Astrophysics

How nothing could destroy the universe

How nothing could destroy the universe

SIN Apr 2, 2025 0 31

The concept of nothing once sparked a 1000-year-long war, today it might explain...

Aged human urine is a pungent pesticide as well as a fertiliser

Aged human urine is a pungent pesticide as well as a fe...

SIN Apr 1, 2025 0 24

Urine that has sat in the sun for a while seems to fertilise crops while warding...

Do Ozempic and Wegovy really cause hair loss?

Do Ozempic and Wegovy really cause hair loss?

SIN Apr 1, 2025 0 33

As semaglutide-based weight loss treatments, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, become ...

Monkeys use crafty techniques to get junk food from tourists

Monkeys use crafty techniques to get junk food from tou...

SIN Apr 1, 2025 0 14

At the Dakshineswar temple complex in India, Hanuman langurs beg for food by gra...

US bridges are at risk of catastrophic ship collisions every few years

US bridges are at risk of catastrophic ship collisions ...

SIN Apr 1, 2025 0 19

After a container ship struck and destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Balt...

Cave spiders use their webs in a way that hasn't been seen before

Cave spiders use their webs in a way that hasn't been s...

SIN Apr 1, 2025 0 20

Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for p...

Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a black hole

Quantum eavesdropping could work even from inside a bla...

SIN Mar 31, 2025 0 22

An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about ...

Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthropus cousin

Unusually tiny hominin deepens mystery of our Paranthro...

SIN Mar 31, 2025 0 24

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for mo...

Does aspirin have potential as an anti-cancer drug?

Does aspirin have potential as an anti-cancer drug?

SIN Mar 31, 2025 0 28

Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, bu...

Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in global warming

Dramatic cuts in China’s air pollution drove surge in g...

SIN Mar 31, 2025 0 18

The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now research...

Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless frontier?

Are Trump's cuts to science the end of the endless fron...

SIN Mar 29, 2025 0 18

Since the second world war, US economic prosperity and major technological devel...

Measles is spreading across the US – here is what you need to know

Measles is spreading across the US – here is what you n...

SIN Mar 29, 2025 0 18

The US has confirmed more than 480 measles cases across 19 states, the highest t...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observations reveal

Asteroid 2024 YR4 could still hit the moon, JWST observ...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 30

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to observe asteroid 2024 YR...

The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used to release sperm

The anus may have evolved from a hole originally used t...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 35

The long-standing question of how animals came to have an anus may have been sol...

Could a new kind of carbon budget ensure top emitters pay their dues?

Could a new kind of carbon budget ensure top emitters p...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 43

Some researchers propose that countries should start to rack up a carbon debt on...

Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach may not help

Distracted by your phone? Putting it out of reach may n...

SIN Mar 28, 2025 0 28

When researchers asked people to work on a computer with their phones 1.5 metres...

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