Astrophysics

People in industrial societies get more sleep than hunter-gatherers

People in industrial societies get more sleep than hunt...

SIN Feb 26, 2025 0 42

Individuals in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than people in ...

Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industrial societies

Hunter-gatherers get less sleep than people in industri...

SIN Feb 26, 2025 0 53

People in industrialised societies seem to sleep for longer than those in non-in...

Black squirrels may be evolving due to roadkill in cities

Black squirrels may be evolving due to roadkill in cities

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 81

Grey squirrels can actually come in black morphs, which are doing well in one US...

Medicines made in space set to touch down in Australian outback

Medicines made in space set to touch down in Australian...

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 50

Varda, a US firm planning to manufacture pharmaceuticals in low Earth orbit, is ...

Motorists may be driving the evolution of black squirrels in cities

Motorists may be driving the evolution of black squirre...

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 89

Grey squirrels can actually come in black morphs, which are doing well in one US...

When did people start building houses with corners?

When did people start building houses with corners?

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 45

Around the world, the earliest buildings are typically round while later ones ar...

Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved better defences

Big animals have higher cancer risk – but also evolved ...

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 42

A comparison of 263 species supports the idea that large animals have higher rat...

Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 years ago

Ancient hunters may have used throwing spears 300,000 y...

SIN Feb 25, 2025 0 80

Preserved wooden spears from hundreds of thousands of years ago seem to have bee...

Deep-sea life is still recovering from mining activity 40 years ago

Deep-sea life is still recovering from mining activity ...

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 60

The site of a deep-sea mining test in 1979 had lower levels of biodiversity when...

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena set to blast off to the moon

Intuitive Machines' lunar lander Athena set to blast of...

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 46

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to launch a number of missions, including a pr...

Intuitive Machine's lunar lander Athena set to blast off to the moon

Intuitive Machine's lunar lander Athena set to blast of...

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 56

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is about to launch a number of missions, including a pr...

Huge thunderstorm on Jupiter captured in best detail ever seen

Huge thunderstorm on Jupiter captured in best detail ev...

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 53

NASA's Juno spacecraft swooped in for a close look at a massive thunderstorm on ...

22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transport vehicles

22,000-year-old tracks are earliest evidence of transpo...

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 47

Tracks and footprints found in New Mexico are by far the earliest evidence of pe...

Dogs seem to have a strong preference for yellow things

Dogs seem to have a strong preference for yellow things

SIN Feb 24, 2025 0 47

When offered a choice of bowls, free-ranging dogs in India tend to approach a ye...

How one farm is testing multiple carbon-capture tricks all at once

How one farm is testing multiple carbon-capture tricks ...

SIN Feb 22, 2025 0 52

Rock dust, compost and biochar can all help capture carbon dioxide and boost cro...

Hair conditioner made from wood is black and smelly, but eco-friendly

Hair conditioner made from wood is black and smelly, bu...

SIN Feb 22, 2025 0 49

Hair conditioner made using lignin, a polymer found in wood and bark, works just...

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