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<title>We&#039;re starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456674-were-starting-to-understand-why-some-people-regain-weight-they-lost/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 18:36:16 +0000</pubDate> <description>Changes to the structure of DNA within fat cells may be why it is often so hard to keep weight off after you have lost it</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456674-were-starting-to-understand-why-some-people-regain-weight-they-lost|2456674</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/18162316/SEI_230045679.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>AI maths assistant could help solve problems that humans are stuck on</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456653-ai-maths-assistant-could-help-solve-problems-that-humans-are-stuck-on/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate> <description>Most mathematicians have been reluctant to start working with artificial intelligence, but a new tool developed by researchers at Meta may change that</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456653-ai-maths-assistant-could-help-solve-problems-that-humans-are-stuck-on|2456653</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/18114500/SEI_229691729.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Starship live: Watch Musk launch sixth Starship test as Trump attends</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455476-starship-live-watch-musk-launch-sixth-starship-test-as-trump-attends/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate> <description>Elon Musk’s SpaceX is preparing for the sixth test flight of Starship, the world&#039;s most powerful rocket. 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/14170057/SEI_229548308.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum time crystals could be used to store energy</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456433-quantum-time-crystals-could-be-used-to-store-energy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate> <description>The weird thermodynamics found in time crystals could be harnessed to store energy in a quantum battery-like device</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456433-quantum-time-crystals-could-be-used-to-store-energy|2456433</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/18191431/SEI_229689611.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Countries are cheating their way to net zero by overrelying on forests</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456548-countries-are-cheating-their-way-to-net-zero-by-overrelying-on-forests/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <description>Leading researchers warn that relying on &quot;passive&quot; carbon sinks such as forests to absorb ongoing carbon emissions will doom the world to continued warming</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456548-countries-are-cheating-their-way-to-net-zero-by-overrelying-on-forests|2456548</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/15160258/SEI_229718358.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Vital Atlantic Ocean current is already weakening due to melting ice</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456610-vital-atlantic-ocean-current-is-already-weakening-due-to-melting-ice/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:28:51 +0000</pubDate> <description>A study modelling the impact of melting ice suggests scientists have underestimated the risk that an important ocean current will shut down and cause climate chaos</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456610-vital-atlantic-ocean-current-is-already-weakening-due-to-melting-ice|2456610</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/18095710/SEI_229730315.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Evidence is growing that microbes in your mouth contribute to cancer</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456451-evidence-is-growing-that-microbes-in-your-mouth-contribute-to-cancer/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <description>The oral microbiome is increasingly being linked to head and neck cancer, but we don&#039;t yet understand its exact role</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456451-evidence-is-growing-that-microbes-in-your-mouth-contribute-to-cancer|2456451</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/15142052/SEI_229599229.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Exquisite bird fossil provides clues to the evolution of avian brains</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456043-exquisite-bird-fossil-provides-clues-to-the-evolution-of-avian-brains/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <description>Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, thanks to a remarkably well-preserved fossil 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/14145134/sei229548119.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456023-bizarre-test-shows-light-can-actually-cast-its-own-shadow/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:00:52 +0000</pubDate> <description>With the help of a ruby cube and two laser beams, researchers made one ray of light cast a shadow when illuminated by the other</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456023-bizarre-test-shows-light-can-actually-cast-its-own-shadow|2456023</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13170643/SEI_229443816.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455790-how-a-single-gopher-restored-a-landscape-devastated-by-a-volcano/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate> <description>Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrowing mammals helped boost soil fungi in an area blanketed by ash from the explosive eruption of Mount St Helens in Washington state</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455790-how-a-single-gopher-restored-a-landscape-devastated-by-a-volcano|2455790</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11145307/SEI_228728594.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Australia wants to ban social media for under-16s, but it won&#039;t work</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456510-australia-wants-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s-but-it-wont-work/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:00:12 +0000</pubDate> <description>Attempts to prevent Australian children from accessing social media are likely to fail, and could do more harm than good</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456510-australia-wants-to-ban-social-media-for-under-16s-but-it-wont-work|2456510</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/15122054/SEI_229301148.