What to read this week: The Laws of Thought by Tom Griffiths 18. February 2026 (19:00) In the ChatGPT era, a war over the nature of intelligence is playing out. Chris Stokel-Walker explores a Princeton professor's engaging take(New Scientist)
Data centres could store information in glass for thousands of years 18. February 2026 (17:00) Microsoft researchers have developed a technology that writes data into glass with lasers, raising the prospect of robotic libraries full of glass tablets packed with data(New Scientist)
Postpartum depression in dads is common – we can now spot and treat it 18. February 2026 (17:00) Fathers may get postpartum depression at a similar rate to mothers, but it’s often overlooked. At last, the way we diagnose and treat it is improving, for the good of the whole family(New Scientist)
How baby microbiomes in the West differ from those everywhere else 18. February 2026 (17:00) Babies in the West commonly lack a gut microbe that is found in infants in other parts of the world, which may be due to differences in their mothers' diets(New Scientist)
Ultramarathons could be bad for your blood 18. February 2026 (16:34) Running 170 kilometres over mountainous terrain caused people's red blood cells to accumulate more age-related damage than those of less ambitious athletes(New Scientist)
Did a cloud-seeding start-up really increase snowfall in part of Utah? 17. February 2026 (20:00) A technology that uses a coiled wire to electrify aerosols has boosted snowfall amid a drought in the western US, according to the company developing it, but the results haven't convinced other scientists(New Scientist)
