Astrophysics

You probably don't need 8 hours of sleep for a healthy brain

You probably don't need 8 hours of sleep for a healthy ...

SIN Oct 30, 2023 0 24

Largest analysis of brain scanning data yet suggests concerns about getting 7-to...

Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avoid getting eaten

Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avoid ge...

SIN Oct 30, 2023 0 27

Several species of flies, moths and planthoppers look so much like their jumping...

Gaza's phone and internet services have completely collapsed

Gaza's phone and internet services have completely coll...

SIN Oct 28, 2023 0 31

Palestinian telecommunications companies say that Israeli military bombardment o...

Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time

Mouse embryos have been grown in space for the first time

SIN Oct 28, 2023 0 25

An experiment on the International Space Station suggests early embryo developme...

Food waste in US landfills produces emissions equal to 12 million cars

Food waste in US landfills produces emissions equal to ...

SIN Oct 28, 2023 0 23

More than a third of food produced in the US goes to waste. Most of it ends up i...

We may now know how ketamine can treat depression for so long

We may now know how ketamine can treat depression for s...

SIN Oct 28, 2023 0 51

Ketamine becomes trapped inside certain receptors in the brains of mice – and th...

Home stool test detects bowel cancer with over 90 per cent accuracy

Home stool test detects bowel cancer with over 90 per c...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 29

A screening test for bowel cancer that looks for RNA in stools can be done at ho...

The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been blown into shape by the wind

The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been blown into shape...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 27

As rock is carved by the wind, it can take on a sphinx-like shape, meaning the G...

Plant presumed extinct sprouts in a road after more than 40 years

Plant presumed extinct sprouts in a road after more tha...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 19

The mini galaxy plant was found flowering on a gravel road after no official sig...

Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a black hole’s birth

Strange supernova blasts hint we have glimpsed a black ...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 44

Mysterious rhythmic bursts of light from a supernova hint that it has become a c...

Why 7 million UK smart meters will stop working and what it will mean

Why 7 million UK smart meters will stop working and wha...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 27

Household smart meters give a live summary of energy usage and its cost – but th...

Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-sized charged atoms

Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-sized ch...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 37

A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from an engine, and now ...

Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its own web

Flatworm caught hunting and killing spider on its own web

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 24

Flatworms are slow-moving predators with poor vision, but one of them managed to...

Fastest ever semiconductor could massively speed up computer chips

Fastest ever semiconductor could massively speed up com...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 58

A record-breaking superatomic semiconductor material allows particles to travers...

Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteria-killing viruses

Our cells may boost their health by eating bacteria-kil...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 28

Viruses that infect bacteria – called phages – are abundant in our bodies, and t...

Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live long enough

Most mammals go through the menopause - if they live lo...

SIN Oct 27, 2023 0 24

The majority of female mammals stop producing eggs long before the end of their ...

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