Crushed basalt being spread in a field trial of enhanced rock weathering for carbon dioxide removal in Queensland, Australia Paul Nelson Spreading crushed silicate rocks like basalt on fields could remove up to 1.1 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere annually while increasing crop yields, according to an analysis of the method’s global…
Want a good night’s sleep tonight? Pile your plate with plenty of fibre and plants Olga Pankova/Getty Images Eating more fibre may help you sleep more deeply, while consuming a wider variety of fruits, vegetables and nuts could help you nod off faster. That’s according to the most comprehensive look yet at how what we…
Electron microscope image showing an ant with dolomite in its exoskeleton Hongjie Li An ant that can turn carbon dioxide in the air into dolomite stone in its exoskeleton may hold clues to how humans can sequester greenhouse gases to avert climate disaster. Fungus-farming ants forage for vegetation to feed cultivated fungi that are grown…
Fallout’s society includes vault-dwellers (shown here) and those stuck topside Lorenzo Sisti/Prime This is the year of the bunker – at least, it is on TV. We kicked off in January, just as season two of Fallout (Amazon Prime Video) was getting going. It is a lively alternate history, set hundreds of years after the…
Feedback is New Scientist’s popular sideways look at the latest science and technology news. You can submit items you believe may amuse readers to Feedback by emailing feedback@newscientist.com It’s a gas Feedback is feeling bold, so here is a prediction: the research we are about to describe is going to win an Ig Nobel…
Artist Pierre Huyghe Ola Rindal A century ago, when quantum mechanics was developed, physicists felt they were peering into the abyss: everything they thought was real, wasn’t. Today, we talk easily about collapsing clouds of probability and spooky action at a distance. Liminals by artist Pierre Huyghe (pictured) reminds us how gut-wrenching the ideas remain….
Astronauts practise tasks in a simulated moon environment NASA Preparing to send people back to the moon is a complex business, with astronaut safety at the top of the list of priorities. In the image above, NASA crew members are testing a new generation of spacesuits, built by Texas-based aerospace company Axiom Space. The company’s…
Superconducting computing circuits were briefly heralded as the future of computing in the 1980s. Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan visits a quantum chip foundry where one company is betting this technology’s second act will revolutionise quantum computers Source link
In this extract from Daisy Fancourt’s Art Cure, the March read for the New Scientist Book Club, we learn about how art classes transformed life for Russell after he had a stroke Source link
Regular engagement in the arts can lead to ‘widespread longer-term physiological changes’ Maskot/Getty Images I can pinpoint the precise comment that made me want to embark on a career researching the health benefits of the arts. I was fresh out of university, working in the NHS, managing the performing arts programme at Chelsea and Westminster…
