Astrophysics

We seem to remember locations even if other parts of our memory fade

We seem to remember locations even if other parts of ou...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 54

Scientists have found that we generally remember where an object was located, bu...

Small dogs are more likely to have an extra row of teeth like sharks

Small dogs are more likely to have an extra row of teet...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 40

Some pet dogs retain their baby teeth, creating two rows that resemble the mouth...

Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrate

Brazilian flea toad may be the world’s smallest vertebrate

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 46

Male Brachycephalus pulex frogs are so small that two of them can sit side by si...

Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global warming

Quantum quirk explains why carbon dioxide causes global...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 83

A phenomenon called the Fermi resonance, which affects how molecules vibrate, is...

People who are blind can navigate indoors with a phone in their pocket

People who are blind can navigate indoors with a phone ...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 48

Two wayfinding apps use motion sensors and AI to help people who are blind navig...

Submerged wall could be the largest Stone Age megastructure in Europe

Submerged wall could be the largest Stone Age megastruc...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 43

A stone wall nearly a kilometre long found under the Baltic Sea may have been bu...

Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon lander

Intuitive Machines is about to launch its Odysseus moon...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 46

US company Intuitive Machines is launching its Odysseus lander towards the moon'...

Zinc provides new clue for why loud noise causes hearing loss

Zinc provides new clue for why loud noise causes hearin...

SIN Feb 13, 2024 0 69

Exposing mice to continuous loud noises changed the zinc levels in their inner e...

Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost stop spinning

Most newborn black holes spew gas so hard they almost s...

SIN Feb 12, 2024 0 58

When black holes are born from collapsing stars, they emit a short-lived jet tha...

Half of migratory animal species are in decline – many face extinction

Half of migratory animal species are in decline – many ...

SIN Feb 12, 2024 0 65

The first ever UN report into the state of migratory species suggests animals fr...

Babies in bilingual homes have distinct brain patterns at 4 months old

Babies in bilingual homes have distinct brain patterns ...

SIN Feb 12, 2024 0 45

Infants aged just 4 months old who live in a home where two languages are spoken...

Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may separate a particle from its momentum

Quantum Cheshire Cat effect may separate a particle fro...

SIN Feb 12, 2024 0 66

A quantum experiment that could separate a particle’s properties from its mass h...

Blood vessels made with 3D-printed ice could improve lab-grown organs

Blood vessels made with 3D-printed ice could improve la...

SIN Feb 10, 2024 0 47

Moulds of an organ's delicate blood vessel network can be made with 3D-printed i...

Atlantic current shutdown is a real danger, suggests simulation

Atlantic current shutdown is a real danger, suggests si...

SIN Feb 10, 2024 0 69

The most detailed computer model run so far shows that melting ice sheets could ...

Sensitive prosthetic lets man feel hot and cold in his missing hand

Sensitive prosthetic lets man feel hot and cold in his ...

SIN Feb 9, 2024 0 64

By applying heat or cold in certain locations on the upper arm, an adapted prost...

Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought

Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier tha...

SIN Feb 9, 2024 0 61

Our hominin ancestors originated in Africa and the consensus is that they didn't...

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