New Scientist Live – Sunday 9th October timetable
5 Stages, 56 main stage talks, 80 exhibitors, one day for schools, one weekend for everyone, one amazing festival of ideas and discovery! New Scientist Live 5 October 2022 By…
11th-century polymath was the first to recognise past climate change
After discovering fossilised bamboo in the 11th century, Shen Kuo deduced that the climate in northern China had been different in the ancient past Environment 8 October 2022 By Michael…
New Scientist Live – Saturday 8th October timetable
5 Stages, 56 main stage talks, 80 exhibitors, one day for schools, one weekend for everyone, one amazing festival of ideas and discovery! New Scientist Live 5 October 2022 By…
Has a recent glut of fantasy shows pushed sci-fi out of the limelight?
HBO’s Game of Thrones turned fantasy into a cultural phenomenon on the small screen; now, rival platforms are rushing to catch up. Are sci-fi fans being left out in the…
Dazzling photograph of pink-breasted galahs in Australian desert
This image of a flock of galahs taking off from a tree was captured by artist and photographer Christian Spencer, while out driving in Australia’s Strzelecki desert Earth 5 October…
Nuclear review: Oliver Stone’s paean to a nuclear future
A new documentary explores the promise of nuclear energy as an antidote to the climate crisis, but the result may be a little too one-sided Environment 5 October 2022 By…
A complex network of fungi links orchids in the rainforest canopy
Orchids that grow on trees in the forest canopy may access food by connecting to a network of fungal threads Life 5 October 2022 By Jake Buehler Wild orchids growing…
Megadrought could become the new normal in the south-western US
By James Dinneen Megadrought conditions like those impacting parts of California could become the new normal in some regions nvelichko/Shutterstock Exceptionally bad droughts – or megadroughts – are part of…
England’s August heatwave was deadlier than record 40°C days in July
Official statistics show that England’s 10-day heatwave in August 2022 led to more excess deaths than the shorter but record-breaking temperature spike in July, highlighting the risks of extended periods…
How spherical-cow philosophy makes hard physics problems easy
There’s an old physics joke involving a spherical cow. Though it isn’t side-splittingly funny, it does explain why physics works so well, writes Sean Carroll 7 October 2022 By Sean…