Astrophysics

Driverless cars may struggle to spot children and dark-skinned people

Driverless cars may struggle to spot children and dark-...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 25

The accuracy of pedestrian-detecting AI systems may be biased against some group...

Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow earlier in the year

Wildfires made worse by plants starting to grow earlier...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 27

Wildfires in the northern hemisphere burn more fiercely when plants start growin...

Negative emotions really do make events seem to last longer

Negative emotions really do make events seem to last lo...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 4

When people are shown pictures evoking negative emotions, they remember time as ...

Flying bird robot can soar so well it uses almost no power

Flying bird robot can soar so well it uses almost no power

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

An autonomous flying robot can float in place like a bird, using its throttle ju...

Morning-after pill is more effective when taken with anti-inflammatory

Morning-after pill is more effective when taken with an...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

The emergency contraceptive levonorgestrel is much more effective at preventing ...

Pig kidney transplant in brain-dead man still functions after a month

Pig kidney transplant in brain-dead man still functions...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

It has been 32 days since Maurice Miller, a dead man who is being kept on life s...

Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a banana taste

Gene-edited yeasts transform bread and give rice wine a...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

We can change the flavour and texture of foods like bread and rice wine by tweak...

Inhalable mRNAs will boost vaccines and therapies for lung conditions

Inhalable mRNAs will boost vaccines and therapies for l...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 3

Delivering mRNAs to the cells lining the nose and lungs will make vaccines more ...

Wiping stem cells 'clean' could make them easier to produce

Wiping stem cells 'clean' could make them easier to pro...

SIN Aug 17, 2023 0 29

A technique for reprogramming adult cells that removes any trace of their origin...

Ötzi the iceman was dark-skinned and balding, suggests genome analysis

Ötzi the iceman was dark-skinned and balding, suggests ...

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 21

The genome of Ötzi, the 5300-year-old mummified man found in the Alps, was first...

Springy ice seen for the first time may explain how clouds make rain

Springy ice seen for the first time may explain how clo...

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 3

Clouds are made up of many tiny drops of liquid water suspended at temperatures ...

Is climate change accelerating and is it worse than we expected?

Is climate change accelerating and is it worse than we ...

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 3

With temperature records tumbling, it is only natural to worry about cascading t...

What made July 2023 the hottest month ever recorded?

What made July 2023 the hottest month ever recorded?

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 4

Extreme weather and temperatures made July 2023 a shocking month, with human-dri...

Are there really big cats roaming the UK countryside?

Are there really big cats roaming the UK countryside?

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 4

The documentary Panthera Britannia Declassified claims to show clear evidence of...

Air-purifying lampshade reduces indoor pollution via chemical reaction

Air-purifying lampshade reduces indoor pollution via ch...

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 2

A lampshade coated in either a copper or iron substance removes indoor air pollu...

Sick blackbirds go to bed earlier just like us

Sick blackbirds go to bed earlier just like us

SIN Aug 16, 2023 0 3

Blackbirds given an injection that mimics a bacterial infection remained active ...

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