# human behaviour — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover human behaviour. Page: Feed: --- ## [Healed fang wound found on 520-million-year-old apex predator](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586883-healed-fang-wound-found-on-520-million-year-old-apex-predator/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Michael Le Page · New Scientist_ Something took a bite out of one of the biggest predators in Cambrian seas, an extraordinary fossil shows – and it could well be cannibalism ## [NASA’s huge Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is about to launch](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586796-nasas-huge-nancy-grace-roman-space-telescope-is-about-to-launch/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Leah Crane · New Scientist_ The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which launches on 30 August, will observe space with the same detail as the Hubble Space Telescope, but over a much larger area ## [Fastest star ever spotted at the centre of our galaxy](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586889-fastest-star-ever-spotted-at-the-centre-of-our-galaxy/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Leah Crane · New Scientist_ A newfound star called S301 is both the fastest ever seen and the closest to a supermassive black hole –and it could make bafflingly difficult tests of gravity possible at last ## [Where and when to see 2027’s ‘solar eclipse of the century’](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586640-where-and-when-to-see-2027s-solar-eclipse-of-the-century/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Leah Crane · New Scientist_ The total solar eclipse on 2 August 2027 is due to be the longest one until the year 2114, and researchers, eclipse chasers and tourists alike are on the edge of their seats ## [Exclusive video of world’s first echidna puggle to be born at a university](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586728-a-baby-echidna-has-been-born-in-a-university-for-the-first-time/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · James Woodford · New Scientist_ Echidnas are a difficult animal to breed in captivity, but scientists in Sydney have now managed it, which could improve our understanding of the evolution of pregnancy in mammals ## [Einstein thought time dilation was both real and not – he was right](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586888-einstein-thought-time-dilation-was-both-real-and-not-he-was-right/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Karmela Padavic-Callaghan · New Scientist_ What even is time? Columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan takes on this mind-bending question by exploring the proof we have that time dilation is both a physical phenomenon and a psychological one ## [Read an extract from Chanda Prescod-Weinstein’s The Edge of Space-Time](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585736-read-an-extract-from-chanda-prescod-weinsteins-the-edge-of-space-time/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Chanda Prescod-Weinstein · New Scientist_ The opening chapter to the New Scientist Book Club's read for September sees Chanda Prescod-Weinstein explore what we gain when we look at the universe from the margins ## [‘Thinking about the edges of space-time can help build a better world’](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585251-thinking-about-the-edges-of-space-time-can-help-build-a-better-world/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-28 · Chanda Prescod-Weinstein · New Scientist_ Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, New Scientist columnist and author of the September read for the New Scientist Book Club, The Edge of Space-Time, on why the big questions in physics matter so much ## [Galapagos corals suggest climate change drives stronger El Niños](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586758-galapagos-corals-suggest-climate-change-drives-stronger-el-ninos/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-27 · Madeleine Cuff · New Scientist_ Coral records from the Galapagos Islands indicate El Niños have been gathering strength over the past 40 years, in line with rising global temperatures ## [Astonishing whale feeding frenzy seen off the eastern coast of Greenland](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586630-astonishing-whale-feeding-frenzy-seen-off-the-eastern-coast-of-greenland/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-27 · Leah Crane · New Scientist_ The population of baleen whales along eastern Greenland has boomed in recent decades, and reporter Leah Crane recounts a profound experience of seeing them ## [Home Internet From Space (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gKftNEV05TED) _2026-08-27 · **Sponsored**_ Residential satellite internet that brings connectivity to homes beyond conventional networks ## [Glaciers in the Alps are on track for record-breaking ice loss](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586209-glaciers-in-the-alps-are-on-track-for-record-breaking-ice-loss/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-27 · Alec Luhn · New Scientist_ Glacier loss could break the 2022 record after a series of heatwaves this summer, raising the risk of falling river levels and deadly ice avalanches ## [Richard Feynman’s 80-year-old quantum postulate has now been validated](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586608-richard-feynmans-80-year-old-quantum-postulate-has-now-been-validated/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · Karmela