Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording 10. June 2026 (18:39) Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatened by predators, but footage from Białowieża Primaeval Forest in Poland shows it does face attacks from wolves(New Scientist)
Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’ 10. June 2026 (18:00) Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a vast collection of whale bones, including fossils up to 5 million years old and species new to science(New Scientist)
Hundreds of new moons are revealing our solar system's violent history 10. June 2026 (18:00) The outer solar system once seemed like a quiet backwater. But a glut of tiny, strange moons with unruly orbits are coming into view, revealing hints of a surprising past – and the origin of Saturn's rings(New Scientist)
A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer 10. June 2026 (16:28) Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more damage to the ozone layer than a larger nuclear war in more northerly latitudes, increasing exposure to dangerous ultraviolet radiation all over the world(New Scientist)
Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time 10. June 2026 (15:00) A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test took place two years ago involving fully autonomous drones set to destroy anything in a given area, with confirmed casualties(New Scientist)
Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war 10. June 2026 (08:00) Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line by the Ukrainian military. Despite their limitations, these remotely controlled robots could be the deciding factor in many conflicts(New Scientist)
Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead 10. June 2026 (02:01) Scrape marks inside a skull and sharpened limb bones in a set of remains found in Scotland may be evidence of unusual Iron Age funerary rituals(New Scientist)
Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species 09. June 2026 (18:00) A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been elucidated by studying the faeces of small rodents that probably ate the bigger animals(New Scientist)
The last-ditch plan to save coral reefs from utter destruction 09. June 2026 (18:00) Bleaching has devastated reefs around the world, raising fears of an irreversible shift. Yet new interventions have revealed that corals can be remarkably resilient if we can give them enough help to recover(New Scientist)
