Astrophysics

Cuvier's beaked whale seen grieving dead calf for first time

Cuvier's beaked whale seen grieving dead calf for first...

SIN Aug 15, 2023 0 2

The sighting of a Cuvier’s beaked whale off the Spanish coast circling her dead ...

Robotic gripper made of paper can grab both delicate and heavy things

Robotic gripper made of paper can grab both delicate an...

SIN Aug 15, 2023 0 27

A robotic gripper can pick up items ranging from a drop of water to something th...

Montana lawsuit: Young people win landmark climate change case

Montana lawsuit: Young people win landmark climate chan...

SIN Aug 15, 2023 0 22

In a first-of-its-kind ruling, a court in Montana in the US sided with a group o...

Everything we know about the EG.5 covid-19 variant and its symptoms

Everything we know about the EG.5 covid-19 variant and ...

SIN Aug 15, 2023 0 1

EG.5, the latest omicron covid-19 subvariant that is being dubbed "Eris", may sp...

Gene therapy delivered into the brain could treat alcohol misuse

Gene therapy delivered into the brain could treat alcoh...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 3

Small trial in rhesus macaques shows a one-off gene therapy can cut alcohol cons...

Giant star rocked by waves three times larger than our sun

Giant star rocked by waves three times larger than our sun

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 8

A binary star system shines 20 per cent more brightly whenever the smaller star ...

Blood test could aid the diagnosis of 52 conditions including cancer

Blood test could aid the diagnosis of 52 conditions inc...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 17

Raised levels of certain proteins in the blood may indicate if someone is more l...

Female stick insect clones itself despite having sex with males

Female stick insect clones itself despite having sex wi...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 3

After sex with males, females of Japanese stick insect species Ramulus mikado ha...

The hole in the ozone layer has opened unusually early this year

The hole in the ozone layer has opened unusually early ...

SIN Aug 14, 2023 0 21

The ozone hole over Antarctica may get close to its record size this year due to...

Nearly a third of coastal wolves in Alaska are eating sea otters

Nearly a third of coastal wolves in Alaska are eating s...

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 3

Grey wolves living on the southwest coast of Alaska are regularly eating a diet ...

Storms on Saturn are so huge that their traces last hundreds of years

Storms on Saturn are so huge that their traces last hun...

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 3

Every couple of decades Saturn develops a huge storm, and now researchers have f...

California approves driverless taxi expansion in San Francisco

California approves driverless taxi expansion in San Fr...

SIN Aug 12, 2023 0 2

Waymo and Cruise can now charge for ride-hailing services throughout San Francis...

The audiobook you listen to before bed can shape your dreams

The audiobook you listen to before bed can shape your d...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 4

Among a group of people who listened to different audiobooks before bed, researc...

Young cupboard spiders sometimes turn cannibal and eat their siblings

Young cupboard spiders sometimes turn cannibal and eat ...

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 4

Juveniles of a common household spider have been shown to eat their siblings in ...

What are the weirdest stars in the universe?

What are the weirdest stars in the universe?

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 3

Exotic stars may be scattered throughout the cosmos, from boson stars that could...

The ancient trees that have lessons for the future

The ancient trees that have lessons for the future

SIN Aug 11, 2023 0 2

What we can learn from efforts to protect Tane Mahuta, a giant kauri tree in New...

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