Padavic-Callaghan · New Scientist_ Decades after it was posited as a foundational principle of quantum physics, Richard Feynman’s “path integral” has been directly measured in an experiment for the first time ## [The healthcare industry isn’t built for coming off medication](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586235-__trashed-57/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Starting a new medication is relatively easy once you have a prescription from your doctor, but stopping is much harder, because from research to revenue, the healthcare industry has little interest in getting people off drugs ## [Twisteddoodles on a brand-new type of robot](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585926-twisteddoodles-on-a-brand-new-type-of-robot/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · Twisteddoodles · New Scientist_ This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles ## [Tom Gauld on picking the right staff](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585914-tom-gauld-on-picking-the-right-staff/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · Tom Gauld · New Scientist_ Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon ## [Can ‘quantum musical agents’ really make a melody better?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585882-can-quantum-musical-agents-really-make-a-melody-better/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Feedback wonders if a bum note is being struck in a new paper exploring "quantum teleportation in multi-agent systems for interactive music” ## [This week’s new questions](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585880-this-weeks-new-questions-360/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Is there such a thing as an olfactory illusion, and what forces make a particle of fluid start spiralling down a pipe instead of flowing smoothly? ## [Are there plants that could survive as a food source on the moon? Part 2](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585879-are-there-plants-that-could-survive-as-a-food-source-on-the-moon-part-2/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Fresh answers are questioning the broader applicability of the Wardian case – and note the importance of where on the moon the plants are grown ## [Why don’t we sneeze when we are asleep?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585878-why-dont-we-sneeze-when-we-are-asleep/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Our readers don’t agree with this statement, and even broaden out their evidence base to their furry companions ## [Why do we feel emotional about fictional characters?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585877-why-do-we-feel-emotional-about-fictional-characters/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-26 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Readers provide different perspectives to tackle the question of why humans so readily adopt fiction into our lives ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ikwF2a35iP39) _2026-08-26 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [‘Off the charts’ El Niño is already the strongest since records began](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586031-off-the-charts-el-nino-is-already-the-strongest-since-records-began/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-21 · Michael Le Page · New Scientist_ Renowned climate scientist James Hansen says the developing super El Niño has already "blown past" previous events with months to go before it peaks ## [Greenland meltwater is intensifying European heatwaves](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585659-greenland-meltwater-is-intensifying-european-heatwaves/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-21 · Alec Luhn · New Scientist_ The cooling of the North Atlantic is creating waviness in the jet stream and high-pressure ridging over Europe, a study finds ## [Burns improve more rapidly after treatment with fish skin](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2586000-burns-heal-more-rapidly-after-treatment-with-fish-skin/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-21 · Alexandra Thompson · New Scientist_ Severe burns are often treated with synthetic products ahead of skin graft surgery, but there is evidence that a product made from minimally processed cod skin is more effective ## [Super El Niño could lead to mega CO2 emissions from fires in Indonesia](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585948-super-el-nino-could-lead-to-mega-co2-emissions-from-indonesian-fires/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-21 · Michael Le Page · New Scientist_ Intense fires are already burning in Indonesia, and there could be much worse to come as the Super El Niño ramps up ## [How long could we possibly live? A new estimate is mind-boggling](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585285-how-long-could-we-possibly-live-a-new-estimate-is-mind-boggling/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-21 · Graham Lawton · New Scientist_ Biogerontologists are exploring the upper limit for human life. A recent study has it verging on two centuries – but columnist Graham Lawton finds reason to be sceptical ## [Strange gamma-ray signal could be most direct evidence of dark matter yet](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585656-strange-gamma-ray-signal-could-unlock-dark-matters-secrets/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Karmela Padavic-Callaghan · New Scientist_ Researchers spotted an unusual gamma-ray signal in three galaxy clusters, which may be a telltale sign of dark matter – or some even more exotic phenomenon ## [Will personalised mRNA vaccines transform cancer treatments?