A mathematical pattern links the major equations of physicsAndresr/Getty Images A strange pattern running through the equations of physics may reveal something fundamental about the universe or could be a sign that human brains are biased to ignore more complex...
I remember watching the full moon rise one early evening a while back. It was when I still lived in Colorado, and I was standing outside in my yard. I first noticed a glow to the east lighting up the...
October 18, 20244 min readWhat Brilliant Fall Leaf Colors Tell Us about Tree Health and ClimateA tree’s fall palette offers a glimpse at its health and the weather it has experienced in a given yearBy Meghan Bartels Larisa Fedotova/Getty ImagesBefore...
A Hawaiian story hints at a huge wave that once struck the island of MauiDawn Jermaill A Hawaiian narrative story involving the wrath of two deities has helped scientists track down remnants of an 8-metre-high tsunami that battered the state’s...
Illustration of neuron activity in a rat’s brainConnect Images/Alamy Strengthening activity of some brainwaves in rats’ while they sleep improves their performance on a memory test. If we can boost these in people, it could lead to new treatments for...
An ion trap helped create a quantum defect in two places at onceANDREW BROOKES, NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Exotic quantum rifts have been created with charged atoms, and they exist in a superposition of being in two places at...
A friendly face from the Rent a Dinosaur stand welcomes visitors to the showAlistairVeryard.com There were big beasts, big crowds and big ideas at New Scientist Live, an awe-inspiring three-day festival of innovations and discoveries in London last weekend. Visitors young...
Music could be a cheap way to help people be more comfortable after surgeryDragos Condrea/Alamy Listening to music after surgery seems to ease a patient’s pain and anxiety, which could be a cheap and easy way to reduce painkiller use....
ChatGPT can be tricked with the right prompttrickyaamir/Shutterstock State-of-the-art generative AI models like ChatGPT can be tricked into giving instructions on how to make a bomb by simply writing the request in reverse, warn researchers. Large language models (LLMs) like...
Can you find the primes?ROBERT BROOK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY For the first time in more than 25 years, mathematicians have proven a new way to identify prime numbers, and in doing so developed a toolkit that could allow further advances in...
