Astrophysics

Windows computers around the world are failing in a major outage

Windows computers around the world are failing in a maj...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 55

An update to a piece of software called CrowdStrike Falcon Sensor appears to be ...

New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the Tasman Sea

New species of Portuguese man o' war discovered in the ...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 81

Genetic analysis shows that there are four varieties of Portuguese man o’ war, o...

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 70

A jiggling robot has revealed the ideal vibrating speed to free jumbled fibres

Retinol's anti-ageing effects may work by changing your skin microbes

Retinol's anti-ageing effects may work by changing your...

SIN Jul 19, 2024 0 57

Retinol, which is commonly added to anti-ageing skincare products, may improve h...

NASA's cancelled moon rover calls 2026 crewed landing into question

NASA's cancelled moon rover calls 2026 crewed landing i...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 87

The VIPER moon rover was due to launch in 2025 but NASA has suddenly cancelled i...

Why the UK was so ill prepared for the covid-19 pandemic

Why the UK was so ill prepared for the covid-19 pandemic

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 45

The UK had no plans for preventing or limiting the spread of a covid-19-like inf...

Is sharing your smartphone PIN part of a healthy relationship?

Is sharing your smartphone PIN part of a healthy relati...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 50

Smartphones contain some of our most intimate data, but are you willing to share...

Many people think AI is already sentient - and that's a big problem

Many people think AI is already sentient - and that's a...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 57

A survey of people in the US has revealed the widespread belief that artificial ...

Are animals conscious? We’re finally realising that many species are

Are animals conscious? We’re finally realising that man...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 66

Science is at last confirming what many people have long suspected - that mammal...

Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with their wings

Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with thei...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 57

When ants try to invade their nest, Japanese honeybees flutter their wings and t...

Blood-thinning drug heparin may stop snakebite victims losing limbs

Blood-thinning drug heparin may stop snakebite victims ...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 62

Giving mice the blood-thinning drug heparin after they were injected with venom ...

Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be controlled with light

Tiny jellyfish robots made of ferrofluid can be control...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 64

Researchers combined hydrogel with magnetic ferrofluid to make small jellyfish r...

Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,000 years ago

Butchered bones hint humans were in South America 21,00...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 55

Prehistoric mammal bones found at a construction site in Argentina appear to hav...

In the race to ramp up renewables, we can't ignore heat storage

In the race to ramp up renewables, we can't ignore heat...

SIN Jul 18, 2024 0 68

Governments must step up if we are to make good on Thermal Energy Storage's prom...

Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

Sea slugs discovered working together to hunt in packs

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 62

Hunting in packs seems like a complex social behaviour, but it isn't limited to ...

Tiny solar-powered drones could stay in the air forever

Tiny solar-powered drones could stay in the air forever

SIN Jul 17, 2024 0 63

An aerial robot weighing 4 grams is powered by tiny solar panels that produce ex...

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