Astrophysics

'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance with a black hole

'Unluckiest star' may be trapped in deadly dance with a...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 12

A star in a distant galaxy appears to have been almost torn apart in a close sha...

Why we can't afford to ignore the world's smallest freshwater bodies

Why we can't afford to ignore the world's smallest fres...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 8

Ponds have long been neglected by science, but we can't overlook these diverse a...

Babies group together their squeals and growls to prepare for speech

Babies group together their squeals and growls to prepa...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 4

Babies seem to cluster together their squeals and growling noises, rather than m...

Smartphone use can actually help teenagers boost their mood

Smartphone use can actually help teenagers boost their ...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 24

A survey of 253 US teens has found that, on average, their mood lifted after usi...

Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic is less than feared

Risk of bird flu outbreak in cows causing pandemic is l...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 4

Cow udders have lots of bird-like flu virus receptors but no human-like ones, a ...

Don't be fooled by El Niño's end – net zero is more urgent than ever

Don't be fooled by El Niño's end – net zero is more urg...

SIN May 30, 2024 0 4

The El Niño climate pattern has contributed to a year of record-breaking tempera...

Parkinson’s disease could be prevented by a recent tetanus vaccine

Parkinson’s disease could be prevented by a recent teta...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 4

People who have had a recent vaccine against tetanus appear to be less likely to...

What would happen if we pulled out Mars’s iron core with a magnet?

What would happen if we pulled out Mars’s iron core wit...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 4

Mars is a planet much beloved and much maligned, and in this episode of Dead Pla...

Starship launch 4: When is the next SpaceX test flight planned?

Starship launch 4: When is the next SpaceX test flight ...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 4

SpaceX is getting ready to launch its massive Starship rocket, perhaps as soon a...

Can Google fix its disastrous new AI search tool?

Can Google fix its disastrous new AI search tool?

SIN May 29, 2024 0 4

Google's AI Overviews tool can offer impressive answers to search queries, but i...

Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest known attempt at treating cancer

Ancient Egyptian skull shows oldest known attempt at tr...

SIN May 29, 2024 0 2

Cut marks on a 4000-year-old skull suggest ancient Egyptian doctors tried to tre...

Hackers are using AI to find software bugs - but there is a downside

Hackers are using AI to find software bugs - but there ...

SIN May 28, 2024 0 19

Artificial intelligence models similar to ChatGPT are able to identify errors in...

Can seaweed provide the minerals we need for clean energy?

Can seaweed provide the minerals we need for clean energy?

SIN May 28, 2024 0 23

Mining for minerals needed for wind turbines and other clean energy technologies...

Active lava flows on Venus raise the stakes for future exploration

Active lava flows on Venus raise the stakes for future ...

SIN May 27, 2024 0 3

Observations made by the Magellan spacecraft in the 1990s include signs of recen...

Asthma treated in mice using offshoot of CAR T-cell cancer therapy

Asthma treated in mice using offshoot of CAR T-cell can...

SIN May 27, 2024 0 22

A single dose of genetically engineered immune cells reduced asthma symptoms in ...

Quantum 'arrow of time' suggests early universe had no entanglement

Quantum 'arrow of time' suggests early universe had no ...

SIN May 27, 2024 0 22

One way to explain why time only moves forward is the quantum arrow of time, and...

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