Why early humans radically changed their toolkits 200,000 years ago 08. April 2026 (19:00) A decline in ancient megafauna in the Middle East coincided with a shift towards smaller, lighter toolkits in the archaeological record – though scientists are still in debate about why(New Scientist)
The invisibility cloak inventor now has better tricks up his sleeve 08. April 2026 (18:00) John Pendry is known for creating an invisibility cloak. Twenty years on, he has used the same principles to fashion an even more powerful kind of metamaterial that can teach us about the wild frontiers of physics(New Scientist)
Particles seen emerging from empty space for first time 08. April 2026 (14:00) By tracing the origins of an unusual, short-lived particle, researchers have gathered some of the strongest evidence yet that mass can emerge from fluctuations in the vacuum(New Scientist)
Why The Double Helix is such an extraordinary but infuriating book 08. April 2026 (14:00) James Watson’s The Double Helix is probably one of the greatest science books of all time – but Michael Le Page finds he can’t recommend that anyone actually reads it(New Scientist)
How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end 07. April 2026 (20:00) Two of the forefathers of quantum theory, Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr, had a famous argument over whether light is a wave or a particle. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan finds that the matter has been settled once and for all(New Scientist)
The most stunning pictures from Artemis II’s flyby of the moon 07. April 2026 (19:26) The crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission have captured extraordinary views of the moon, including close-ups of the far side and a breathtaking solar eclipse(New Scientist)
I don’t see images in my head. Can training give me a mind’s eye? 07. April 2026 (18:00) Training programmes for people with aphantasia – the inability to create mental images – are challenging neuroscientists' understanding of how we create thoughts(New Scientist)
Are manure digesters a real solution to dairy farm emissions? 07. April 2026 (17:00) Anaerobic digesters converting manure to biogas reduce methane emissions from livestock, but incentives for them have encouraged factory farms to get bigger(New Scientist)
The Artemis II astronauts have flown around the moon 07. April 2026 (11:24) Four NASA astronauts have now travelled further from Earth than any humans before them, as they flew around the moon during the Artemis II mission on 6 April(New Scientist)
