Astrophysics

‘Peaceful’ male bonobos may actually be more aggressive than chimps

‘Peaceful’ male bonobos may actually be more aggressive...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 3

Bonobos have long been regarded as the peaceful ape, in sharp contrast with viol...

Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhouse gases

Arctic permafrost is now a net source of major greenhou...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 2

An Arctic-wide survey has found that the permafrost region is emitting more carb...

Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s newest species

Untangling the enigmatic origins of the human family’s ...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 24

Five years ago, a fossil found in the Philippines was determined to be from a ne...

Chatbots can persuade conspiracy theorists their view might be wrong

Chatbots can persuade conspiracy theorists their view m...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 4

After a short conversation with an artificial intelligence, people’s belief in a...

Water purifier is powered by static electricity from your body

Water purifier is powered by static electricity from yo...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 3

A 10-minute walk can build up enough static electricity to power a battery-free ...

Embryos pause development when nutrients are low — and now we know how

Embryos pause development when nutrients are low — and ...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 18

Embryos seem to have a sensor that picks up when nutrients are scarce, prompting...

AI can spot parasites in stool samples to help diagnose infections

AI can spot parasites in stool samples to help diagnose...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 19

About 1.5 billion people worldwide carry a risk of conditions including malnutri...

A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure inside algae

A bacterium has evolved into a new cellular structure i...

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 22

A once-independent bacterium has evolved into an organelle that provides nitroge...

Quantum 'supersolid' matter stirred using magnets

Quantum 'supersolid' matter stirred using magnets

SIN Apr 12, 2024 0 27

We can’t stir ordinary solids, but one research team now claims to have stirred ...

How Peter Higgs revealed the forces that hold the universe together

How Peter Higgs revealed the forces that hold the unive...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 7

The physicist Peter Higgs quietly revolutionised quantum field theory, then live...

Testing drugs on mini-cancers in the lab may reveal best treatment

Testing drugs on mini-cancers in the lab may reveal bes...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 2

A small early-stage trial of the approach, which involves testing dozens of drug...

Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species

Air pollution can make insects mate with the wrong species

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 1

Ground-level ozone, a product of pollution from cars, degrades insect pheromones...

Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring aliens

Planets that look alike might be a sign of spacefaring ...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 4

We don’t know what alien life might look like, but if other civilisations can co...

Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by skin bacteria

Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by skin ba...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 1

The skin microbiome may be a bigger cause of post-operative wound infections tha...

Some of our favourite songs make us sad, which may be why we like them

Some of our favourite songs make us sad, which may be w...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 3

Our favourite sad songs seem to become less enjoyable when we try to take the em...

Watch mini humanoid robots showing off their football skills

Watch mini humanoid robots showing off their football s...

SIN Apr 11, 2024 0 1

These soccer-playing robots can respond faster than ones trained in a standard w...

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