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585809-will-personalised-mrna-vaccines-transform-cancer-treatments/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Michael Le Page · New Scientist_ A personalised mRNA cancer vaccine has produced positive results in a final-stage trial involving skin cancer, raising hopes that this approach could work against many cancers ## [Two emerging tick viruses that can be deadly are spreading in the US](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585662-two-emerging-tick-viruses-that-can-be-deadly-are-spreading-in-the-us/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Alice Klein · New Scientist_ Heartland virus and Bourbon virus, which are transmitted by lone star ticks, have killed at least seven people in the US ## [Depression doesn’t shrink the brain like we thought it did](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585479-depression-doesnt-shrink-the-brain-like-we-thought-it-did/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Chioma Eve · New Scientist_ For the past decade, depression has been linked to a shrunken hippocampus, which has a vital role in memory. But a large study using up-to-date scanning techniques suggests this may not be the case ## [NASA calls off rescue effort to save doomed telescope](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585668-nasa-calls-off-rescue-effort-to-save-doomed-telescope/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Jonathan O’Callaghan · New Scientist_ The Swift observatory will now re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in a few months, after a mission to boost it higher failed ## [Build with the cheapest GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/35cV7pHeLWal) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Deployed a live API in minutes; one user spent under $10. ## [AI firms are watermarking generated text – here’s why it won’t work](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584736-ai-firms-are-watermarking-generated-text-heres-why-it-wont-work/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-20 · Matthew Sparkes · New Scientist_ AI companies have begun embedding watermarks in the output of their models to improve transparency and help crack down on misinformation, disinformation and cheating on homework, but there are limitations to this approach ## [Suggesting that ADHD is a myth is pseudoscientific and dangerous](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585608-calling-adhd-a-myth-is-pseudoscientific-and-dangerous/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Caroline Williams · New Scientist_ ADHD is a real condition that can have serious consequences if undiagnosed. An ill-informed documentary that suggests it is a modern, social construct could cause harm, says Caroline Williams ## [The wild, gripping story of the psychedelic secreted by desert toads](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585194-the-wild-gripping-story-of-the-psychedelic-secreted-by-desert-toads/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Olivia Goldhill · New Scientist_ Kimon de Greef's The Ego Trip chronicles the rise of a potent psychedelic drug, from the toads that secrete it to the man who claimed it has amazing powers. Olivia Goldhill discovers an extraordinary tale ## [It is finally time to talk about the impact of fluctuating hormones](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585179-it-is-finally-time-to-talk-about-the-impact-of-fluctuating-hormones/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ For decades, women have felt the need to hide the impact of changes in their hormones, while scientists have excluded women from research to avoid hormonal fluctuations complicating their research. Thankfully, this is starting to change ## [This sci-fi novel is a riveting tale of an oppressive galactic empire](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584938-this-sci-fi-novel-is-a-riveting-tale-of-an-oppressive-galactic-empire/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Emily H. Wilson · New Scientist_ A rich widow, a disillusioned cop and a dim hypersled driver are caught in the machinations of the oppressive party ruling the Decurion Empire in Richard Swan's The Infinite State. Sci-fi columnist Emily H. Wilson enjoys their struggles ## [Stunning image of a polar bear with an outsized snack wins major award](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584937-stunning-image-of-a-polar-bear-with-an-outsized-snack-wins-major-award/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Sophie Farrow · New Scientist_ Roie Galitz's breathtaking shot is one of the winners of the 2026 World Press Photo Contest, praised for its unusual perspective and scale ## [Twisteddoodles on distribution graphs (with added cats)](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584877-twisteddoodles-4/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Twisteddoodles · New Scientist_ This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles ## [Tom Gauld on popularity in the lab](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584872-tom-gauld-3/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · Tom Gauld · New Scientist_ Tom Gauld's weekly cartoonTom Gauld's weekly cartoon ## [Don’t be an archaeologist in a movie if you want to