Astrophysics

Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

SIN Jun 27, 2024 0 22

A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a ...

Winter ‘sauna’ helps endangered frogs fight off fungal disease

Winter ‘sauna’ helps endangered frogs fight off fungal ...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 19

Warm retreats made using bricks in greenhouses give frogs a place to keep toasty...

'Bridge editing' could be even better at altering DNA than CRISPR

'Bridge editing' could be even better at altering DNA t...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 19

The CRISPR gene-editing technique has revolutionised biology, but now an even mo...

Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a quantum computer

Maxwell’s demon charges quantum batteries inside of a q...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 19

A technique to charge a battery inside a quantum computer relies on sorting qubi...

Could paying people to lose weight help tackle obesity?

Could paying people to lose weight help tackle obesity?

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 31

Financial incentives have helped people with obesity lose weight in trials, but ...

AI reads brain activity to reveal what part of a movie you're watching

AI reads brain activity to reveal what part of a movie ...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 27

An artificial intelligence could gauge what characters and locations people were...

$1m prize for AI that can solve puzzles that are simple for humans

$1m prize for AI that can solve puzzles that are simple...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 32

Deducing the correct pattern that links pairs of coloured grids is relatively ea...

AI can turn text into sign language – but it’s often unintelligible

AI can turn text into sign language – but it’s often un...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 42

Researchers have developed an AI model that can translate text into sign languag...

Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Dangerous mpox strain spreading in Democratic Republic ...

SIN Jun 26, 2024 0 19

A new strain of mpox transmitted mainly by heterosexual sex has emerged in a min...

Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells

Smiling robot face is made from living human skin cells

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 22

A technique for attaching a skin made from living human cells to a robotic frame...

What would happen if Earth was the centre of the solar system?

What would happen if Earth was the centre of the solar ...

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 35

Geocentrism, the idea that everything in the universe revolves around Earth, has...

Dazzling photos capture the unreal beauty of insects

Dazzling photos capture the unreal beauty of insects

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 30

Sleeping cuckoo bees, colourful cotton harlequin bugs and a thorny lacewing trap...

Three bright ideas that could fix fashion's environmental problems

Three bright ideas that could fix fashion's environment...

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 24

3D weaving technology, AI-designed fibres and leather made from waste fish scale...

Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accelerate melting

Warm water seeping under Antarctic ice sheets may accel...

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 26

As ice melts beneath Antarctica, warm ocean water can intrude further inland and...

China’s Chang’e 6 returns with first rocks from far side of the moon

China’s Chang’e 6 returns with first rocks from far sid...

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 29

The Chinese lunar spacecraft Chang’e 6 has touched down in Inner Mongolia, bring...

Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the health of millions

Little-studied pollutant from planes threatens the heal...

SIN Jun 25, 2024 0 24

More than 50 million people living near airports in Europe may be at risk of hea...

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