Astrophysics

El Niño has killed hundreds of children in Sudan

El Niño has killed hundreds of children in Sudan

SIN Oct 17, 2026 0 2

Drought driven by El Niño is causing hunger and disease in Sudan that has alread...

Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moon Phobos

Japan is launching a mission to Mars’s largest moon Phobos

SIN Oct 17, 2026 0 2

The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, set to launch on 20 October, will brin...

Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds

Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 5

Since 1972, officials have added 27 leap seconds to the universal clock, but in ...

Will physics be the next field to be turned upside down by AI?

Will physics be the next field to be turned upside down...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 7

AI has taken huge strides in computer programming and mathematics – physics coul...

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier will keep melting even if oceans cool

Antarctica’s ‘doomsday’ glacier will keep melting even ...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 11

Computer models suggest that unrealistically cold oceans would be insufficient t...

Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum computer

Why a high school in Virginia is getting a quantum comp...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 10

Starting in January, students attending Skyview High School in Virginia will lea...

Probiotic cuts risk of respiratory infections in formula-fed babies

Probiotic cuts risk of respiratory infections in formul...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 12

Babies who are formula fed are more prone to infections, but the addition of a p...

Towering glacial ice cliffs may collapse in fits and st...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 12

We still don't know for sure how the ice cliffs looming over the sea at the lead...

Google showcases way to fix quantum computer errors more efficiently

Google showcases way to fix quantum computer errors mor...

SIN Oct 16, 2026 0 10

Error-proofing the most important operations performed on a quantum computer has...

Neanderthal skeleton found with horrific injuries

Neanderthal skeleton found with horrific injuries

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 11

A 75,000-year-old skeleton offers a glimpse into the violent world in which Nean...

A quarter of male soldiers in the US could have low testosterone

A quarter of male soldiers in the US could have low tes...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 10

Newly introduced testosterone screening in the US Army could find more than 100,...

Russia and China are using AI to stage relentless cyberattacks against the UK

Russia and China are using AI to stage relentless cyber...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 13

AI is increasing the speed of attacks against infrastructure in the UK but also ...

Ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey claimed to be world’s oldest

Ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey claimed to be w...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 14

A ship that probably sank in the Early Bronze Age was carrying jars of olive oil...

This El Niño will bring predictable disasters, so why aren’t we ready?

This El Niño will bring predictable disasters, so why a...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 12

We know that this monster El Niño will bring floods, droughts, cyclones and wild...

We can rescue the AMOC after its collapse – but it won’t be easy

We can rescue the AMOC after its collapse – but it won’...

SIN Oct 15, 2026 0 11

An AMOC weakened by climate change can be revived by cooling global temperatures...

Flightless ancient bird complicates our picture of wing evolution

Flightless ancient bird complicates our picture of wing...

SIN Oct 14, 2026 0 17

Fossils of a ground-dwelling, carnivorous bird with wing anatomy similar to that...

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