Astrophysics

Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while using less energy

Quantum computer quickly mines cryptocurrency while usi...

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 37

A superconducting quantum computer is part of a network that is mining an experi...

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timekeeping

First working nuclear clock heralds a new era in timeke...

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 39

A clock based on radioactive thorium atoms realises a long-held ambition, demons...

El Niño has started and the weather could get weird

El Niño has started and the weather could get weird

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 29

Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it...

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

‘Forgotten’ pollutants cause 15 per cent of global warming

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 33

So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile orga...

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

Have we finally worked out how Venus flytraps snap shut?

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 26

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells cau...

Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal networks

Global map reveals the vast scale of underground fungal...

SIN Jun 12, 2026 0 28

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand h...

Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion

Toy universe shows that time could be a quantum illusion

SIN Jun 11, 2026 0 24

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time...

Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer benefits of quitting

Ditching cigarettes for vapes may curb the cancer benef...

SIN Jun 11, 2026 0 26

A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are mo...

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘necropolis’

Millions of fossil whale bones found in deep-ocean ‘nec...

SIN Jun 11, 2026 0 27

Researchers diving 7 kilometres deep in a crewed submersible have discovered a v...

Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap recording

Wolves seen hunting European bison in rare camera-trap ...

SIN Jun 11, 2026 0 28

Europe’s largest land animal, the bison, is thought to be relatively unthreatene...

A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy the ozone layer

A nuclear war between India and Pakistan could destroy ...

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 23

Climate models suggest a small nuclear war in the tropics would do even more dam...

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for the first time

Fully autonomous drones have killed human soldiers for ...

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 30

A senior figure in the Ukrainian defence industry told New Scientist that a test...

A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic about driverless cars

A Waymo nearly hit me, but I'm still optimistic about d...

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 29

A near miss with a Waymo while cycling through London hasn't changed my optimist...

Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deciders of war

Robots are about to overtake armed soldiers as the deci...

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 27

Uncrewed ground vehicles have already been tested for defending the front line b...

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

Iron Age Britons may have removed the brains of the dead

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 27

Scrape marks inside a skull and sharpened limb bones in a set of remains found i...

Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundreds of species

Frozen squirrel scat preserves ancient DNA from hundred...

SIN Jun 10, 2026 0 31

A complex ecosystem of woolly mammoths, bison, horses and big cats has been eluc...

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