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Do honeyguides really help honey badgers find bees’ nests?

Do honeyguides really help honey badgers find bees’ nests?

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 27

An African bird called the greater honeyguide is said to lead honey badgers to b...

Math's 'Hairy Ball Theorem' Has Surprising Implications

Math's 'Hairy Ball Theorem' Has Surprising Implications

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 4

Here’s what the hairiest problem in math can teach us about wind, antennas and n...

Making your phone screen blurry could stop people snooping on you

Making your phone screen blurry could stop people snoop...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 3

Thanks to the way human eyes work, a system that makes your phone screen blurry ...

Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Events, Broadcast, Launch

Coverage Set for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Events, Broadcast...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 2

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for t...

Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Californian megafauna

Extreme fires caused by ancient humans wiped out Califo...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 27

A series of catastrophic fires killed off many large mammals in southern Califor...

Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely magnetic star

Astronomers have found a strange new type of extremely ...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 2

A new type of star may eventually collapse and become a magnetar – a highly magn...

Fossils Buried in LA Tar Pit Show Why Saber-Toothed Cats Blinked Out of Existence

Fossils Buried in LA Tar Pit Show Why Saber-Toothed Cat...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 34

At Los Angeles’ La Brea Tar Pits, scientists found they could watch large mammal...

This Bizarre Star Could Become One of the Strongest Magnets in the Universe

This Bizarre Star Could Become One of the Strongest Mag...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 3

Magnetars possess magnetic fields that are trillions of times stronger than thos...

All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be because of the sun

All of Neptune’s clouds have vanished – it may be becau...

SIN Aug 18, 2023 0 23

Over the past few years, the white clouds that usually shroud Neptune’s surface ...

Overwhelming Heat This Summer Could Kill Twice as Many People as Usual

Overwhelming Heat This Summer Could Kill Twice as Many ...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 30

Extreme temperatures across the U.S. have put the elderly, outdoors workers and ...

Black holes may be hurtling around at 10 per cent the speed of light

Black holes may be hurtling around at 10 per cent the s...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 2

When two black holes merge to form a single one, it can zoom off at an extraordi...

Car Thieves Can Hack into Today's Computerized Vehicles

Car Thieves Can Hack into Today's Computerized Vehicles

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 5

To steal cars that rely on remotes and computer networks, thieves are trading th...

Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill, pending Appeal

Supreme Court Preserves Access to Abortion Pill, pendin...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

The nation’s highest court paused a lower court’s decision to nullify approval o...

She Helped Build the Atomic Bomb to Stop the Nazis, But Was Haunted by What It Did to Japan

She Helped Build the Atomic Bomb to Stop the Nazis, But...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

Here’s the story of the Lilli Hornig, the only female scientist named in the fil...

How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde

How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 24

If you want to make it through the trials and tribulations of Mercury in retrogr...

Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to play

Flies riding on a carousel suggest that insects like to...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 25

Fruit flies with access to a spinning carousel seem to ride on it for fun in a r...

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