survive](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584792-dont-be-an-archaeologist-in-a-movie-if-you-want-to-survive/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-19 · New Scientist · New Scientist_ Josie Ford Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more Archaeologists RIP In July, Feedback reported that geologist characters in movies were surprisingly likely to die, often from “work related” causes like volcanic eruptions, but remarkably frequently by murder. We wondered how other scientists fared. Andrew Hardwick flags The… ## [The surprising upsides of living in a reality that repeats for eternity](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2582556-the-surprising-upsides-of-living-in-a-reality-that-repeats-for-eternity/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Jacklin Kwan · New Scientist_ Having faced the prospect that our minds are random fluctuations in a dead universe, quantum cosmologist Sean Carroll suggests that we may be stuck in an eternally repeating reality ## [Female clones created from the blood of male mice](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585076-female-clones-created-from-the-blood-of-male-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Chris Simms · New Scientist_ A CRISPR-based tool can perform sex reversal on male mouse embryos, reliably turning them into healthy females – a feat that could be valuable for conservation ## [Postbiotic could reduce the risk of brain damage after a concussion](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585112-postbiotic-could-reduce-the-risk-of-brain-damage-after-a-concussion/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Rachel Melegrito · New Scientist_ Giving mice a byproduct produced by gut bacteria reduced their risk of severe brain damage and cognitive difficulties after a traumatic brain injury ## [Did humans evolve to be active throughout the day and night?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584951-did-humans-evolve-to-be-active-throughout-the-day-and-night/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Michael Marshall · New Scientist_ Evidence from hunter-gatherers suggests humans aren't diurnal but cathemeral, with bouts of activity at nighttime – a sleep pattern similar to some lemurs ## [Planes flying over the Atlantic will be re-routed to avoid contrails](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585091-planes-flying-over-the-atlantic-will-be-re-routed-to-avoid-contrails/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Madeleine Cuff · New Scientist_ Operation Blue Skies is the world’s first trial to deploy contrail avoidance measures across an entire airspace, aiming to lower the climate impact of flights on a large scale ## [Feeding our books into generative AI risks creating a cultural void](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584715-feeding-our-books-into-generative-ai-risks-creating-a-cultural-void/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Annalee Newitz · New Scientist_ When we put our literature, games and films into AI models, we risk replacing our cultural history with a mishmash of auto-generated works. We desperately need to preserve human writing, says columnist Annalee Newitz ## [Physicists may have solved a 30-year mystery over missing neutrinos](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584689-physicists-may-have-solved-a-30-year-mystery-over-missing-neutrinos/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Karmela Padavic-Callaghan · New Scientist_ Since the 1990s, researchers have wondered if unexpected results from gallium-based neutrino detectors are a sign of a new kind of particle, but a new study suggests that revising their calculations could explain the anomaly ## [Britain’s only desalination plant remains idle during drought](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585005-britains-only-desalination-plant-remains-idle-during-drought/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-17 · Madeleine Cuff · New Scientist_ Water flow in the river Thames has dropped low enough to warrant the use of England’s only large-scale desalination plant, but it hasn’t been switched on at all this year ## [Why women with ADHD feel overwhelmingly ‘controlled’ by their hormones](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583945-why-women-with-adhd-feel-overwhelmingly-controlled-by-their-hormones/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-17 · Caroline Williams · New Scientist_ People with ADHD are unusually sensitive to hormone shifts. Psychiatrists have started to pay attention, creating strategies to address the intense emotions and cognitive challenges caused by these changes ## [Our blood’s body clock may be causing anaemia cases to be missed](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584965-our-bloods-body-clock-may-be-causing-anaemia-cases-to-be-missed/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-17 · Linda Geddes · New Scientist_ Blood tests may give different results depending on when in the day, or the year, they are taken, which could result in people missing out on an anaemia diagnosis ## [Weightlifting makes older women leaner, stronger and more mobile](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584910-weightlifting-makes-older-women-leaner-stronger-and-more-mobile/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=home&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-17 · Alice Klein · New Scientist_ Lifting at least 50 kilograms twice a week improved older women's muscle mass, mobility and balance