What is cloud seeding and could it end the drought in Iran? 18. November 2025 (11:19) Facing its worst drought in decades, Iran is attempting to stimulate rain by spreading seeding agents in clouds, but the technique is likely to have modest benefits at best(New Scientist)
Vast Bronze Age city discovered in the plains of Kazakhstan 18. November 2025 (01:01) A major settlement in Central Asia called Semiyarka dating back to 1600 BC had houses, a big central building and even an industrial zone for producing copper and bronze(New Scientist)
Ancient figurine may show sexual encounter between woman and goose 17. November 2025 (21:00) A 12,000-year-old clay sculpture found in Israel depicts a goose on the back of a woman, and archaeologists suggest it may be a depiction of an animistic mythological scene(New Scientist)
Neanderthals' hefty noses weren’t well adapted to cold climates 17. November 2025 (21:00) Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an exceptionally preserved specimen contradicts that(New Scientist)
Parasitic ant tricks workers into killing their queen, then usurps her 17. November 2025 (17:00) Some ants kill the queens of another species and take over their colonies, but we now know at least one species gets workers to do the dirty work for them through a kind of chemical subterfuge(New Scientist)
Rapid melt from Antarctica could help preserve crucial ocean current 14. November 2025 (20:00) Greenland’s melt is expected to slow the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, but research suggests a collapse of the West Antarctic ice sheet could in some cases prevent it from shutting down(New Scientist)
Cuts and scrapes may be slower to heal in redheads 14. November 2025 (18:00) Mice with the same genetic variant that contributes towards red hair in people were slower to recover from wounds than their black-haired counterparts(New Scientist)
Oldest ever RNA sample recovered from woolly mammoth 14. November 2025 (17:00) RNA from an exceptionally well preserved woolly mammoth gives us a window on gene activity in an animal that died nearly 40,000 years ago(New Scientist)
