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Every part of this is senseless and destructive.

submitted 16 hours ago • 21 comments

SCOOP: The Trump administration is planning to eliminate an entire team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology responsible for publishing critical data that underpins advanced scientific research around the world. from me and @willknight.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/nist-d...

submitted 5 days ago • 16 comments

Fascinating. Women with premenstrual syndrome seem to benefit from the placebo effect even when they know they're taking sham pills, suggesting this could provide a cheap and easy treatment. Read @newscientist.com. www.newscientist.com/article/2473...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Water can become a powerful superacid under extreme pressures and temperatures, according to computer simulations. This could explain the diamond rain phenomenon on icy giant planets such as Neptune and Uranus - and may have practical applications on Earth. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2473...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

APS Global Summit was huge and sprawling and never-ending and I am boarding my flight to New York in a state of maximal tiredness but it was an informative and productive too. Thanks to everyone who said ‘Hi’ and here are my first three stories from the summit 🧵

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Bone chilling: It’s got 38 of my best works, with ethical implications explained further here www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

I've been covering the gradual creep of AI into weather forecasting for years now, and this is by far the most comprehensive project. The AI takes raw observation data, from satellites and weather stations, and outputs a forecast. In a single second. www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

A quantum satellite set a new distance record for quantum-secured communication by linking China and South Africa. The demonstration by China's Jinan-1 satellite shows how smaller but capable satellites could someday form the backbone of a quantum internet. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Chinese automaker BYD's ultra-fast charger can restore nearly 250 miles / 400 kilometers of range to an electric car battery within just five minutes. But many EV drivers probably won't get this option anytime soon for multiple reasons. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

submitted 12 days ago • 4 comments

Great Mark Rober video, which shows just how bad Tesla's camera-based detection system is in terms of safety compared with lidar. That crash test dummy kid dies time and again

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

AP Exclusive: Trump administration workforce cuts at the federal agencies that oversee the nation's dams are jeopardizing their ability to provide reliable electricity, provide water for irrigation and control flooding, workers and dam-safety experts warn. apnews.com/article/dams...

submitted 15 days ago • 61 comments

News: "Bloody Saturday" for Voice of America and other U.S.-funded international networks Mass indefinite suspensions at Voice of America, Radio/TV Marti Federal contracts severed for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio Free Asia & more My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n...

submitted 15 days ago • 79 comments

Good Lord

submitted 15 days ago • 31 comments

Important research. 'Garbage in, garbage out' applies also to what AI 'learns' about political issues.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Most researchers don't expect modern AI techniques to lead to artificial general intelligence with human-level capabilities. That comes from a survey by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. More on why in my story 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

A fantastic story from @stokel.bsky.social, who used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT logs of Peter Kyle, the UK's technology secretary. With the precedent now set, will journalists be following his lead to see how other politicians are using AI? www.newscientist.com/article/2472...

submitted 17 days ago • 11 comments

Interesting tale here on D-Wave claiming last year that their quantum computers could do things that no classical computer could do. This week that paper passed peer-review. Success, right? No. Two teams of classical computer scientists say they've caught up. www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

A seaglider that could be the largest battery-powered electric flying machine began its sea trials, with a first flight scheduled for mid-2025. It's designed to fly low over the waves and harness the wing-in-ground effect - a phenomenon also used by seabirds. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Tony Gilroy, showrunner for the stellar Star Wars series Andor, said plans to release the full script of the show's first season were scuttled because of concerns that companies would train AI models on the writing. collider.com/andor-season...

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Important article detailing Elon Musk's corrupt infiltration of the FAA using a SpaceX/DOGE employee, Ted Malaska, "who arrived at the agency last month with instructions from SpaceX’s owner, Elon Musk, to deploy equipment from the SpaceX subsidiary Starlink across the FAA’s communications network."

submitted 21 days ago • 21 comments

"The US has rejected a Canadian proposal to establish a task force that would tackle Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of oil tankers... on maritime issues, the US is pushing to strengthen language around China while watering down wording on Russia." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Breaking: DOGE got access to the child-support database Sensitive system includes data on virtually all U.S. workers The career civil servant who objected to DOGE earlier this week is no longer at HHS Scoop with @jeffstein.bsky.social

submitted 22 days ago • 58 comments

Four large satellite operators — Luxembourg’s SES, Spain’s Hisdesat, Viasat, owner of the UK’s Inmarsat, and France’s Eutelsat/OneWeb — have all told @financialtimes.com they’re in talks with governments and EU institutions about how to provide back-up connectivity to Ukraine. on.ft.com/4kyetAE

submitted 22 days ago • 22 comments

"New Scientist spoke with scientists from Argentina, Israel, Canada and Australia at the rally. Several of them were concerned they may have to leave the US to continue their work. 'I’m heartbroken. I thought I would make this my home and do my science here,' says Vivinetteo, who is from Argentina."

