science
Amazing sneak peek of NASA's spacesuit tests as moon mission nears
NASA crew members practise emergency rescue drills in a 40-foot-deep pool simulating the lunar surface, as part of tests on a new generation of spacesuit, the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit Source link
New Scientist recommends the quantum soundscape of Liminals
The books, TV, games and more that New Scientist staff have enjoyed this week Source link
Why the sleep industry has got us worrying about the wrong things
Many of us obsess over how much sleep we get each night, and the dangers to our health of not getting enough, but really, there is another way Source link
The world’s most elusive colour is worth billions – if we can find it
The discovery of bright yet stable pigments is vanishingly rare, making them hugely valuable. Now chemist Mas Subramanian is unpicking the atomic code of colour and homing in on our most-wanted hue Source link
Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups
Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are snacking on other orcas, and researchers think that may explain their different social dynamics Source link
Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan
Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, may have been even more instrumental to the system’s evolution than we thought, forming its rings, shaping its moons and even affecting the planet itself Source link
Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing
Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may have been used in Europe 40,000 years ago, tens of thousands of years before the emergence of a full writing system Source link
Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers
Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens that try to take over other ants’ colonies Source link
Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b
Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a promising location in the search for aliens, but telescopes on Earth failed to pick up any radio transmissions Source link
New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs
Spinosaurs have sometimes been portrayed as swimmers or divers, but a new species of these dinosaurs bolsters the idea that they were more like gigantic herons Source link