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>How we misunderstood what the Lucy fossil reveals about ancient humans</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455818-how-we-misunderstood-what-the-lucy-fossil-reveals-about-ancient-humans/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:00:39 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13170055/SEI_229457482.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Satellites spot methane leaks – but ‘super-emitters’ don’t fix them</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456488-satellites-spot-methane-leaks-but-super-emitters-dont-fix-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <description>Governments and companies almost never take action when satellites alert them about large methane leaks coming from oil and gas infrastructure</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456488-satellites-spot-methane-leaks-but-super-emitters-dont-fix-them|2456488</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/15112402/SEI_229688903.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>COP29 host Azerbaijan faces climate disaster as Caspian Sea dries up</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456438-cop29-host-azerbaijan-faces-climate-disaster-as-caspian-sea-dries-up/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 14:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <description>Water levels in the Caspian Sea are set to fall dramatically as the climate gets hotter, posing a major threat to economic activity and ecosystems in the region</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456438-cop29-host-azerbaijan-faces-climate-disaster-as-caspian-sea-dries-up|2456438</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/15114244/SEI_229695787.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>A 200-year-old mystery about newts has finally been solved</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455919-a-200-year-old-mystery-about-newts-has-finally-been-solved/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <description>A genetic flaw dooms half of all crested newts to die before they hatch – now we know how this baffling evolutionary quirk came about</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455919-a-200-year-old-mystery-about-newts-has-finally-been-solved|2455919</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/14110826/SEI_229333469.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>A unique pair of galactic lenses may help solve a cosmological riddle</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456391-a-unique-pair-of-galactic-lenses-may-help-solve-a-cosmological-riddle/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Nov 2024 11:07:15 +0000</pubDate> <description>Two massive galaxies are bending light from the same distant quasar, creating a so-called Einstein zigzag lens that could help astronomers pin down how quickly the universe is expanding</description> <guid 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url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11165813/SEI_229235300.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Mounting evidence points to air pollution as a cause of eczema</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456063-mounting-evidence-points-to-air-pollution-as-a-cause-of-eczema/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:43 +0000</pubDate> <description>Air pollution has been linked to eczema before, and now a study of more than 280,000 people has strengthened the association</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456063-mounting-evidence-points-to-air-pollution-as-a-cause-of-eczema|2456063</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13134357/SEI_229430931.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>12,000-year-old stones may be oldest example of wheel-like tools</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456238-12000-year-old-stones-may-be-oldest-example-of-wheel-like-tools/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <description>Dozens of perforated pebbles from an archaeological site in Israel may be early examples of spindle whorls, a rotating tool used in textile making that was a step towards inventing the wheel</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456238-12000-year-old-stones-may-be-oldest-example-of-wheel-like-tools|2456238</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13170628/SEI_229460020.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Sweeter tomatoes are coming soon thanks to CRISPR gene editing</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2456025-sweeter-tomatoes-are-coming-soon-thanks-to-crispr-gene-editing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <description>Selection for bigger tomatoes has made the fruits less sweet, but now it has been shown that gene editing can make them sweeter without decreasing yields</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2456025-sweeter-tomatoes-are-coming-soon-thanks-to-crispr-gene-editing|2456025</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13120846/SEI_229429976.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Millions of phones create most complete map ever of the ionosphere</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455986-millions-of-phones-create-most-complete-map-ever-of-the-ionosphere/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate> <description>Researchers mapped Earth’s ionosphere, part of the upper atmosphere, using signal data from 40 million phones – a method that could improve GPS accuracy and help track space weather</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455986-millions-of-phones-create-most-complete-map-ever-of-the-ionosphere|2455986</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/13145645/SEI_229447350.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Drought, fires and fossil fuels push CO2 emissions to a record high</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455815-drought-fires-and-fossil-fuels-push-co2-emissions-to-a-record-high/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:01:07 +0000</pubDate> <description>An annual accounting of CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuels and land use change finds no sign emissions will peak this year</description> <guid 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helps map how 600,000 trees grow down to the limb</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455892-google-street-view-helps-map-how-600000-trees-grow-down-to-the-limb/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:32:34 +0000</pubDate> <description>AI and Google Street View have created &#039;digital twins&#039; of living trees in North American cities – part of a huge simulation that could help make urban tree planting and trimming decisions</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455892-google-street-view-helps-map-how-600000-trees-grow-down-to-the-limb|2455892</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/12205103/sei229332986.