Astrophysics

How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower as it peaks this weekend

How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower as it peaks ...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 3

The Perseids are a major meteor shower - here is your guide to spotting them dur...

Ultra-processed foods have a bad reputation – is it backed by science?

Ultra-processed foods have a bad reputation – is it bac...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 4

The relationship between ultra-processed foods and health isn’t as clear cut as ...

LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a superconductor

LK-99: Mounting evidence suggests material is not a sup...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 28

Following a flurry of replication attempts, the claim that LK-99 perfectly condu...

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight is about to launch

Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight is about t...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 4

Galactic-02, Virgin Galactic’s first mission to carry paying civilian customers ...

Gene variant that raises Alzheimer's risk may boost fertility in women

Gene variant that raises Alzheimer's risk may boost fer...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 3

The genetic variant APOE4 substantially raises the risk of Alzheimer's disease, ...

Ocean bacteria may be closest relatives of mitochondria in our cells

Ocean bacteria may be closest relatives of mitochondria...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 3

The closest living relatives of the bacteria that moved into the cells of a larg...

Fossilised reptile poo contains 200-million-year-old parasites

Fossilised reptile poo contains 200-million-year-old pa...

SIN Aug 10, 2023 0 4

Ancient faeces contains the first evidence that terrestrial vertebrates living d...

Brown dwarf is locked in a destructive 2-hour orbit with a tiny star

Brown dwarf is locked in a destructive 2-hour orbit wit...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 25

A “failed star” known as a brown dwarf is orbiting so tightly with a small star ...

Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones on Earth

Mars used to have wet and dry seasons similar to ones o...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 4

The Curiosity rover has discovered hexagonal patterns in ancient mud on the Red ...

'Demon' particle found in superconductor could explain how they work

'Demon' particle found in superconductor could explain ...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 26

A particle called Pines's demon has been seen inside a superconductor, decades a...

Will sinking tonnes of wood into the ocean help tackle climate change?

Will sinking tonnes of wood into the ocean help tackle ...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 29

Running Tide, a carbon-removal company in the US, has sunk more than 10,000 tonn...

How prehistoric people settled one of Earth’s most extreme places

How prehistoric people settled one of Earth’s most extr...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 29

Archaeologists previously believed the Tibetan plateau was one of the last place...

Crocodiles can sense how distressed human babies are from their cries

Crocodiles can sense how distressed human babies are fr...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 21

Predatory reptiles move quickly and aggressively towards the sound of babies cry...

The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and wildlife

The US is doing its biggest-ever survey of nature and w...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 23

The National Nature Assessment slated to be complete in 2026 will be the largest...

We know almost nothing about thousands of proteins in the human body

We know almost nothing about thousands of proteins in t...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 27

Scientists have created an "unknome" of proteins encoded by human genes, whose e...

Bots are better at beating ‘are you a robot?’ tests than humans are

Bots are better at beating ‘are you a robot?’ tests tha...

SIN Aug 9, 2023 0 5

The use of CAPTCHA tests to prove that website users are human and not bots migh...

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