science
The best new popular science books of June 2026
The most exciting popular science reads this month explore everything from symbiosis to hormones, while Alice Roberts takes on an editor-in-chief role in her latest book Source link
Do turmeric and curcumin have any actual health benefits?
Turmeric is heralded for its anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory properties, but columnist Alice Klein finds that the evidence for this is shaky. Taking high doses of its curcumin extract in supplement form can be risky Source link
Photons behave very strangely if you try to cut them
Particles of light cannot be divided into smaller particles, but if you try to snip off the end of one, instead of shortening it multiplies Source link
Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise
According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so Source link
We're becoming more individualistic and it's affecting our love lives
We’re increasingly prioritising our own needs over those of the wider community, which may be causing us to love our partners less intensely Source link
Q-Day could destroy Bitcoin – and our retirement savings
Even if you’ve never bought any cryptocurrency, like columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan, your money may be affected by Bitcoin’s fate – which is uncertain, as quantum computing advances are threatening to make the encryption protecting it useless Source link
Start-ups are racing to revolutionise mathematics with AI
AI start-ups with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding are hiring mathematicians and building AI systems that they hope will not only solve mathematics, but also build more intelligent AI Source link
Millions of planets might form around supermassive black holes
Massive amounts of dust swirl around active nuclei at the centres of galaxies, and these discs could give rise to vast numbers of rocky planets, some even the size of stars Source link
NASA plans a base on the moon spanning hundreds of square kilometres
Three missions slated to launch this year will begin to search the lunar surface for a suitable base location Source link
Attack on Iran’s oil released as much pollution as a volcano
Airstrikes on Tehran earlier this year emitted a plume containing almost 30,000 tonnes of sulphur dioxide that reached Asian countries Source link