Astrophysics

Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle every day

Thousands of people apparently cheat at Wordle every day

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 27

The popular word-guessing game Wordle inspires large numbers of people to either...

NASA’s UFO task force has released its final report – it’s not aliens

NASA’s UFO task force has released its final report – i...

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 3

An independent task force formed by NASA to look into unidentified anomalous phe...

Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around

Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 3

Insect-sized robots that can crawl, hop and turn by harnessing the power of expl...

Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and central Europe

Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and ...

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 23

Rivers in the US and central Europe are losing their ability to hold oxygen beca...

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after latest trial

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 1

US regulators could soon authorise MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumati...

City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet

City-wide quantum communication network in China is mos...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 10

A network that connects quantum devices and a central server that spans Hefei, C...

Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave of air

Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 1

A combination of keen senses and quick reflexes may help mosquitoes avoid a stic...

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed wit...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 3

Between 2010 and 2021, the proportion of drug overdose deaths in the US involvin...

Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 million years

Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 ...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 3

Male frogs will sometimes try to mate with turtles or inanimate objects, and now...

A note from our editor on New Scientist Live 2023

A note from our editor on New Scientist Live 2023

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 22

With just a few weeks to go, now is the time to grab your tickets to the world’s...

Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by expert trackers

Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by e...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

Animal footprints carved into rock thousands of years ago depict over 40 species...

Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plan...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

To stay within safe planetary boundaries, humans should only use around 10 per c...

Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective at lower doses

Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective a...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

A streamlined version of Moderna’s vaccine that targets only key parts of the sp...

Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to space

Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to...

SIN Sep 13, 2023 0 2

The Karman Space Programme, set up by students at Imperial College London, will ...

How soap operas can help us understand special relativity

How soap operas can help us understand special relativity

SIN Sep 13, 2023 0 19

Time scales in my favourite soap opera Emmerdale make no sense, but maybe this h...

DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different programs

DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different programs

SIN Sep 13, 2023 0 3

Mixing and matching various strands of DNA can create versatile biological compu...

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