Astrophysics

We finally know why live music makes us so emotional

We finally know why live music makes us so emotional

SIN Feb 27, 2024 0 21

Hearing live music tugs at our heartstrings more than a recording, probably beca...

Hard-to-digest starch supplements may help people lose weight

Hard-to-digest starch supplements may help people lose ...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 25

A small trial has strengthened the idea that foods containing the special form o...

Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a planet

Weird white dwarf star has a metal scar after eating a ...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 22

Astronomers have spotted a white dwarf star with a patch of metal near one of it...

Mathematicians discover 'soft cell' shapes behind the natural world

Mathematicians discover 'soft cell' shapes behind the n...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 47

The mathematical study of how repeating tiles fit together usually involves poin...

Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your mental health

Resurrecting loved ones as AI 'ghosts' could harm your ...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 26

It may soon be possible to recreate the persona of someone who has died by train...

Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in known universe

Huge set of galaxies is set to form largest cluster in ...

SIN Feb 26, 2024 0 53

Astronomers have spotted a gargantuan protocluster – the primordial beginnings o...

Why science relies too much on mathematics

Why science relies too much on mathematics

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 31

Mathematics is at the heart of modern science but we shouldn’t forget other ways...

Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight global warming

Playing underwater sounds could help coral reefs fight ...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 45

Last year, the world's oceans broke many warming records. Environment reporter J...

Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and Uranus

Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and U...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 53

Astronomers have found a new moon around Uranus and two orbiting Neptune – the f...

Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum scale

Tiny magnet could help measure gravity on the quantum s...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 30

A device that measures minuscule gravitational forces could help us understand h...

Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean capture more carbon

Making wastewater less acidic could help the ocean capt...

SIN Feb 24, 2024 0 27

Adding alkaline chemicals to the huge volumes of wastewater discharged into the ...

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climate concerns

Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto dismissed early climat...

SIN Feb 23, 2024 0 35

Newly released emails have revealed that the pseudonymous creator of bitcoin was...

Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as steel

Martian soil could be turned into fibres as strong as s...

SIN Feb 23, 2024 0 17

A mimic of Martian soil can be turned into strong fibres. Such a material could ...

A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg

A robot dog has learned to open doors with its leg

SIN Feb 23, 2024 0 51

Four-legged robots typically need an arm to open doors or pick up objects, but t...

Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

SIN Feb 23, 2024 0 38

Biochemist Casimir Funk realised that certain compounds in our diet are essentia...

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

Does trophy hunting actually help animal conservation?

SIN Feb 23, 2024 0 31

It may seem counterintuitive, but trophy hunting leads to a lot of land being pr...

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