Astrophysics

How hurricanes like Milton spawn tornadoes

How hurricanes like Milton spawn tornadoes

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 4

Hurricanes often produce tornadoes that add to the destructive power of the stor...

The relentless push for productivity misconstrues how our brains work

The relentless push for productivity misconstrues how o...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 3

The latest neuroscience shows that, contrary to a lot of productivity advice, th...

Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat – and perhaps to exercise too

Weight-loss drugs lower impulse to eat – and perhaps to...

SIN Oct 10, 2024 0 2

Popular weight-loss medications including Ozempic and Wegovy contain a drug that...

This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to quantum weirdness

This test could reveal whether gravity is subject to qu...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 5

If gravity is a truly quantum entity, something as simple as measuring the stren...

Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going back

Once we pass 1.5°C of global warming, there is no going...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 4

We might not be able to cool the world down again after overshooting the 1.5°C w...

Your brain has individual neurons that respond to the smell of bananas

Your brain has individual neurons that respond to the s...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 3

The discovery that certain smells can be linked to specific neurons is helping u...

Extreme hurricane season is here and it is fuelled by climate change

Extreme hurricane season is here and it is fuelled by c...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 5

Hurricanes have kept forecasters guessing this year, but with the arrival of int...

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structures of proteins

Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for mastering structur...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 3

David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper have been awarded the 2024 Nobel pri...

Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of viruses

Your toothbrush is teeming with hundreds of types of vi...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 7

More than 600 types of viruses that infect bacteria have been found living on to...

Hot sauce taste test reveals how expectations shape pleasure and pain

Hot sauce taste test reveals how expectations shape ple...

SIN Oct 9, 2024 0 1

Brain scans of people tasting squirts of hot sauce have revealed how positive an...

AIs can work together in much larger groups than humans ever could

AIs can work together in much larger groups than humans...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 0

It is thought that humans can only maintain relationships with around 150 people...

Growing number of Earth's ‘vital signs’ endangered by climate change

Growing number of Earth's ‘vital signs’ endangered by c...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 2

Key climate indicators from greenhouse gas levels to ice loss have reached recor...

Microscopic gears powered by light could be used to make tiny machines

Microscopic gears powered by light could be used to mak...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 2

Gears just a few micrometres wide can be carved from silicon using a beam of ele...

Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key AI techniques

Nobel prize for physics goes to pair who invented key A...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 5

The 2024 Nobel prize in physics has gone to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton fo...

Certain quantum systems may be able to defy entropy's effects forever

Certain quantum systems may be able to defy entropy's e...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 3

A mathematical proof shows that some quantum states can resist nature’s tendency...

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will it be enough?

The US is ramping up bird flu surveillance – but will i...

SIN Oct 8, 2024 0 3

Two more people in the US have tested positive for a bird flu virus called H5N1,...

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