Failed Soviet probe will soon crash to Earth – and we don't know where Kosmos 482, a Soviet spacecraft that never made it beyond Earth’s orbit on its way to Venus, is due to come crashing down on 9 or 10 May
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2479550-faile

Record heat in 2023 and 2024 may just have been natural variability Simulations suggest that an extraordinary jump in temperatures seen in 2023 and 2024 could simply be natural variability, rather than a new phase of climate change as some researchers have suggested
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2479501-recor

The maths that tells us when a scientific discovery is real – or not When huge scientific discoveries are made, you may hear that they are “statistically significant” or pass a threshold called “5 sigma” – but those calculations can be manipulated to make claims seem grander than they are, finds Jacob Aron
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2479059-the-m

Major US cities like New York and Seattle are sinking at a rapid rate Groundwater extraction, plate tectonics and consequences of the last glacial period mean that most of the US's biggest cities are sinking
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/2479326-major

What are microplastics doing to your brain? We’re starting to find out The average human brain contains around 7 grams of plastic, but it’s unclear how this affects us. Now animal studies are revealing links to poor cognition and weird behaviour
https://www.newscientist.com/a....rticle/mg26635421-00