Astrophysics

Is Keir Starmer being advised by AI? The UK government won’t tell us

Is Keir Starmer being advised by AI? The UK government ...

SIN Apr 28, 2025 0 31

The UK government's Redbox AI chatbot is being used by thousands of civil servan...

Virtual reality could help men understand the impacts of catcalling

Virtual reality could help men understand the impacts o...

SIN Apr 28, 2025 0 31

Men who were embodying female avatars via virtual reality felt anger and disgust...

US government defunds research on misinformation

US government defunds research on misinformation

SIN Apr 26, 2025 0 33

The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformat...

Chatbots can hide secret messages in seemingly normal conversations

Chatbots can hide secret messages in seemingly normal c...

SIN Apr 26, 2025 0 28

Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages insid...

Ancient supervolcano eruption had surprisingly mild impact on climate

Ancient supervolcano eruption had surprisingly mild imp...

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 41

Rather than a volcanic winter, the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago resulted in se...

First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab

First ever 'black hole bomb' created in the lab

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 50

A black hole bomb - an idea first proposed in 1969 - has now been realised in th...

Hackers could 'vandalise' quantum computers without people noticing

Hackers could 'vandalise' quantum computers without peo...

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 30

Hackers may be able to garble the output of programs running on quantum computer...

Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold in Europe

Ancient camp shows how humans adapted to extreme cold i...

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 35

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago docum...

'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect body parts as disguise

'Bone collector' caterpillar wears dead insect body par...

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 40

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can...

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be statistical noise

Signs of alien life on exoplanet K2-18b may just be sta...

SIN Apr 25, 2025 0 28

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet,...

Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world

Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over t...

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 30

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that...

Reading for pleasure has plummeted over the past 20 years

Reading for pleasure has plummeted over the past 20 years

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 28

People in the US are reading for pleasure less and less, despite it being linked...

Colossal ancient icebergs left grooves on the bottom of the North Sea

Colossal ancient icebergs left grooves on the bottom of...

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 37

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,...

Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with the allergy

Daily doses of peanuts could desensitise adults with th...

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 37

Exposing children with peanut allergy to proteins from the legume is an approved...

Lyme disease treated with antibiotic that doesn't harm gut microbiome

Lyme disease treated with antibiotic that doesn't harm ...

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 33

Mice overcame a Lyme disease infection after being given an antibiotic that is o...

Can climate science attribute economic damage to major polluters?

Can climate science attribute economic damage to major ...

SIN Apr 24, 2025 0 47

Climate researchers argue their science has advanced enough to directly link emi...

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