- May 24, 2025
Trump’s Golden Dome defence project could spur a space arms race
US President Donald Trump (left), accompanied by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (right), announces the Golden Dome missile defense shield CHRIS KLEPONIS/POOL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock US President
Tianwen-2: China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our solar system
An artist’s impression of Earth’s quasi-satellite Kamo`oalewa, the first destination of the Tianwen-2 mission Addy Graham/University of Arizona Final preparations are under way for China
US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio The slowdown of
What the complete ape genome is revealing about the earliest humans
What are we learning from the genomes of chimps and other apes? S.Tuengler/inafrica.de/Alamy This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the
How humans survived a global climate catastrophe 8200 years ago
Some, but not all, ancient humans reacted to a cooling event by migrating HENNING DALHOFF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Roughly 4000 years after the last glacial period,
Is the fungal science in The Last of Us going off the rails?
“Have you ever seen a fungus move in real life?” Episode 2 of the new season of The Last of Us HBO There was something
Landslide rescuers to get help from rapid analysis of seismic data
Local people searching the site of a landslide in Yambali, Papua New Guinea, in 2024 Xinhua/Alamy When a dangerous landslide hits, rescuers scrambling to assist
The world, the universe and us: We're relaunching our weekly podcast
After 300 episodes of New Scientist Weekly, it’s time for a refresh. Our flagship podcast has a new name but remains a show that can
Deepfake makers can now evade an unusual detection method
Some deepfake videos present a convincing pulse Alamy Stock Photo Deepfake videos that feature digital manipulations of people’s facial expressions and voices can also depict
US government defunds research on misinformation
Disinformation can be especially prevalent on social media sites Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has terminated government research grants
