Fish rescue wins New Scientist Editors Award at Earth Photo 2025 18. June 2025 (20:00) This photo series capturing efforts to save the Chinook salmon of the Klamath river in the western US won the New Scientist Editors Award at the Earth Photo 2025 competition(New Scientist)
Forget superintelligence – we need to tackle 'stupid' AI first 18. June 2025 (20:00) Tech CEOs and politicians alike are preparing for the day that superintelligent AI takes over, whilst failing to deal with the issues in front of them – from copyright to autonomous killing machines(New Scientist)
A new book argues that revenge is an addiction – but doesn't convince 18. June 2025 (20:00) Recovering "revenge addict" James Kimmel Jr. makes the case for retaliation to be understood as an addiction in new book The Science of Revenge. It's compelling, but doesn't quite add up(New Scientist)
The surprising silver lining to the recent boom in invertebrate pets 18. June 2025 (20:00) From spiders to scorpions, some 1000 different invertebrate species are traded globally as pets. This is bad for biodiversity – but there is an upside, says Graham Lawton(New Scientist)
This stunning post-apocalyptic drama is the one you should be watching 18. June 2025 (20:00) There are hundreds of TV apocalypses to choose from, but The Eternaut, a fresh and compelling adaptation of a classic Argentinian comic book series, is the one to pick, says Bethan Ackerley(New Scientist)