Astrophysics

Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons

Flat head syndrome discovered in Iron Age skeletons

SIN Jul 30, 2026 0 14

Certain sleeping positions can lead to babies developing flattened heads, and an...

Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile

Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient...

SIN Jul 30, 2026 0 23

A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245...

Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny moon

Strange three-lobed asteroid seems to have its own tiny...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 21

The asteroid 44 Nysa was first spotted more than 150 years ago, but we are only ...

Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget your own diet

Worry about what your children eat, but don’t forget yo...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 17

Measures like bans on advertising junk food to children are essential for instil...

Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 million people

Lost civilisation in the Amazon may have numbered 3 mil...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 19

Laser-scanning surveys reveal that the ancient Aquiry civilisation was bigger th...

Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur

Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal wa...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 18

The remains of an orca-sized ichthyosaur include evidence of what it ate – befor...

Pill that lowers oxygen levels in brain may ease Parkinson’s symptoms

Pill that lowers oxygen levels in brain may ease Parkin...

SIN Jul 29, 2026 0 17

A pill that induces hypoxia in the brain has been linked to improved symptoms of...

Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon

Jaguar makes epic 2100-kilometre journey across the Amazon

SIN Jul 28, 2026 0 19

A jaguar that has been dubbed Gaspar traversed 2100 kilometres of the Amazon, cr...

Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerated the dinosaurs

Asteroid strike caused global firestorm that incinerate...

SIN Jul 28, 2026 0 34

After the Chicxulub impact 66 million years ago, trillions of tonnes of rock vap...

Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomics save it?

Matcha is under threat from climate change – can genomi...

SIN Jul 28, 2026 0 20

Climate change is affecting the yields and flavour of the traditional Japanese t...

Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in France

Unprecedented ‘fire clouds’ are fanning the flames in F...

SIN Jul 28, 2026 0 23

Flame-generated thunderstorms known as pyrocumulonimbus clouds can make wildfire...

Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in Africa

Mystery hominin left big footprints at ancient lake in ...

SIN Jul 28, 2026 0 19

Over 1.4 million years ago, a group of eight ancient hominins walked across a sh...

We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wandering black hole

We’ve found the best example yet of an enormous wanderi...

SIN Jul 27, 2026 0 19

Astronomers have caught a supermassive black hole straying far from the centre o...

Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved for use

Eye implant that restores vision lost to age approved f...

SIN Jul 27, 2026 0 27

An eye implant and a pair of high-tech glasses that enable people with a severe ...

One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of burning down

One of NASA’s crucial links to deep space is at risk of...

SIN Jul 25, 2026 0 22

The Deep Space Network is our best way to communicate with spacecraft beyond Ear...

Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves

Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair the...

SIN Jul 25, 2026 0 43

Researchers have created a textile made from the parasitic fungus Cordyceps mili...

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