Can floating data centres meet AI's huge energy demand? 11. May 2026 (20:00) A US start-up is putting autonomous data centres in the ocean, powered by wave energy, but experts warn that the harsh environment could make maintenance challenging(New Scientist)
Where did the laws of physics come from? I think I've found the answer 11. May 2026 (18:00) The rules governing gravity and other laws of nature seem like eternal truths, but cosmologist João Magueijo has always questioned their origins. Now, he has a bold new proposal(New Scientist)
Huge study of ancient British DNA reveals only minor Roman influence 11. May 2026 (14:00) Genetic analysis of 1039 people buried in Britain between the Bronze Age and the Norman conquest highlights the impact of the Romans, Anglo-Saxons and Vikings on the island’s ancestry(New Scientist)
A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing 09. May 2026 (09:00) If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big freeze. Now researchers are weighing up a drastic intervention – building a 130-kilometre-wide dam between the US and Russia(New Scientist)
US government releases huge batch of UFO files 08. May 2026 (20:33) The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs related to UFOs, some of which have been declassified, in the first of many drops to come(New Scientist)
Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash 08. May 2026 (17:07) A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spread to 12 square kilometres of land. Dry weather, strong winds and the presence of land mines are complicating efforts to bring the blaze under control(New Scientist)
There’s a been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise 08. May 2026 (16:08) Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming(New Scientist)
There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise 08. May 2026 (16:08) Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly accelerated to a rate of 4.1 millimetres per year, possibly in response to an increase in the rate of global warming(New Scientist)
