Astrophysics

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10 times easier

Breaking encryption with a quantum computer just got 10...

SIN Feb 25, 2026 0 12

The commonly used RSA encryption algorithm can now be cracked by a quantum compu...

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations

AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game...

SIN Feb 25, 2026 0 23

Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in si...

Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – it’s a lottery

Rapamycin can add years to your life, or none at all – ...

SIN Feb 25, 2026 0 10

The drug rapamycin has been held up for its life-extending properties, but wheth...

Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family groups

Cannibalism may explain why some orcas stay in family g...

SIN Feb 25, 2026 0 27

Fins washing up in the North Pacific suggest that orcas from one subspecies are ...

Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disrupt pigmentation

Landmark vitiligo cream targets immune cells that disru...

SIN Feb 24, 2026 0 9

A cream that directly disrupts the underlying causes of the skin patches seen in...

Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible

Loophole found that makes quantum cloning possible

SIN Feb 24, 2026 0 19

Duplicating the information held in quantum computers was thought to be impossib...

Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision with Titan

Saturn’s rings may have formed after a huge collision w...

SIN Feb 24, 2026 0 11

Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, may have been even more instrumental to the s...

Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of writing

Stone Age symbols may push back the earliest form of wr...

SIN Feb 24, 2026 0 10

Mysterious signs engraved on objects reveal that a form of proto-writing may hav...

Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer against ageing

Birdwatching may reshape the brain and build its buffer...

SIN Feb 24, 2026 0 9

Expert birdwatchers have changes in their brain structure compared with novices,...

A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature

A horse's whinny is unlike any other sound in nature

SIN Feb 23, 2026 0 13

Horses use their larynx to make two sounds simultaneously, so they are effective...

Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or workers

Everyone's a queen: The ant species with no males or wo...

SIN Feb 23, 2026 0 14

Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexua...

Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and children

Brutal Iron Age massacre may have targeted women and ch...

SIN Feb 23, 2026 0 9

An examination of bones has revealed one of the largest prehistoric mass killing...

Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever chemicals

Fish-based pet food may expose cats and dogs to forever...

SIN Feb 21, 2026 0 12

A survey of 100 commercial foods for dogs and cats revealed that PFAS chemicals ...

Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals new drug targets

Fresh understanding of the causes of migraine reveals n...

SIN Feb 20, 2026 0 18

New insights into the causes of migraine is prompting a fresh look at a drug tar...

We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the known universe

We've spotted the strongest microwave laser in the know...

SIN Feb 20, 2026 0 19

Colliding galaxies can create a beam of focused microwave radiation known as a m...

Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilisation on K2-18b

Search for radio signals finds no hint of alien civilis...

SIN Feb 20, 2026 0 10

Planet K2-18b, an apparent water world 124 light years away, has been seen as a ...

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