Astrophysics

Tiny star found harbouring a huge planet that shouldn’t exist

Tiny star found harbouring a huge planet that shouldn’t...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 25

An enormous planet has been spotted orbiting a small star, and it could not have...

DNA repair has been captured in a step-by-step molecular movie

DNA repair has been captured in a step-by-step molecula...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 4

Researchers have worked out how a protein called photolyase repairs DNA using li...

Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps every day

Chinstrap penguins take thousands of very short naps ev...

SIN Dec 1, 2023 0 24

While incubating their eggs, chinstrap penguins need to stay vigilant for predat...

Traces of cannabis found in pre-modern human bones for the first time

Traces of cannabis found in pre-modern human bones for ...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 27

A 17th century hospital crypt in Milan, Italy has yielded the first archaeologic...

COP28: How this year shattered nearly every modern climate record

COP28: How this year shattered nearly every modern clim...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 5

The COP28 climate summit kicked off with a report on the many records broken in ...

Physicists have worked out how to pour water as quietly as possible

Physicists have worked out how to pour water as quietly...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 5

The sound of pouring water into a cup can be tamped down by changing the height ...

The music you should play at a party to ensure conversations flow

The music you should play at a party to ensure conversa...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 24

It's easier to focus on conversations when background music is playing if the so...

Paris climate goal of less than 2°C of warming is within our grasp

Paris climate goal of less than 2°C of warming is withi...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 4

Despite pessimism over global warming, the agreed target of keeping it well belo...

The battle to bring beavers back to Scotland

The battle to bring beavers back to Scotland

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 4

The reintroduction of beavers has already transformed parts of the Scottish land...

Cannabis probably doesn't help you sleep better

Cannabis probably doesn't help you sleep better

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 4

Many people take cannabis to help them sleep, but there is little evidence that ...

Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before birds existed

Unknown animals left birdlike footprints long before bi...

SIN Nov 30, 2023 0 2

Ancient footprints found in Lesotho resemble those left by birds, but they were ...

COP28: These are the key clean energy targets the world must agree on

COP28: These are the key clean energy targets the world...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 26

Momentum is building for an agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai to tr...

Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light years away

Six planets found orbiting a bright star 100 light year...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 4

The orbits of six planets around the star HD 110067 have been in a fixed pattern...

A single bitcoin transaction uses enough water to fill a swimming pool

A single bitcoin transaction uses enough water to fill ...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 3

The environmental impact of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is increasingly b...

Crystal-hunting DeepMind AI could help discover new wonder materials

Crystal-hunting DeepMind AI could help discover new won...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 21

We know of around 48,000 inorganic crystal structures, which provide materials w...

Ancient life thrived after supercontinents trapped nutrient-rich soil

Ancient life thrived after supercontinents trapped nutr...

SIN Nov 29, 2023 0 24

There is a surprisingly close link between the flow of nutrient-rich soil around...

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