Astrophysics

50,000-year-old picture of a pig is the oldest known narrative art

50,000-year-old picture of a pig is the oldest known na...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 26

A new radiometric dating technique reveals that cave paintings on Sulawesi, Indo...

Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 million years ago

Giant salamander-like predator roamed Namibia 280 milli...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 25

A fossil found in the Namib desert has been described as a 2.5-metre long predat...

More than 100 shark species may face major population declines by 2100

More than 100 shark species may face major population d...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 64

The egg hatch rate of one shark species may plummet by up to 90 per cent by the ...

Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on quantum computers

Multiple nations enact mysterious export controls on qu...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 28

Identical wording placing limits on the export of quantum computers has appeared...

Computer viruses can spread by using ChatGPT to write sneaky emails

Computer viruses can spread by using ChatGPT to write s...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 21

Large language models can be abused by malware to help them avoid detection and ...

Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit by a tsunami

Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 22

Twenty people may have died 2000 years ago when an Iron Age bridge suddenly coll...

Tiny chip could enable super-secure quantum Wi-Fi

Tiny chip could enable super-secure quantum Wi-Fi

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 28

A 1.8-millimetre-wide silicon chip with over 1000 components could help quantum ...

Thousands of US dams may be unprepared for extreme rain

Thousands of US dams may be unprepared for extreme rain

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 20

Many dams in the US were designed decades ago using estimates of precipitation b...

The temperature of your face could help diagnose medical conditions

The temperature of your face could help diagnose medica...

SIN Jul 3, 2024 0 32

Small changes to the temperature of your cheeks, nose and around your eyes could...

Ants amputate their nestmates’ limbs to save them from infection

Ants amputate their nestmates’ limbs to save them from ...

SIN Jul 2, 2024 0 21

Ants are one of the few animals that tend to the injuries of their peers, and no...

AI can predict how monkeys play Pac-Man

AI can predict how monkeys play Pac-Man

SIN Jul 2, 2024 0 31

An AI model learned to predict the choices made by monkeys and their eye movemen...

Incredibly complex mazes discovered in structure of bizarre crystals

Incredibly complex mazes discovered in structure of biz...

SIN Jul 2, 2024 0 20

The atoms within quasicrystals are arranged in repeating forms, but unlike ordin...

Canned water made from air and sunlight to hit US stores in September

Canned water made from air and sunlight to hit US store...

SIN Jul 2, 2024 0 23

US company Source, which makes solar panels that produce drinking water from moi...

Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for 12,000 years

Ancient artefacts suggest Australian ritual endured for...

SIN Jul 1, 2024 0 31

Wooden sticks found in an Australian cave appear to match the accounts of a 19th...

Baby-led weaning makes little nutritional difference vs spoon-feeding

Baby-led weaning makes little nutritional difference vs...

SIN Jul 1, 2024 0 24

Despite its growing popularity, there has been little scientific investigation i...

Solar boom has replaced farmland that could feed millions of people

Solar boom has replaced farmland that could feed millio...

SIN Jul 1, 2024 0 34

More than 1300 square kilometres of cropland worldwide was covered by solar pane...

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