Astrophysics

Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at night

Bees miss out on sleep if they are exposed to light at ...

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Honeybees exposed to continuous artificial light get much less sleep, and this m...

Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

Neuron-like machinery helps anemones decide when to sting

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Anemones have special cells that shoot stinging barbs for protection or to hunt ...

Two changes could nearly halve carbon footprint of US school lunches

Two changes could nearly halve carbon footprint of US s...

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US schools could nearly halve the carbon emissions of the lunches they offer by ...

New superconductor claims could lead to progress even if they're wrong

New superconductor claims could lead to progress even i...

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Experts are right to be wary of claims that a room-temperature, ambient-pressure...

Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and now we know how

Gold flakes glow when they are bathed in light and now ...

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Shooting powerful lasers at thin gold flakes has revealed how the precious metal...

AI voices are hard to spot even if you know audio might be a deepfake

AI voices are hard to spot even if you know audio might...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 2

Deepfake audio can trick people even when they know they might be hearing an AI-...

ADHD linked to disrupted brain signals involved in focusing attention

ADHD linked to disrupted brain signals involved in focu...

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Disrupted brain signals have previously been linked to ADHD in children, with th...

People struggle to spot AI voices even if told they may be deepfakes

People struggle to spot AI voices even if told they may...

SIN Aug 3, 2023 0 23

Deepfake audio can trick people even when they know they might be hearing an AI-...

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superc...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 25

Researchers are moving quickly to test if a material called LK-99 really is a su...

Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead to new drugs

Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead...

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A different form of a gene called CHD1L found in people with African ancestry ha...

Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped complex life evolve

Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped compl...

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The Maillard reaction, which generates flavoursome compounds during cooking, pro...

Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived

Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ...

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A whale that lived around 39 million years ago could have weighed as much as 340...

Your gut microbiome is linked to your fitness and biological age

Your gut microbiome is linked to your fitness and biolo...

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Altering the gut microbiome via probiotics could one day help people to maintain...

Artificial spider silk could help us harvest drinking water from air

Artificial spider silk could help us harvest drinking w...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

Helical bumps on artificial fibres can carry 2000 times more water than the volu...

Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemical clues

Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemi...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

By analysing charred remains of a Jerusalem building, archaeologists have uncove...

Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 million years old

Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 mi...

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A fossil discovered in Canada reveals that jellyfish developed the swimming stag...

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