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Next Mauna Loa eruption could be forecast months in advance</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455747-next-mauna-loa-eruption-could-be-forecast-months-in-advance/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:00:36 +0000</pubDate> <description>An analysis of crystals in lava from the 2022 eruption of Mauna Loa has revealed an unknown magma reservoir within the volcano, which could extend forecasts of eruptions from minutes to months</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455747-next-mauna-loa-eruption-could-be-forecast-months-in-advance|2455747</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11213424/SEI_229239018.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>This robot can build anything you ask for out of blocks</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455713-this-robot-can-build-anything-you-ask-for-out-of-blocks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate> <description>An AI-assisted robot can listen to spoken commands and assemble 3D objects such as chairs and tables out of reusable building blocks</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455713-this-robot-can-build-anything-you-ask-for-out-of-blocks|2455713</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11142047/SEI_228478494.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Jets of liquid bounce off hot surfaces without ever touching them</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455811-jets-of-liquid-bounce-off-hot-surfaces-without-ever-touching-them/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:51:32 +0000</pubDate> <description>Droplets of fluid have been known to hover above a hot surface, but a new experiment suggests the same can happen to tiny jets of liquid too</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455811-jets-of-liquid-bounce-off-hot-surfaces-without-ever-touching-them|2455811</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/12181136/sei229312394-1.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455715-humanity-has-warmed-the-planet-by-1-5c-since-1700/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate> <description>Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers have now established a new pre-industrial reference by using Antarctic ice cores to estimate the average temperature before 1700</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455715-humanity-has-warmed-the-planet-by-1-5c-since-1700|2455715</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11154910/SEI_229234286.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Red kites and buzzards are being killed by misuse of rat poisons</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455641-red-kites-and-buzzards-are-being-killed-by-misuse-of-rat-poisons/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <description>Campaigners are calling for stricter controls on rodenticides after finding that birds of prey in England are increasingly being exposed to high doses of rat poison</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455641-red-kites-and-buzzards-are-being-killed-by-misuse-of-rat-poisons|2455641</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11115314/SEI_228841570.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455584-lights-on-surfboards-and-wetsuits-could-deter-shark-attacks/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate> <description>Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks by great white sharks, revealing a possible strategy to protect surfers and swimmers</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455584-lights-on-surfboards-and-wetsuits-could-deter-shark-attacks|2455584</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11105118/SEI_229203676.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455695-our-only-visit-to-uranus-came-at-an-unusual-time-for-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <description>Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet – but unusual space weather just before the craft arrived has given us a misleading idea about the planet’s magnetic field</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455695-our-only-visit-to-uranus-came-at-an-unusual-time-for-the-planet|2455695</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11145255/SEI_228852345.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and offensive language</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455742-audio-ais-are-trained-on-data-full-of-bias-and-offensive-language/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 15:29:39 +0000</pubDate> <description>Seven major datasets used to train audio-generating AI models are three times more likely to use the words &quot;man&quot; or &quot;men&quot; than &quot;woman&quot; or &quot;women&quot;, raising fears of bias</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455742-audio-ais-are-trained-on-data-full-of-bias-and-offensive-language|2455742</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11150210/SEI_228826258.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate for centuries</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455398-any-delay-in-reaching-net-zero-will-influence-climate-for-centuries/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:04:35 +0000</pubDate> <description>Reaching net-zero emissions is essential for halting climate change - but even after we achieve this goal, parts of the planet will continue to warm. Delaying net zero will worsen these effects</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455398-any-delay-in-reaching-net-zero-will-influence-climate-for-centuries|2455398</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/11094446/SEI_228738371.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455418-ai-helps-robot-dogs-navigate-the-real-world/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate> <description>Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual platform that mimics real-world obstacles – a possible shortcut for training robots faster and more accurately</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455418-ai-helps-robot-dogs-navigate-the-real-world|2455418</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08151146/sei228843963.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455504-chimps-do-better-at-difficult-tasks-when-they-have-an-audience/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:33 +0000</pubDate> <description>An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending on the difficulty of the task</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455504-chimps-do-better-at-difficult-tasks-when-they-have-an-audience|2455504</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08123137/SEI_228826415.