Space & Physics

JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station

JAXA’s First Wooden Satellite Deploys from Space Station

SIN Jan 8, 2025 0 16

In December 2024, five CubeSats deployed into Earth’s orbit from the Internation...

How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem

How a typo spoiled my proof of Fermat’s last theorem

SIN Jan 8, 2025 0 42

The tale of Fermat's last theorem took hundreds of years and included tantalisin...

What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?

What is hMPV, the virus spreading through China?

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 22

An uptick of human metapneumovirus (hMPV) cases in China has raised concerns ove...

NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Cargo Flights

NASA Kicks off Testing Campaign for Remotely Piloted Ca...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 19

NASA recently began a series of flight tests with partners to answer an importan...

Are tech firms giving up on policing their platforms?

Are tech firms giving up on policing their platforms?

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 24

Social media companies have long struggled with moderating the behaviour of bill...

NASA to Cover Two Spacewalks, Hold Preview News Conference

NASA to Cover Two Spacewalks, Hold Preview News Conference

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 24

Two NASA astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station, conduc...

Genetically modified toxic semen could suppress troublesome insects

Genetically modified toxic semen could suppress trouble...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 17

Male flies have been genetically engineered to produce poisonous proteins in the...

AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world tests

AI helps radiologists spot breast cancer in real-world ...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 30

Whether AI can assist in cancer detection has been subject to much debate, but n...

Batteries made from industrial waste could store renewable energy

Batteries made from industrial waste could store renewa...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 21

Industrial waste can make rudimentary batteries. That's likely no good in electr...

How US-Indian NISAR Satellite Will Offer Unique Window on Earth

How US-Indian NISAR Satellite Will Offer Unique Window ...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 14

A Q&A with the lead U.S. scientist of the mission, which will track changes in e...

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon

The Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 22

The next full Moon is the Wolf Moon; the Ice or Old Moon; the Moon after Yule; t...

US reports first human death related to bird flu

US reports first human death related to bird flu

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 27

A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N...

Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits

Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have cause...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 23

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would hav...

Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drinking water

Wastewater treatment plants funnel PFAS into drinking w...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 25

Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough “forever chemicals” t...

Defying Gravity

Defying Gravity

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 13

In this Dec. 11, 1963, image, technicians prepare a test subject for studies on ...

NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload Services Project Manager

NASA Names Adam Schlesinger as Commercial Lunar Payload...

SIN Jan 7, 2025 0 20

NASA has selected Adam Schlesinger as manager for CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload...

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