Astrophysics

Pickled snake in museum is a new species – but may already be extinct

Pickled snake in museum is a new species – but may alre...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 28

A snake kept in a museum in Zimbabwe since 1982 has been assigned to a new speci...

ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronaut Andreas Mogensen

ISS livestream: Watch a live link-up with astronaut And...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 20

ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen, commander on the International Space Station, an...

How asteroids can help us understand our place in the cosmos

How asteroids can help us understand our place in the c...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 43

With the recent launch of the Psyche mission and the return of samples from the ...

How to see the Draconid meteor shower peak tonight

How to see the Draconid meteor shower peak tonight

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 58

The Draconid meteor shower is happening between 6 and 10 October, peaking on 9 O...

Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago

Largest known solar storm struck Earth 14,300 years ago

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 22

By comparing the rings of 140 trees buried in the bank of a French river, resear...

Some of our cells move – and they do it by emitting lots of chemicals

Some of our cells move – and they do it by emitting lot...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 35

A mammalian cell cannot crawl just anywhere – computer simulations based on expe...

Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems linked to emotions

Placebos may ease pain by acting on brain systems linke...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 24

Placebos may minimise pain by decreasing activity in systems of the brain that r...

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision crop planting

Robots could make farms more biodiverse with precision ...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 20

Autonomous farm machinery may enable farmers to scale up the benefits of plant i...

Online game could deter people from being radicalised into terrorism

Online game could deter people from being radicalised i...

SIN Oct 9, 2023 0 63

Techniques developed to stop people believing conspiracy theories could be adapt...

Countries need to coordinate climate action, says former UK adviser

Countries need to coordinate climate action, says forme...

SIN Oct 8, 2023 0 32

Smaller groups of countries should be working together to coordinate on policies...

Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massive gamble

Why trying to photograph a black hole was a massive gamble

SIN Oct 8, 2023 0 23

Astronomers working on the Event Horizon Telescope project didn't know if their ...

JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born after the big bang

JWST should soon glimpse the very first stars born afte...

SIN Oct 7, 2023 0 33

The James Webb Space Telescope is looking ever further back in the universe’s hi...

Psychedelic health claims may be promoting risky self-medication

Psychedelic health claims may be promoting risky self-m...

SIN Oct 7, 2023 0 28

Psychedelics such as psilocybin can cause dangerous psychotic experiences and sh...

How the end of the universe was completely rewritten

How the end of the universe was completely rewritten

SIN Oct 7, 2023 0 30

Cosmologists in the 1960s thought they had the end of the universe worked out – ...

Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due to warming

Hybrid puffins may have emerged in the 20th century due...

SIN Oct 7, 2023 0 21

Genetic analysis suggests that two subspecies of Atlantic puffin began interbree...

Bing Chat AI tricked into solving CAPTCHA tests with simple lies

Bing Chat AI tricked into solving CAPTCHA tests with si...

SIN Oct 7, 2023 0 27

Microsoft's AI-powered Bing Chat can be tricked into solving anti-bot tests with...

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