Astrophysics

Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with greater speed and agility

Robotic mouse with flexible spine moves with greater sp...

SIN Dec 7, 2023 0 28

Most robots lack a flexible spine, so researchers created a 3D-printed mouse wit...

Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its highest flight yet

Space Force’s secretive space plane is making its highe...

SIN Dec 7, 2023 0 46

The US Space Force is launching its mysterious X-37B space plane on 10 December ...

COP28: The biggest climate wins and flops from the first week

COP28: The biggest climate wins and flops from the firs...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 21

Much of the world pledged to triple renewable energy this decade – except some o...

Why adding water when you grind coffee beans makes for a better brew

Why adding water when you grind coffee beans makes for ...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 49

Coffee aficionados often add a drop of water to their beans before grinding – no...

Google says its Gemini AI outperforms both GPT-4 and expert humans

Google says its Gemini AI outperforms both GPT-4 and ex...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 21

The Gemini artificial intelligence comes in a variety of sizes, with Google sayi...

The placebo effect means painkillers may work better with side effects

The placebo effect means painkillers may work better wi...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 52

A painkilling nasal spray was better at relieving people's discomfort when it ca...

Roo-ver: Australia's first moon rover has name chosen in public vote

Roo-ver: Australia's first moon rover has name chosen i...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 43

The Australian Space Agency is working on plans for its first moon rover, which ...

Gesturing as you talk may help you speak a new language like a local

Gesturing as you talk may help you speak a new language...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 29

Talking with your hands may help you stress the correct parts of words as you le...

Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons

Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exosk...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 18

Spinning locusts in a centrifuge to mimic hypergravity seems to cause their exos...

We can trigger positive tipping points to cut carbon emissions faster

We can trigger positive tipping points to cut carbon em...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 22

Governments should be aiming to trigger technological, economic and social tippi...

Major climate tipping points could be triggered within a decade

Major climate tipping points could be triggered within ...

SIN Dec 6, 2023 0 39

We are getting close to triggering irreversible changes that will have catastrop...

Drug prevents fentanyl overdose for a month in monkeys

Drug prevents fentanyl overdose for a month in monkeys

SIN Dec 5, 2023 0 25

A single dose of a novel antibody medication can bind to fentanyl and prevent th...

Removing zombie-like cells may help treat multiple sclerosis

Removing zombie-like cells may help treat multiple scle...

SIN Dec 5, 2023 0 25

Senolytic drugs can clear away worn and damaged “zombie” immune cells that are r...

AI can tell which chateau Bordeaux wines come from with 100% accuracy

AI can tell which chateau Bordeaux wines come from with...

SIN Dec 5, 2023 0 27

A machine-learning algorithm was able to tell which estate 80 Bordeaux red wines...

2023 saw thrilling space missions and new cosmic mysteries

2023 saw thrilling space missions and new cosmic mysteries

SIN Dec 5, 2023 0 37

The past year gave us thrilling missions to Jupiter and the moon, stunning image...

Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened by fishing

Shipwrecks are havens for wildlife in areas threatened ...

SIN Dec 5, 2023 0 38

In areas of the sea affected by bottom trawling, marine life is more abundant in...

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