science

The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Source link

Prime Minister Mark Carney met Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and other crew members in Ottawa. Source link

Six teeth roughly 400,000 years old have yielded some of the first ancient proteins thought to belong to Homo erectus, providing molecular clues to their relationships with other hominins Source link

Government departments and other public bodies in the UK must consider requests to release information about AI-produced content, regulators have confirmed. The move follows a successful request by New Scientist for the release of a minister’s ChatGPT logs Source link

Butterfly Conservation says while the effect of the webs “can look alarming”, they protect against predators. Source link

Historic England says the cottage is “a rare record” of how people depended on their surroundings. Source link

Environment correspondent Jon Cuthill paraglides into position ahead of a BBC South special. Source link

The main source of pollution is local emissions, created by things like traffic and manufacturing. Source link

Some farmers fear the reintroduction of the UK’s biggest bird of prey will threaten their livestock. Source link

PCOS will now be known as PMOS (polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome), and for Alice Klein, who has the conditon, it’s been a long time coming Source link