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She found it fascinating – but reflective of its time</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg27035970-800-the-late-ian-watsons-sci-fi-the-embedding-is-intriguing-but-dated/?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=SOC&amp;utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1780372035\">The late Ian Watson's sci-fi The Embedding is intriguing – but dated</a></p><p>Watson's death last month prompted sci-fi...</p> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbt6ibr322y\">bsky.app</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbt6ibr322y","date_published":"2026-06-02T05:07:15+00:00","author":{"name":"New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features","url":"http://newscientist.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fbuild%2Fimages%2Fmeta%2Fnew-scientist-social-meta-image.8f44ae95.png","_microblog":{"username":"newscientist.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"05:07","date_timestamp":1780376835,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91378387","content_html":"<p>Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick deposits of ice at its poles, and now we may understand the events that formed them over just one Mercurian day</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newscientist.com/article/2527597-mercury-may-have-gained-all-of-its-unexpected-water-in-a-single-day/?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=SOC&amp;utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1780367785\">Mercury may have gained all of its unexpected water in a single day</a></p><p>Despite being the closest planet to the sun, Mercury has thick...</p> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbrxemrp726\">bsky.app</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbrxemrp726","date_published":"2026-06-02T04:45:23+00:00","author":{"name":"New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features","url":"http://newscientist.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fbuild%2Fimages%2Fmeta%2Fnew-scientist-social-meta-image.8f44ae95.png","_microblog":{"username":"newscientist.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"04:45","date_timestamp":1780375523,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91378388","content_html":"<p>According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be ambitious, but not overly so</p><p><a href=\"https://www.newscientist.com/article/2528468-aim-high-but-dont-shoot-for-the-moon-mathematicians-advise/?utm_term=Autofeed&amp;utm_medium=SOC&amp;utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1780372034\">Aim high but don't shoot for the moon, mathematicians advise</a></p><p>According to a mathematical model of how people weigh up different outcomes, the optimal strategy is to be...</p> <a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbqlaen5t24\">bsky.app</a>","summary":"","url":"https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:546qgaw5whiyfktyiyzv4z3p/post/3mnbqlaen5t24","date_published":"2026-06-02T04:20:42+00:00","author":{"name":"New Scientist | Science news, articles, and features","url":"http://newscientist.com/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newscientist.com%2Fbuild%2Fimages%2Fmeta%2Fnew-scientist-social-meta-image.8f44ae95.png","_microblog":{"username":"newscientist.com"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"04:20","date_timestamp":1780374042,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"91371129","content_html":"<p>Experiments hint that quantum mechanisms are vital to the machinery of life. 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