Astrophysics

World’s only lungless frog species actually does have lungs after all

World’s only lungless frog species actually does have l...

SIN May 20, 2024 0 55

The rare Bornean flat-headed frog was thought to be the only frog with no lungs,...

Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one can explain it

Incredible maths proof is so complex that almost no one...

SIN May 20, 2024 0 44

Mathematicians are celebrating a 1000-page proof of the geometric Langlands conj...

VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an owl

VR headset can give you 360-degree vision like an owl

SIN May 20, 2024 0 46

A virtual reality system and a head-mounted 360-degree camera make it possible t...

Heatwaves seem to be driving severe asthma flare-ups in children

Heatwaves seem to be driving severe asthma flare-ups in...

SIN May 20, 2024 0 31

Children are more likely to be hospitalised for asthma complications during a he...

Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility crisis

Physicists are grappling with their own reproducibility...

SIN May 18, 2024 0 58

A contentious meeting of physicists highlighted concerns, failures and possible ...

Keto diet may accelerate organ ageing

Keto diet may accelerate organ ageing

SIN May 18, 2024 0 44

In mice, a ketogenic diet increases the build-up of zombie-like cells in the hea...

Food 'addiction' should be treated like drug abuse, claim doctors

Food 'addiction' should be treated like drug abuse, cla...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 68

A group of doctors and scientists is getting behind the controversial idea that ...

Orchids feed their young through underground fungal connections

Orchids feed their young through underground fungal con...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 52

A common species of orchid seems to pass food packages to nearby seedlings, in a...

Nomads thrived in Greece after the collapse of the Roman Empire

Nomads thrived in Greece after the collapse of the Roma...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 28

Analysis of pollen in sediment cores from a large lake in Greece shows that noma...

Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI's power needs – they're wrong

Tech firms claim nuclear will solve AI's power needs – ...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 37

Some AI firms think nuclear power can help meet the electricity demand from Sili...

Fragile quantum entanglement may survive chaos of chemical reactions

Fragile quantum entanglement may survive chaos of chemi...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 52

Strange quantum characteristics of molecules can weather the chaos of chemical r...

Some brain injury patients would recover if life support weren't ended

Some brain injury patients would recover if life suppor...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 54

After comparing people with brain injuries whose life support was continued with...

AI noise-cancelling headphones let you focus on just one voice

AI noise-cancelling headphones let you focus on just on...

SIN May 17, 2024 0 59

You can blank out certain types of background noise and focus on just one conver...

A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramids of Egypt

A lost branch of the river Nile flowed past the pyramid...

SIN May 16, 2024 0 47

Soil core samples show an ancient riverbed under the desert near many Egyptian p...

Genetic mutation gives cats a 'salty liquorice' coat colour

Genetic mutation gives cats a 'salty liquorice' coat co...

SIN May 16, 2024 0 66

Researchers have discovered the gene variant responsible for a distinctive colou...

Virtual power plants could ease growing strain on US electric grid

Virtual power plants could ease growing strain on US el...

SIN May 16, 2024 0 25

Energy-saving networks that link smart devices, solar panels and batteries could...

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