Astrophysics

Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures in paper money

Benjamin Franklin put early anti-counterfeit measures i...

SIN Jul 18, 2023 0 3

The first scientific study of 18th-century paper money printed by Benjamin Frank...

Wiggly chair that mimics jogging provides some benefits of exercise

Wiggly chair that mimics jogging provides some benefits...

SIN Jul 18, 2023 0 3

The head movements that come from some kinds of exercise may bathe brain cells i...

Death Valley may have just had the hottest recorded midnight ever

Death Valley may have just had the hottest recorded mid...

SIN Jul 18, 2023 0 3

Between 12am and 1am on 17 July, a weather station in Death Valley, California m...

JWST may have spotted enormous stars powered by dark matter

JWST may have spotted enormous stars powered by dark ma...

SIN Jul 18, 2023 0 28

The early universe could be home to huge stars powered by dark matter annihilati...

Google AI helps doctors decide whether to trust diagnoses made by AI

Google AI helps doctors decide whether to trust diagnos...

SIN Jul 17, 2023 0 4

Knowing when to say “I don’t know” is a key issue for artificial intelligence to...

Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the green...

SIN Jul 17, 2023 0 4

In research presented in 1856, Eunice Newton Foote described how tubes of gas he...

Bolivia's surging deforestation alarms environmentalists

Bolivia's surging deforestation alarms environmentalists

SIN Jul 17, 2023 0 5

Bolivia accounts for 9 per cent of all primary forest lost across the globe, and...

ADHD diagnoses in UK men grew nearly 20-fold in 18 years

ADHD diagnoses in UK men grew nearly 20-fold in 18 years

SIN Jul 17, 2023 0 3

An increased awareness of ADHD symptoms in adulthood may be prompting people to ...

Chandrayaan-3: India's Successful Mission to the Lunar Surface

Chandrayaan-3: India's Successful Mission to the Lunar ...

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 509

Chandrayaan-3: India's Successful Mission to the Lunar Surface

World's smallest baleen whale is the last of its kind

World's smallest baleen whale is the last of its kind

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 3

Pygmy right whales are evolutionarily distinct and may be part of a whale family...

Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads for a week

Biggest-yet quasicrystal made by shaking metal beads fo...

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 8

A researcher won a bet by performing an experiment a colleague said wouldn't wor...

Hollywood actors strike over use of AI in films and other issues

Hollywood actors strike over use of AI in films and oth...

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 3

The US actors’ union is striking over disagreement with Hollywood studios about ...

Bizarre portal-like ‘ring wormholes’ could let you time travel

Bizarre portal-like ‘ring wormholes’ could let you time...

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 4

A ring wormhole is one that you could simply step through, like a portal through...

Parkinson's disease: Exercise may stop crucial neurons from degrading

Parkinson's disease: Exercise may stop crucial neurons ...

SIN Jul 15, 2023 0 3

Regular exercise prevents neurons crucial for movement from degrading in rats wi...

Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year

Animals abandon deep-sea mining areas for over a year

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 4

Fish, shrimp and other creatures were found in much lower numbers 13 months afte...

Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus inside

Fossil of pregnant ground sloth discovered with fetus i...

SIN Jul 14, 2023 0 4

Found in a Brazilian cave, the remarkable specimen of a ground sloth fetus insid...

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