There have been a number of protests in the past few months pushing back against President Trump’s most recent policy changes, and we’re likely to see more. Today on the show, WIRED’s senior editor of security and investigations, Andrew Couts, talks us through the technology being used by law enforcement to surveil protests, how surveillance…
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet K2-18b A. Smith/N. Mandhusudhan One of the strongest signs of life outside Earth was announced this week, but some astronomers cautioned that it is extremely difficult to verify. That raises the question: will there ever come a point where we have definitive evidence of extraterrestrial life, and when might that…
While the original has been called out for portraying a surface-level representation of Black dating culture, those unique elements are also what many fans have come to appreciate about it. Netflix announced that it was taking the series “to the next level” in a new live format and likely has a much bigger budget than…
Cathy Tinney-Zara, a worker at NIOSH’s Morgantown facility who spoke to WIRED in her capacity as the union representative, says that before they lost their jobs, the researchers at the facility had been actively studying how Gulf War soldiers were affected by exposure to Mustard Gas, how pregnant workers have been affected by exposure to…
Shipping accounts for 3 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions Suphanat Khumsap/Getty Images Excess emissions from international shipping will be subject to a hefty carbon charge under a new plan to decarbonise the sector agreed earlier this month. The agreement is a “momentous outcome” that sets the framework for the shipping industry to deliver…
Two independent research teams have developed methods for hacking noisy quantum computers based on a row-hammer attack, a type of interference used to infiltrate traditional computers 17 April 2025 , updated 17 April 2025
Colossal Biosciences says it has revived the dire wolf Colossal Biosciences “I trust people who are wealthy,” said a participant in a focus group that a colleague and I recently ran to understand how people place trust. This was, to me, a surprising response – but on reflection, and following reactions to recent headlines, I…
Bristlecone Pine Forest, California Mitch Epstein Gnarled, wild and majestic: these two very different trees in California form part of Mitch Epstein’s quest to photograph ancient forests across the US. The photographer’s Old Growth project took shape in the summer of 2020, when he learned that there were rare pockets of old-growth forests in Western…
Whether you are at the hairdresser’s or at work, the ability to say no is always crucial Martin Parr/Magnum Photos DefySunita Sah (Blink Publishing (UK) One World (US)) We’ve all done it. Some of us do it all the time, in situations both trivial and serious. We say “yes” when we shouldn’t, or fail to say…
Josie Ford 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 More viral than viral If there’s one thing Feedback reliably enjoys, it’s a neologism: that is, a newly coined word or phrase. The past five…