Enceladus’s ocean may be even better for life than we realised 07. November 2025 (20:00) The buried ocean on Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems to be stable across extremely long periods of time, making it an even more promising place to hunt for life(New Scientist)
Having children plays a complicated role in the rate we age 07. November 2025 (20:00) The effort of reproducing may divert energy away from repairing DNA or fighting illness, which could drive ageing, but a new study suggests that is only the case when environmental conditions are tough(New Scientist)
AI scientist claimed to do six months of research in just a few hours 07. November 2025 (19:00) Could an AI scientist help researchers come up with breakthroughs by analysing data and searching the existing scientific literature? That's the claim of the inventors of Kosmos, but not everyone is convinced(New Scientist)
A distant galaxy is being strangled by the cosmic web 07. November 2025 (17:00) A dwarf galaxy 100 million light years away is being stripped of its crucial star-forming gas, and it seems that the cosmic web is siphoning off this gas as the galaxy passes through(New Scientist)
Grafting trick could let us gene-edit a huge variety of plants 06. November 2025 (10:00) Many plants including cocoa, coffee and avocado cannot be gene-edited but a technique involving grafting could change that, opening the door to more productive and nutritious varieties(New Scientist)
Skeleton with brutal injuries identified as duke assassinated in 1272 06. November 2025 (09:00) The identity of a skeleton buried under a Budapest convent has been confirmed as Béla of Macsó, a Hungarian royal murdered in a 13th-century power struggle, and archaeologists have pieced together how the attack unfolded(New Scientist)
Is the expansion of the universe slowing down? 06. November 2025 (03:38) It is widely accepted that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, but now researchers say our measurements of the mysterious force driving that may be wrong and that the universe began to slow 1.5 billion years ago – but other scientists disagree(New Scientist)
