Astrophysics

Giant sequoia trees are growing surprisingly quickly in...

Since their introduction in the 1800s, giant sequoia trees in the UK have grown ...

Why does the US want to ban TikTok?

The US House of Representatives is voting on a bill that would require TikTok’s ...

Storm-proofing 1% of power lines protects entire grid f...

Researchers simulated the wind damage from seven historical hurricanes to identi...

US government wants to tax bitcoin to reduce its enviro...

The computers that secure cryptocurrencies like bitcoin consume large amounts of...

How to see the incredible comet 12P/Pons-Brooks tonight

Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks orbits the sun every 71 years and is currently making its ...

Plants send out 'distress calls' – but can other plants...

Some studies have claimed that plants emit sounds when stressed and might percei...

The surprising ways animals react to a total solar eclipse

When the moon hides the sun in a total solar eclipse, some animals seem to think...

Could an AI replace all music ever recorded with Taylor...

A thought experiment in which all music is replaced with AI-generated "Taylor's ...

Mars's gravitational pull may be strong enough to stir ...

An analysis of deep sea drill cores suggests that Mars may have enough gravitati...

There are growing fears of an alarming shift in Antarct...

Antarctic sea ice cover remains far below average levels for the third year in a...

The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planet...

The origins of Mars’s moons Phobos and Deimos have long been an enigma, but they...

Babies with bilingual mothers have distinct brainwaves ...

Newborns whose mothers speak two languages appear to have distinct brain respons...

The war in Gaza is creating a health crisis that will s...

Physical injuries, mental health issues and malnutrition are widespread in Gaza ...

Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for ...

Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to ...

Blind cave fish offers lessons in how to survive starva...

Unlike most other animals, the cave-dwelling Mexican tetra doesn’t get a fatty l...

Flightless terror birds stalked Antarctica after the di...

Two fossil claws found on Seymour Island reveal that phorusrhacids, or terror bi...

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