Astrophysics

How could we make a solar eclipse happen every day?

How could we make a solar eclipse happen every day?

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 30

Total solar eclipses are astonishing, but travelling to get to one is less so – ...

How India has slowly but surely become a major player in space

How India has slowly but surely become a major player i...

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 33

India’s space agency has been remarkably successful in recent years, growing the...

Australia places A$1 billion bet on quantum computing firm PsiQuantum

Australia places A$1 billion bet on quantum computing f...

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 56

A joint investment by the Australian federal government and the government of Qu...

India is poised to become a climate leader, but is it up to the task?

India is poised to become a climate leader, but is it u...

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 34

As the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, climate policy decisio...

Foxes' skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow

Foxes' skulls are specially adapted for diving into snow

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 23

Red foxes and Arctic foxes dive headfirst into snow at up to 4 metres per second...

Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tackling emissions

Plastic pollution treaty would be 'failure' without tac...

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 20

Plastic production is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than flying ...

English oaks can withstand warming – but other trees will struggle

English oaks can withstand warming – but other trees wi...

SIN Apr 30, 2024 0 43

Climate change means many tree species planted today in Europe won’t survive to ...

Genetically modified golden rice may yet succeed in the Philippines

Genetically modified golden rice may yet succeed in the...

SIN Apr 29, 2024 0 25

A court in the Philippines revoked the permit to grow rice genetically modified ...

Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil and contaminate food

Toxic chemicals from car tyres can get into soil and co...

SIN Apr 29, 2024 0 30

Governments need to take action to protect people from potentially toxic additiv...

AI that determines risk of death helps save lives in hospital trial

AI that determines risk of death helps save lives in ho...

SIN Apr 29, 2024 0 59

An AI trained on the heart's electrical activity alerted physicians about patien...

Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions

Image-generating AI creates uncanny optical illusions

SIN Apr 29, 2024 0 26

Generative AI models designed to create images from text can be adapted to const...

How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic

How the US is preparing for a potential bird flu pandemic

SIN Apr 27, 2024 0 40

As the US grapples with an ongoing bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle, the countr...

Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a century ago

Bowhead whales still harmed from whaling that ended a c...

SIN Apr 27, 2024 0 46

Commercial bowhead whaling ended in the early 20th century, but the industry’s l...

Rare mutation that causes short stature may shed light on ageing

Rare mutation that causes short stature may shed light ...

SIN Apr 27, 2024 0 26

The genetic variant, which causes people to be insensitive to growth hormone, ma...

5 extraordinary ideas about the mind and what it means to be conscious

5 extraordinary ideas about the mind and what it means ...

SIN Apr 27, 2024 0 26

To celebrate the launch of our new event series in the US, kicking off with a ma...

Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly inseminate the uterus

Alpacas are the only mammals known to directly insemina...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 28

When alpacas mate, males deposit sperm directly into the uterus, a reproductive ...

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