Dumping green sand in shallow seas could let them absorb more CO2 09. April 2024 (08:00) Releasing 1 gigatonne of ground-up olivine on coastal shelves each year could help lower atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, find researchers, but questions remain over the ecological impact(New Scientist)
AI pop-ups can help you stop doomscrolling on your phone 08. April 2024 (21:05) An AI program can learn from smartphone users' behaviours in order to send timely pop-up reminders about when to close attention-grabbing apps. The system effectively reduced how often people opened apps such as TikTok(New Scientist)
Long covid linked to signs of ongoing inflammatory responses in blood 08. April 2024 (18:00) People with long covid after a serious covid-19 infection have raised levels of many immune molecules in their blood. Better understanding how these molecules can vary could lead to more targeted treatments(New Scientist)
Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting 08. April 2024 (13:40) A modern butchery experiment using replicas of Stone Age tools raises new questions about how often prehistoric peoples hunted large animals such as bison or mammoths(New Scientist)
Eclipse 2024 live: Watch the full NASA broadcast – latest 08. April 2024 (12:00) The eclipse is about to begin. Totality will arrive at Mexico’s west coast around 11.07am local time, moving east until it leaves Newfoundland, Canada, around 5.16pm there(New Scientist)
When is the next total solar eclipse visible from the UK? 08. April 2024 (09:00) The next time a total solar eclipse will be visible from the UK is decades away, but there are other places nearby that will experience one sooner(New Scientist)
Cannabis use in pregnancy may raise children’s risk of ADHD and autism 08. April 2024 (09:00) A study of more than 220,000 people found that cannabis use during pregnancy was associated with their children having roughly twice the risk of ADHD, autism and intellectual disability(New Scientist)
5 solar eclipse activities to do with children 06. April 2024 (14:00) From building an eclipse viewer to using the sun to pop balloons, here's a child-friendly activity guide for April's eclipse(New Scientist)
