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1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved

1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosyn...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 30

Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthet...

See-Through Wood Is Stronger Than Plastic and Tougher Than Glass

See-Through Wood Is Stronger Than Plastic and Tougher T...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 25

Transparent wood material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated w...

Stop Asking If the Universe Is a Computer Simulation

Stop Asking If the Universe Is a Computer Simulation

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 27

We will never know if we live in a computer simulation; here is a more interesti...

How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 January

How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 Ja...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 39

The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight...

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk

Vaccination Dramatically Lowers Long Covid Risk

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 64

Several new studies reveal that getting multiple COVID vaccine doses provides st...

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and rel...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 53

A non-lethal method of catching great white sharks and releasing them 500 metres...

Stars Don't Slow Down with Age like Astronomers Thought

Stars Don't Slow Down with Age like Astronomers Thought

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 30

Middle-aged stars hit cruise control, stifling their magnetic fields and resisti...

The Science of 2024's Epic Solar Eclipse, the Last for a Generation

The Science of 2024's Epic Solar Eclipse, the Last for ...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 33

Unique studies of gravity waves, atmospheric holes and dazzling coronal displays...

Strange material made of soap could be used for photosynthesis

Strange material made of soap could be used for photosy...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 46

The first ever soap films with chemically distinct sides are a step towards chea...

Severe covid-19 infections linked to increased risk of schizophrenia

Severe covid-19 infections linked to increased risk of ...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 37

People with severe covid-19 infections are more than 4 times as likely to later ...

Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not e...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 40

Palaeontologists can’t agree on whether fossils from several small dinosaurs rep...

Crescent Moon Over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

Crescent Moon Over NASA’s Kennedy Space Center

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 29

The crescent moon, along with Jupiter (top right of Moon) and Venus (below Moon)...

Payroll

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 36

The NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Payroll Office (NPO) reviews, validates, ...

What's Missing from the Emoji Animal Kingdom?

What's Missing from the Emoji Animal Kingdom?

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 29

In the digital age, some scientists argue the emojisphere should better represen...

Heat-Related Death of Postal Worker Leads to Controversial Fine

Heat-Related Death of Postal Worker Leads to Controvers...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 36

OSHA says the U.S. Postal Service failed to teach mail carriers about heat safety

Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno ...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 47

NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Io on 30 December and took one of our best pict...

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