spookiness even without entanglement? 01. August 2025 (21:00) Particles of light travelling through a maze of devices seem to have passed a famous test for entanglement – without being entangled at all(New Scientist)