Astrophysics

How a total solar eclipse in 1919 left physicists 'more or less agog'

How a total solar eclipse in 1919 left physicists 'more...

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One total solar eclipse changed physics forever – and even to this day these cel...

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of right-handedness

Left-handed monkeys prompt rethink about evolution of r...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 3

A popular idea links primates living on the ground with a tendency for right-han...

How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to the brink

How mass bleaching has pushed the Great Barrier Reef to...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 1

Diving at One Tree Island in one of the most highly protected parts of the Great...

The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

The mathematician who worked out how to time travel

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 4

Mathematics suggested that time travel is physically possible – and Kurt Gödel p...

Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more accurate?

Could an MRI scan make prostate cancer screening more a...

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 4

Combining PSA blood tests with MRI scans is making the screening less harmful, b...

There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker

There are hints that dark energy may be getting weaker

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 3

The standard model of cosmology says that the strength of dark energy should be ...

Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?

Should we be worried about a bird flu pandemic in the US?

SIN Apr 5, 2024 0 2

One person in the US has contracted bird flu after being exposed to dairy cows t...

Bisexual women expect to have an orgasm with women more than with men

Bisexual women expect to have an orgasm with women more...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 3

When asked to imagine a hypothetical sexual encounter, bisexual women anticipate...

Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us butterflies

Why some songs make our heart swell and others give us ...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 5

Where in our body we feel the physical sensation of hearing music seems to depen...

What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?

What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 5

The term “Disease X” means a new infection, or an existing pathogen that has mut...

Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco's carbon footprint

Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco's carbon f...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 3

A network of sensors stretching from San Francisco to Sonoma county’s vineyards ...

Why it is time for a longevity revolution

Why it is time for a longevity revolution

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 4

With global life expectancy now exceeding 70 years old, we need to change how we...

Marine protected areas aren't helping fish populations recover

Marine protected areas aren't helping fish populations ...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 2

Protected zones are meant to let adult fish populations recover from overfishing...

Climate change can disturb the accuracy of trees’ biological clocks

Climate change can disturb the accuracy of trees’ biolo...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 5

Trees use circadian genes to time photosynthesis and reproduction – but as tempe...

Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle batteries

Great apes threatened by mining for electric vehicle ba...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 2

A surge of mining in some African countries for materials used to make green ene...

Microsoft and Quantinuum’s quantum computer may be most reliable yet

Microsoft and Quantinuum’s quantum computer may be most...

SIN Apr 4, 2024 0 28

A quantum computer built by Quantinuum uses “logical quantum bits” designed by M...

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