Astrophysics

We're ignoring easy ways to encourage children to be physically active

We're ignoring easy ways to encourage children to be ph...

SIN Jul 25, 2024 0 4

Events like the Olympics and Paralympics can be inspiring. But to get more kids ...

Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-eating microbes

Trees have an extra climate benefit thanks to methane-e...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 4

Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is converted to CO2 by microbes in tree bark, ...

Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than ancient ones

Jurassic fossils show modern mammals grow faster than a...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 3

The 166-million-year-old fossils of an adult and a juvenile of the same extinct ...

We may finally know how the placebo effect relieves pain

We may finally know how the placebo effect relieves pain

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 3

A brain circuit discovered in mice could explain why placebo treatments ease pai...

Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoid radiation

Moon bases will need to be 3 metres underground to avoi...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 4

To keep long-term moon residents safe from harmful radiation, lunar bases will n...

Komodo dragons have teeth capped with a layer of iron

Komodo dragons have teeth capped with a layer of iron

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 3

An orange layer on the tips of Komodo dragons’ teeth may give the enamel extra s...

AI can predict tipping points for systems from forests to power grids

AI can predict tipping points for systems from forests ...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 5

Combining two neural networks has helped researchers predict potentially disastr...

Collision between boat and basking shark captured by camera tag

Collision between boat and basking shark captured by ca...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 3

Researchers are calling for greater protection for basking sharks after a camera...

Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds and stone tools

Neanderthal cooking skills put to the test with birds a...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 6

In an effort to understand ancient Neanderthal food preparation techniques, rese...

Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the heaviest ever

Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 – the...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 8

A method that helped create two atoms of the rare, super-heavy element livermori...

Can solar panels designed for space boost clean energy on Earth?

Can solar panels designed for space boost clean energy ...

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 3

Efficient solar panels have helped make solar power the cheapest form of energy ...

Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?

Could we set Uranus on fire to steal its hidden diamonds?

SIN Jul 24, 2024 0 12

It would be tricky to burn away the outer layers of Uranus, but doing so could r...

Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a flamethrower

Robot dog can stifle weeds by blasting them with a flam...

SIN Jul 23, 2024 0 4

A Spot robot armed with a flamethrower can locate weeds on farms and precisely h...

Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas

Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies ...

SIN Jul 23, 2024 0 4

The gas that surrounds galaxies appears to be more spread out than previously th...

How diseases like smallpox survived long ocean voyages

How diseases like smallpox survived long ocean voyages

SIN Jul 23, 2024 0 9

Modern mathematical tools reveal the conditions pathogens needed to remain activ...

Hundreds of Greenland's glacial lakes have burst since 2008

Hundreds of Greenland's glacial lakes have burst since ...

SIN Jul 23, 2024 0 6

Using satellite data, researchers identified hundreds of glacial lakes in Greenl...

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