Astrophysics

Brain damage linked to schizophrenia may spread as condition develops

Brain damage linked to schizophrenia may spread as cond...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 4

Brain scans show loss of tissue starting in small areas when people first experi...

Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider silk

Silkworms genetically engineered to produce pure spider...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 2

Spider silk has been seen as a greener alternative to artificial fibres like nyl...

Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,000 years old

Earliest evidence of buildings made from wood is 476,00...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 3

We tend to think that ancient humans were constantly on the move, but at a site ...

UK's Online Safety Bill to become law, but can it be enforced?

UK's Online Safety Bill to become law, but can it be en...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 1

After years of political wrangling, wide-ranging online rules are about to becom...

The entire brain may be involved in language, not just a few regions

The entire brain may be involved in language, not just ...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 3

Brain regions identified as “language centres” are actually hubs that coordinate...

Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multiple sclerosis

Vaccine that erases immune memory may help treat multip...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 4

An experimental vaccine that erases the immune system’s memory of a molecule cou...

Watch a cyborg cockroach navigate a maze

Watch a cyborg cockroach navigate a maze

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 20

Remote-controlled cockroaches are not a new idea, but now researchers have found...

Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionally have sex

Stick insects that are normally asexual may occasionall...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 2

Some animals reproduce asexually by creating embryos from unfertilised eggs, but...

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could aid resurrection

Extinct Tasmanian tiger yields RNA secrets that could a...

SIN Sep 20, 2023 0 26

RNA, which regulates the activity of DNA, is a crucial part of building an organ...

DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to be harmful

DeepMind AI can predict if DNA mutations are likely to ...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 2

By working out which small mutations will probably be damaging, Google DeepMind’...

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a supercontinent broke up

Rare Australian pink diamonds emerged when a superconti...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 3

Understanding how the world’s largest-known collection of pink diamonds came to ...

Theory of consciousness branded 'pseudoscience' by neuroscientists

Theory of consciousness branded 'pseudoscience' by neur...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 14

A leading theory about consciousness called the integrated information theory ha...

Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by climate change

Catastrophic Libyan dam collapse partly caused by clima...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 26

Recent extreme rainfall that caused flooding across the Mediterranean and contri...

The seismic shift in attitudes toward cannabis explained in 6 charts

The seismic shift in attitudes toward cannabis explaine...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 24

As popular discussion of cannabis has moved away from the drug trade and toward ...

Rare mutation hints gene editing could prevent Alzheimer’s disease

Rare mutation hints gene editing could prevent Alzheime...

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 2

Two people with a mutant version of a gene variant – APOE4 – linked to Alzheimer...

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

We now know how many cells there are in the human body

SIN Sep 19, 2023 0 2

New estimates for the number of cells in adults and children draw on over 1500 s...

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