Astrophysics

Weird floating crystals can stop stars ageing for billions of years

Weird floating crystals can stop stars ageing for billi...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 56

Some white dwarfs seem to stop ageing for billions of years, and this may be due...

Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans

Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 53

Korolevo, a site in Ukraine where early humans made stone tools, has been dated ...

US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because they are sinking

US coastal cities face higher 2050 flood risk because t...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 26

The sinking of land caused by the extraction of water and fossil fuels is exacer...

Is the wooly mammoth really on the brink of being resurrected?

Is the wooly mammoth really on the brink of being resur...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 41

A company called Colossal claims it has taken a "momentous step" towards bringin...

Australia could launch its first private orbital rocket within weeks

Australia could launch its first private orbital rocket...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 57

Gilmour Space Technologies is awaiting approval from the Australian Space Agency...

Wearing make-up during exercise may harm your skin health

Wearing make-up during exercise may harm your skin health

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 46

Our skin's pores normally enlarge when we exercise, but this appears to be hinde...

Walking 10,000 steps a day really does seem to make us healthier

Walking 10,000 steps a day really does seem to make us ...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 28

The much-touted advice to take 10,000 steps a day for our health has been accuse...

Surprise decision not to define the Anthropocene shocks scientists

Surprise decision not to define the Anthropocene shocks...

SIN Mar 6, 2024 0 28

A proposal to define the Anthropocene, a geologic epoch defined by human activit...

How to view an eclipse safely and what to look for in eclipse glasses

How to view an eclipse safely and what to look for in e...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 28

Follow these tips to have a safe viewing experience during the upcoming North Am...

JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons around other planets

JWST will officially begin searching for exomoons aroun...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 57

Five exomoon programmes have been picked for the James Webb Space Telescope, rai...

US Army tests AI chatbots as battle planners in a war game simulation

US Army tests AI chatbots as battle planners in a war g...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 56

Researchers in the US Army are experimenting with commercial AI chatbots as batt...

Blue cheese could get an upgrade thanks to new mould hybrids

Blue cheese could get an upgrade thanks to new mould hy...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 42

Five new varieties of Penicillium roqueforti, the fungus used to make blue chees...

Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

Asian elephants seen burying their dead for the first time

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 26

Five elephant calves have been found buried in drainage ditches on tea-growing e...

Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

Earliest known sex chromosomes evolved in octopuses

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 48

Genetic analysis of the California two-spot octopus reveals that the species has...

Storks refine their migration routes as they learn from experience

Storks refine their migration routes as they learn from...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 23

Tracking data shows that young white storks spend more time exploring new places...

Eerie green sunsets after 1883 Krakatoa eruption finally explained

Eerie green sunsets after 1883 Krakatoa eruption finall...

SIN Mar 5, 2024 0 24

Mysterious green sunsets were reported after the massive eruption of Krakatoa in...

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