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and prank others</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455485-watch-elephants-use-a-hose-to-shower-themselves-and-prank-others/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate> <description>Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool, and even appear to sabotage each other by stopping the flow of water</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455485-watch-elephants-use-a-hose-to-shower-themselves-and-prank-others|2455485</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/08113655/SEI_228723623.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Quantum Rubik&#039;s cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:30:22 +0000</pubDate> <description>Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of a Rubik’s cube incredibly complex, but not impossible to solve</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455266-quantum-rubiks-cube-has-infinite-patterns-but-is-still-solvable|2455266</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07194507/SEI_228697583.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454502-why-does-our-universe-have-something-instead-of-nothing/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:00:21 +0000</pubDate> <description>In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2454502-why-does-our-universe-have-something-instead-of-nothing|2454502</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/01144147/SEI_227745131.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>DNA analysis rewrites the stories of people buried in Pompeii</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455299-dna-analysis-rewrites-the-stories-of-people-buried-in-pompeii/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate> <description>Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455299-dna-analysis-rewrites-the-stories-of-people-buried-in-pompeii|2455299</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07105254/SEI_228695239.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454955-we-are-a-long-way-from-pregnancy-being-safe-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:00:20 +0000</pubDate> <description>Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren&#039;t exposed to on Earth, which makes the Red Planet a particularly dangerous place to be during pregnancy</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2454955-we-are-a-long-way-from-pregnancy-being-safe-on-mars|2454955</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/06101220/SEI_228451601.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Why hairy animals shake themselves dry</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455284-why-hairy-animals-shake-themselves-dry/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:00:44 +0000</pubDate> <description>The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselves dry appears to have more to do with pressure than temperature</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455284-why-hairy-animals-shake-themselves-dry|2455284</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07155842/sei228728450.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Slick trick separates oil and water with 99.9 per cent purity</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454625-slick-trick-separates-oil-and-water-with-99-9-per-cent-purity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 19:00:11 +0000</pubDate> <description>Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin channels between two semipermeable membranes</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2454625-slick-trick-separates-oil-and-water-with-99-9-per-cent-purity|2454625</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07152237/SEI_228726407.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Bird flu antibodies found in dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455411-bird-flu-antibodies-found-in-dairy-workers-in-michigan-and-colorado/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:10:40 +0000</pubDate> <description>Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had H5N1 outbreaks had antibodies against the disease</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455411-bird-flu-antibodies-found-in-dairy-workers-in-michigan-and-colorado|2455411</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07175845/SEI_228737767.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2454693-marmots-could-have-the-solution-to-a-long-running-debate-in-evolution/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:29 +0000</pubDate> <description>When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the traits of the individual, according to a study in marmots</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2454693-marmots-could-have-the-solution-to-a-long-running-debate-in-evolution|2454693</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/05131707/SEI_228378304.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455196-carbon-emissions-from-private-jets-have-exploded-in-recent-years/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:59 +0000</pubDate> <description>The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455196-carbon-emissions-from-private-jets-have-exploded-in-recent-years|2455196</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/06155433/SEI_228610003.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Chinese rover finds further evidence for an ancient ocean on Mars</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455332-chinese-rover-finds-further-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate> <description>Data collected by the Zhurong rover and orbiting satellites suggests the existence of an ancient shoreline in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars</description> <guid isPermaLink="false">2455332-chinese-rover-finds-further-evidence-for-an-ancient-ocean-on-mars|2455332</guid> <media:thumbnail url="https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/07123027/SEI_228697819.jpg"/> </item> <item> <title>Knots made in a weird quantum fluid can last forever</title> <link>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2455058-knots-made-in-a-weird-quantum-fluid-can-last-forever/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&#038;utm_source=NSNS&#038;utm_medium=RSS&#038;utm_content=news</link> <pubDate>Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate> <description>Shapes created by vortices in water often fall apart, but an odd quantum fluid made from ultracold atoms could support vortex knots that never lose their knottiness</description> <guid 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