Astrophysics

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for interstellar travel

Tiny 'metajets' could use light to steer sails for inte...

SIN May 10, 2026 0 26

Minuscule silicon wafers propelled by lasers could be used to steer light sails,...

There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

There has been a sudden increase in the rate of sea lev...

SIN May 10, 2026 0 23

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly acce...

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC collapsing

A vast dam across the Bering Strait could stop the AMOC...

SIN May 9, 2026 0 21

If a key ocean current collapses it could plunge northern Europe into a big free...

US government releases huge batch of UFO files

US government releases huge batch of UFO files

SIN May 9, 2026 0 25

The US Department of Defense has released hundreds of documents and photographs ...

Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after drone crash

Fire is spreading in the Chernobyl exclusion zone after...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 27

A drone has crashed in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, causing a fire that has spr...

Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive mass extinctions

Doubling their genomes may have helped plants survive m...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 30

Many flowering plants have duplicated genomes, which could have helped them evol...

There’s a been a sudden increase in the rate of sea level rise

There’s a been a sudden increase in the rate of sea lev...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 21

Satellite measurements show that in the early 2010s sea level rise suddenly acce...

Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalagmite circle

Neanderthal 'kneeprint' found next to mysterious stalag...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 26

An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by...

Slow breathing can calm the mind without any need for mindfulness

Slow breathing can calm the mind without any need for m...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 20

How important is thinking about your breath for calming yourself down? We now kn...

Hantavirus outbreak will not cause a covid-style pandemic, says WHO

Hantavirus outbreak will not cause a covid-style pandem...

SIN May 8, 2026 0 30

The World Health Organization sought to quell worldwide fears over the hantaviru...

Coffee's mood-boosting effects aren't just down to caffeine

Coffee's mood-boosting effects aren't just down to caff...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 26

A comprehensive study exploring coffee’s physiological effects finds that some o...

PCOS postpones perimenopause and allows pregnancies at older ages

PCOS postpones perimenopause and allows pregnancies at ...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 22

Only 3 per cent of those with polycystic ovary syndrome reach perimenopause by t...

Pressure from individual particles measured for the first time

Pressure from individual particles measured for the fir...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 28

A device made using a tiny bead floating in a beam of light can measure extremel...

Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know little about it

Dating over 50 is probably on the rise – but we know li...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 29

Research into dating has until now almost exclusively focused on younger people,...

Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of old bones

Bronze Age Britons fashioned copper-mining tools out of...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 29

An analysis of 150 artefacts from a site in Wales shows that the ancient practic...

Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the 2030s

Deforestation could trigger Amazon tipping point in the...

SIN May 7, 2026 0 29

At least 15 per cent of the Amazon has already been lost, and further destructio...

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