Astrophysics

Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature of the vacuum

Lasers fired at crystals could uncover quantum nature o...

SIN Nov 18, 2023 0 21

Ultra-short laser pulses may allow us to measure entanglement in a way that answ...

The pandemic helped some children develop their vocabulary

The pandemic helped some children develop their vocabulary

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 25

Some preschool children in Canada scored higher on cognitive skills tests during...

Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate from your gut

Electronic pill monitors your breathing and heart rate ...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 21

A smart pill can accurately monitor your breathing and heart rate from inside yo...

Time seems to slow down when you're high – why does that happen?

Time seems to slow down when you're high – why does tha...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 21

Cannabis does strange things to our sense of time passing, possibly by over-exci...

Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

Why so many prehistoric monuments were painted red

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 25

Megaliths, or huge stones, were used for thousands of years to build monuments, ...

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this weekend

How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this weekend

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 33

The Leonids are known for their bright, fast-moving meteors. The shower will pea...

Genital herpes linked to accelerated brain shrinkage

Genital herpes linked to accelerated brain shrinkage

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 28

People who tested positive for the virus behind genital herpes tended to have re...

Dancing monkey hormones shed light on harmful street shows in Pakistan

Dancing monkey hormones shed light on harmful street sh...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 35

Stress hormone measurements highlight the poor welfare of monkeys trained to per...

Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

Vagus nerve stimulation may help treat drug addiction

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 25

Rats that received vagus nerve stimulation were less likely to seek out drugs th...

Bonobos are friendly with those outside their group – unlike chimps

Bonobos are friendly with those outside their group – u...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 43

The convivial nature of bonobos is in stark contrast to chimpanzees and may shed...

Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cut energy use

Cooling system could replace air con and drastically cu...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 49

A heat-pump-like system that relies on a phenomenon called electrocaloric coolin...

How the US and China talking AI safety could reduce nuclear war risk

How the US and China talking AI safety could reduce nuc...

SIN Nov 17, 2023 0 37

At a meeting between US president Biden and China president Xi, there was agreem...

COP28 must stick to 1.5°C target to save ice sheets, urge scientists

COP28 must stick to 1.5°C target to save ice sheets, ur...

SIN Nov 16, 2023 0 31

A report warns that 2°C of global warming would mean losing most of the world’s ...

COP28 must aim for 1.5°C target to save ice sheets, urge scientists

COP28 must aim for 1.5°C target to save ice sheets, urg...

SIN Nov 16, 2023 0 20

A report warns that 2°C of global warming would mean losing most of the world’s ...

Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolution in medicine

Sickle cell CRISPR 'cure' is the start of a revolution ...

SIN Nov 16, 2023 0 52

The approval of a CRISPR treatment, for sickle cell and beta thalassemia, is jus...

SpaceX Starship: What time is the launch and what could happen?

SpaceX Starship: What time is the launch and what could...

SIN Nov 16, 2023 0 50

Elon Musk's SpaceX is gearing up for the second ever launch of its massive Stars...

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