Astrophysics

Spare a moment to think about the possibilities in our eternal future

Spare a moment to think about the possibilities in our ...

SIN Jan 4, 2024 0 46

Cosmology has transformed our understanding of time past and the aeons to come, ...

Zapping the brain with electricity makes us easier to hypnotise

Zapping the brain with electricity makes us easier to h...

SIN Jan 4, 2024 0 66

Electrically stimulating part of the brain makes people more susceptible to hypn...

Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at risk of extinction

Sharp decline of African birds of prey puts them at ris...

SIN Jan 4, 2024 0 37

The populations of species including bateleurs and secretary birds have fallen p...

Humanoid robot acts out prompts like it's playing charades

Humanoid robot acts out prompts like it's playing charades

SIN Jan 4, 2024 0 52

A large language model can translate written instructions into code for a robot’...

There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go extinct, say scientists

There’s a 5% chance of AI causing humans to go extinct,...

SIN Jan 4, 2024 0 38

In the largest survey yet of AI researchers, a majority say there is a non-trivi...

Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark vessels’

Most large fishing boats go untracked as ‘dark vessels’

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 84

An AI analysis of satellite images reveals fishing, shipping and offshore develo...

Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Membrane-destroying drug works against antibiotic-resis...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 39

A newly discovered drug treated infections in mice caused by a strain of bacteri...

1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosynthesis evolved

1.75-billion-year-old fossils help explain how photosyn...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 38

Fossilised bacteria from Australia contain the earliest evidence of photosynthet...

How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 January

How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 Ja...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 48

The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight...

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and releasing them

Sharks can be deterred from beaches by catching and rel...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 75

A non-lethal method of catching great white sharks and releasing them 500 metres...

Strange material made of soap could be used for photosynthesis

Strange material made of soap could be used for photosy...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 54

The first ever soap films with chemically distinct sides are a step towards chea...

Severe covid-19 infections linked to increased risk of schizophrenia

Severe covid-19 infections linked to increased risk of ...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 45

People with severe covid-19 infections are more than 4 times as likely to later ...

Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not everyone agrees

Tiny T. rex fossils may be distinct species – but not e...

SIN Jan 3, 2024 0 52

Palaeontologists can’t agree on whether fossils from several small dinosaurs rep...

Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno ...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 69

NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Io on 30 December and took one of our best pict...

Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted 500,000 people

Vast submerged area near Australia may once have hosted...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 54

An area of the seabed north of Australia has been mapped in detail for the first...

In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punched by NASA

In 2024 the Hera mission will revisit the asteroid punc...

SIN Jan 2, 2024 0 76

NASA’s DART mission slammed into the asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, and the Europea...

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