Astrophysics

How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by a volcano

How a single gopher restored a landscape devastated by ...

SIN Nov 12, 2024 0 41

Never underestimate what a single gopher can achieve in a day: one of the burrow...

Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and offensive language

Audio AIs are trained on data full of bias and offensiv...

SIN Nov 11, 2024 0 39

Seven major datasets used to train audio-generating AI models are three times mo...

Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for the planet

Our only visit to Uranus came at an unusual time for th...

SIN Nov 11, 2024 0 55

Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986, giving us our only up-close look at the planet...

Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark attacks

Lights on surfboards and wetsuits could deter shark att...

SIN Nov 11, 2024 0 41

Experiments show that illuminating the underside of a decoy seal reduces attacks...

Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700

Humanity has warmed the planet by 1.5°C since 1700

SIN Nov 11, 2024 0 39

Most assessments of global warming use 1850-1900 as a baseline, but researchers ...

Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate for centuries

Any delay in reaching net zero will influence climate f...

SIN Nov 11, 2024 0 41

Reaching net zero emissions is essential for halting climate change - but even o...

AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

AI helps robot dogs navigate the real world

SIN Nov 9, 2024 0 92

Four-legged robot dogs learned to perform new tricks by practising in a virtual ...

Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and prank others

Watch elephants use a hose to shower themselves – and p...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 45

Asian elephants at Berlin Zoo show impressive skill when using a hose as a tool,...

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an a...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 44

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds tha...

Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still solvable

Quantum Rubik's cube has infinite patterns but is still...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 59

Allowing for moves that create quantum superpositions makes a quantum version of...

Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 49

In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore...

We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars

We are a long way from pregnancy being safe on Mars

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 51

Dangerous radiation reaches Mars at levels we aren't exposed to on Earth, which ...

Slick trick separates oil and water with 99.9 per cent purity

Slick trick separates oil and water with 99.9 per cent ...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 42

Oil and water can be separated efficiently by pumping the mixture through thin c...

Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

Why hairy animals shake themselves dry

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 71

The brain pathway that causes hairy mammals like mice and dogs to shake themselv...

Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution

Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debat...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 61

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics...

Bird flu antibodies found in dairy workers in Michigan and Colorado

Bird flu antibodies found in dairy workers in Michigan ...

SIN Nov 8, 2024 0 39

Blood tests have shown that about 7 per cent of workers on dairy farms that had ...

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