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

“I would rather be in my lab working with my cells, but I think we have to bring awareness to these problems,” says a neuroscientist who attended the #standupforscience2025 protest today in New York City. She was carrying a sign that read: “So bad, even introverts are here.”🧪

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

My latest: From Arizona to Texas, an anti-renewables fever is gripping GOP state legislatures as the industry grows, and several states appear on the cusp of significantly restricting solar or wind development as soon as this year. cc @heatmap.news heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...

submitted 24 days ago • 11 comments

Aviation safety experts spoke about what to watch out for in US air travel news following the mid-air collision and FAA job cuts under the Trump administration. A former FAA employee said they're reducing their flying frequency due to safety concerns. www.newscientist.com/article/2471...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

We can still have vaccines, right? It would be great if this oral norovirus vaccine pans out. www.newscientist.com/article/2470...

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Job Claxon: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht. www.uu.nl/en/organisat... #skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species. What are we even doing here. 🎁 link: 🧪

submitted 25 days ago • 44 comments

“I wouldn’t hire a demolition crew to build a skyscraper" is a great quote and also a very apt description of what is happening to the government right now.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

lots of good journalists losing their jobs these days. hard to fathom the wsj's decision to axe the bulk of its san francisco-based tech team. talkingbiznews.com/media-news/h...

submitted 25 days ago • 10 comments

Today’s Moss Landing fire webinar got covered by Politico. www.politico.com/newsletters/... #MossLandingFire 🔋🔥

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

One day @jjaron.bsky.social asked me what the oldest code still in use is. So I went on a bit of a wild goose chase with a lot of dead-ends and a lot of odd turns. Long story short, there is computer code from the 70s, 60s and even 50s still in use today. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

Former members of the 18F organization told me about how they were helping US government agencies improve services through smarter and more efficient use of technology - before the Trump administration and Elon Musk's DOGE terminated their entire group. www.newscientist.com/article/2470...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

If anyone wants to pitch DARPA on some wild experiments for growing giant biomechanical structures in space, your opportunity is coming up soon. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2470...

submitted 27 days ago • 3 comments

EXCLUSIVE: The source with knowledge of the FAA tells Rolling Stone that it appears as though “someone does not want a paper trail.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

submitted 28 days ago • 12 comments

I was there with Kendra, and it was astonishing how much people observing the protest didn't know, including the extent of data Elon Musk and DOGE had access to.

submitted 29 days ago • 27 comments

Last week, FEMA removed an interactive mapping tool from its website showing in local detail how climate change could affect the risk of hurricanes, floods, wildfires and other hazards across the country. Two data scientist rebuilt it within a week. 🧪

submitted 30 days ago • 4 comments

This week's podcast is a #sleep special: 🛌Did hunter-gatherers sleep better than us? 💸How to pay off a sleep debt 🦠The link between microbiome and sleep 😴How to make naps work for you podfollow.com/new-scientis... With me, @tinymaddie.bsky.social, @catdl.bsky.social and Ali G!

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

While the US withdrawal from the WHO formally takes a year, it has already stopped sharing critical influenza surveillance data with the international health agency. The result? Flu shots may be less effective, especially for the US. www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Storing digital data in DNA strands could deliver compact and long-lasting information storage - but reconstructing such data is computationally intensive and takes days with current methods. An AI method can decode such data within minutes - here's how. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

From my colleague: "When New Scientist asked explicitly if human-caused climate change played any role in the record high temperatures, the NOAA press representative abruptly ended the call, saying: 'I’m not seeing any more on-topic questions from the media.'”

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Need some help with your research? Google's 'AI co-scientist' will come up with hypotheses and research plans for you 🧪 The key to it is "self-play" - a bunch of AI agents arguing among themselves - and the few scientists who've tried it so far seem impressed www.newscientist.com/article/2469...

submitted 39 days ago • 26 comments

I've been writing BLOOD IN THE MACHINE for months, but I was on the fence about going all-in. Recent events have made the call easier. Elon Musk, the Silicon Valley oligarchs and their AI are taking over. I want to do all I can to push back. I hope you'll join me, and I'm asking for your support.

submitted 40 days ago • 24 comments

Why do AI chatbots regurgitate one-dimensional and often offensive stereotypes when roleplaying certain demographic identities? @angelinawang.bsky.social and colleagues examined responses from OpenAI's GPT-4, Meta’s Llama-2-Chat 7B and other models. 🧪 www.newscientist.com/article/2468...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

Trump's steel tariffs could backfire on his AI plans. The catch? AI needs lots of power, power needs transformers, transformers need special foreign steel, and there's only one US manufacturer who can't meet even half the demand. Quote from yours truly. heatmap.news/energy/steel...

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments