Astrophysics

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice off Japan

Orca pod disappears after being trapped in drifting ice...

SIN Feb 8, 2024 0 3

A group of more than a dozen orcas has disappeared after being trapped in freezi...

Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean under its ice

Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean u...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 1

Close measurements of Mimas’s orbit suggest there could be an ocean 30 kilometre...

Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

Why it takes so much work to grow plants in space

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

In space, growing plants could be important for food, oxygen and even astronauts...

Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by landmine removers

Bizarre worm lizard not seen for 90 years found by land...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

A subspecies of the Somali sharp-snouted worm lizard was found by a landmine cle...

Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

Quantum computer uses a time crystal as a control dial

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

Making a strange state of matter called a time crystal inside a quantum computer...

World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in China

World's biggest onshore wind turbine blades unveiled in...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 3

A Chinese company is building wind turbines with 131-metre-long blades, the long...

Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive climate change?

Drought has hit the Panama Canal hard – can it survive ...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 2

A severe drought exacerbated by climate change and a lack of updated infrastruct...

How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and more unpredictable

How menopause can make menstrual cycles longer and more...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 3

Menstrual cycles change over time, but the menopause, and the time leading up to...

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door on its own

This robot can figure out how to open almost any door o...

SIN Feb 7, 2024 0 24

A robot that can learn to open most types of doors, cabinets, drawers and refrig...

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide weight loss drugs

The science and side effects behind the semaglutide wei...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 3

From how well they work to side effects such as hair loss, here’s the skinny on ...

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 22

An analysis of satellite observations has identified some extreme thunderstorms ...

Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ocean world

Asteroid sampled by NASA may once have been part of an ...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 18

A sample from the asteroid Bennu, brought back by the OSIRIS-REx mission, featur...

Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new strains of yeast

Lager could get array of novel flavours thanks to new s...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 3

Researchers have recreated the hybridisation of two wild yeast species that led ...

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than brown eyes

Blue eyes may be better for reading in dim light than b...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 3

People with blue eyes may have better sight in dim conditions than those with br...

Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here'...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 3

A Greek philosopher’s musings on pleasure, contained in ancient papyrus scrolls ...

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to make sense

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to ma...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 2

For decades we thought the Irish elk’s body size alone explained why it had enor...

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