Astrophysics

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning ever observed

Ocean thunderstorms generate the most intense lightning...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 25

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 19

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 4

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 6

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...

Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a new scale to rate them

Hurricanes are becoming so strong we may need a new sca...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 4

Five storms in the past decade had wind speeds that belong in a hypothetical cat...

Lightning during volcanic eruptions may have sparked life on Earth

Lightning during volcanic eruptions may have sparked li...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 3

Lightning strikes during volcanic eruptions could have provided nitrogen in a fo...

Hormone changes during your period don’t affect cognitive skills

Hormone changes during your period don’t affect cogniti...

SIN Feb 6, 2024 0 27

Some people may experience "brain fog" during certain parts of their menstrual c...

Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put in

Nuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energ...

SIN Feb 5, 2024 0 5

The US National Ignition Facility has achieved even higher energy yields since b...

Global temperatures may have passed 1.5°C of warming a decade ago

Global temperatures may have passed 1.5°C of warming a ...

SIN Feb 5, 2024 0 2

Earth’s air temperature passed the agreed 1.5°C warming limit around 2010, accor...

Deaths from shark attacks across the world doubled in 2023

Deaths from shark attacks across the world doubled in 2023

SIN Feb 5, 2024 0 31

There were 69 unprovoked shark attacks on people and 10 fatalities in 2023 world...

AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes in wargames

AI chatbots tend to choose violence and nuclear strikes...

SIN Feb 3, 2024 0 4

As the US military begins integrating AI technology, simulated wargames show how...

Being on your period doesn’t affect your cognitive skills

Being on your period doesn’t affect your cognitive skills

SIN Feb 3, 2024 0 5

Hormonal fluctuations during the menstrual cycle have previously been blamed for...

Mathematicians have finally proved that Bach was a great composer

Mathematicians have finally proved that Bach was a grea...

SIN Feb 3, 2024 0 8

Converting hundreds of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach into mathematical n...

Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy ball...

SIN Feb 2, 2024 0 4

Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloo...

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