Astrophysics

Hairy legs make you swim better – if you're a shrimp

Hairy legs make you swim better – if you're a shrimp

SIN Nov 21, 2023 0 3

Normally, hair increases drag whilst swimming but for shrimp hair seems to make ...

Plants are more productive on weekends thanks to cleaner air

Plants are more productive on weekends thanks to cleane...

SIN Nov 21, 2023 0 24

Satellite data from Europe shows that rates of photosynthesis are higher when ae...

Cannabis addiction may be partly down to genetics

Cannabis addiction may be partly down to genetics

SIN Nov 20, 2023 0 26

An analysis of genetic data from more than 1 million people shows that those wit...

Bat uses its huge penis like an arm during sex

Bat uses its huge penis like an arm during sex

SIN Nov 20, 2023 0 2

Video recordings reveal that penetration does not occur when serotine bats mate;...

Earth passes 2°C of warming on hottest day ever recorded

Earth passes 2°C of warming on hottest day ever recorded

SIN Nov 20, 2023 0 4

The global average surface temperature was more than 2°C higher than pre-industr...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lands new job at Microsoft after surprise firing

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman lands new job at Microsoft after ...

SIN Nov 20, 2023 0 4

The head of one of the world's leading AI companies was fired for not being 'can...

Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum

Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature o...

SIN Nov 18, 2023 0 5

Ultra-short laser pulses may allow us to measure entanglement in a way that answ...

The pandemic helped some children develop their vocabulary

The pandemic helped some children develop their vocabulary

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 3

Some preschool children in Canada scored higher on cognitive skills tests during...

Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate from your gut

Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate ...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 1

A smart pill can accurately monitor your breathing and heart rate from inside yo...

Time seems to slow down when you're high – why does that happen?

Time seems to slow down when you're high – why does tha...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 2

Cannabis does strange things to our sense of time passing, possibly by over-exci...

Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 2

Megaliths, or huge stones, were used for thousands of years to build monuments, ...

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this weekend

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this weekend

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 3

The Leonids are known for their bright, fast-moving meteors. The shower will pea...

Genital herpes linked to accelerated brain shrinkage

Genital herpes linked to accelerated brain shrinkage

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 1

People who tested positive for the virus behind genital herpes tended to have re...

Dancing monkey hormones shed light on harmful street shows in Pakistan

Dancing monkey hormones shed light on harmful street sh...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 3

Stress hormone measurements highlight the poor welfare of monkeys trained to per...

Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 3

Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs th...

Bonobos are friendly with those outside their group – unlike chimps

Bonobos are friendly with those outside their group – u...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 20

The convivial nature of bonobos is in stark contrast to chimpanzees and may shed...

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