Astrophysics

Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitational wave data

Signals from exotic new stars could hide in gravitation...

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A computer simulation suggests that some collisions between exotic, hypothetical...

Ants can be used to make yogurt – and now we know how it works

Ants can be used to make yogurt – and now we know how i...

SIN Oct 3, 2024 0 3

A traditional yogurt-making practice from south-eastern Europe uses live ants as...

Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during pregnancy

Rapamycin could make an epilepsy drug much safer during...

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The epilepsy medication sodium valproate is linked to developmental problems in ...

Google says its AI designs chips better than humans – experts disagree

Google says its AI designs chips better than humans – e...

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Google DeepMind claims its AlphaChip AI method can deliver “superhuman” chip des...

Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of warfare to Ukraine

Drone versus drone combat is bringing a new kind of war...

SIN Oct 3, 2024 0 4

Machines are fighting machines on the Ukrainian battlefield, as a technological ...

Which AI chatbot is best at avoiding disinformation?

Which AI chatbot is best at avoiding disinformation?

SIN Oct 3, 2024 0 3

AI chatbots from Google and Microsoft sometimes parrot disinformation when answe...

A note from the editor about New Scientist Live

A note from the editor about New Scientist Live

SIN Oct 3, 2024 0 4

With just one week to go until the world's greatest festival of ideas and discov...

Ancient DNA tells story of toddler who lived in Italy 17,000 years ago

Ancient DNA tells story of toddler who lived in Italy 1...

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A young boy who lived towards the end of the last glacial period had dark skin, ...

AIs are more likely to mislead people if trained on human feedback

AIs are more likely to mislead people if trained on hum...

SIN Oct 2, 2024 0 3

If artificial intelligence chatbots are fine-tuned to improve their responses us...

Dolphin 'smiles' may truly be a sign of playfulness

Dolphin 'smiles' may truly be a sign of playfulness

SIN Oct 2, 2024 0 3

Captive dolphins are more likely to make an open-mouthed expression when their p...

Exercise supplement creatine could be grown in edible plants

Exercise supplement creatine could be grown in edible p...

SIN Oct 2, 2024 0 3

The compound creatine, a popular exercise supplement that only occurs naturally ...

Parkrun events could boost your life satisfaction

Parkrun events could boost your life satisfaction

SIN Oct 2, 2024 0 3

People report greater life satisfaction six months after starting Parkrun events...

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of life to planets

Freeze-thaw cycle helps asteroids ferry molecules of li...

SIN Oct 1, 2024 0 3

Cracks running through samples of asteroid Ryugu were probably formed by the rep...

Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light years away

Planet spotted orbiting Barnard's star just 6 light yea...

SIN Oct 1, 2024 0 3

Astronomers have detected an exoplanet around Barnard’s star, one of the sun’s c...

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a swordfish

A shark survived being stabbed through the head by a sw...

SIN Oct 1, 2024 0 6

Fishers in Albania caught a blue shark with an 18-centimetre fragment of swordfi...

Some fish regrow injured fins and we’re closer to understanding how

Some fish regrow injured fins and we’re closer to under...

SIN Oct 1, 2024 0 9

Unravelling the complex biological process that allows fish to regrow injured fi...

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