Space & Physics

Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around

Watch a frog-like robot use tiny explosions to hop around

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 4

Insect-sized robots that can crawl, hop and turn by harnessing the power of expl...

NASA to Reveal Asteroid Sample Grabbed in Space, Delivered to Earth

NASA to Reveal Asteroid Sample Grabbed in Space, Delive...

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 4

The first asteroid sample collected in space and brought to Earth by the United ...

Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and central Europe

Oxygen levels are dropping in rivers across the US and ...

SIN Sep 15, 2023 0 26

Rivers in the US and central Europe are losing their ability to hold oxygen beca...

NASA: El verano de 2023 es el más caluroso en el registro

NASA: El verano de 2023 es el más caluroso en el registro

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

El verano boreal de 2023 fue el más caluroso para la Tierra desde que se estable...

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

NASA Announces Summer 2023 Hottest on Record

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 6

The summer of 2023 was Earth’s hottest since global records began in 1880, accor...

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after latest trial

MDMA therapy for PTSD expected to get US approval after...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

US regulators could soon authorise MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for post-traumati...

NASA Shares Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Report

NASA Shares Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independen...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

In response to a recommendation by an independent study team for NASA to play a ...

City-wide quantum communication network in China is most advanced yet

City-wide quantum communication network in China is mos...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 10

A network that connects quantum devices and a central server that spans Hefei, C...

Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave of air

Mosquitoes dodge efforts to swat them by surfing a wave...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 2

A combination of keen senses and quick reflexes may help mosquitoes avoid a stic...

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants

Huge rise in US overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed wit...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 4

Between 2010 and 2021, the proportion of drug overdose deaths in the US involvin...

Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 million years

Frogs have been trying to mate with odd things for 220 ...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 5

Male frogs will sometimes try to mate with turtles or inanimate objects, and now...

A note from our editor on New Scientist Live 2023

A note from our editor on New Scientist Live 2023

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 26

With just a few weeks to go, now is the time to grab your tickets to the world’s...

Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by expert trackers

Stone Age carvings of animal footprints identified by e...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 3

Animal footprints carved into rock thousands of years ago depict over 40 species...

Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plants on land

Humans use a quarter of all the biomass created by plan...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 6

To stay within safe planetary boundaries, humans should only use around 10 per c...

Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective at lower doses

Moderna's improved mRNA covid-19 vaccine is effective a...

SIN Sep 14, 2023 0 3

A streamlined version of Moderna’s vaccine that targets only key parts of the sp...

Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to space

Reusable rocket built by students is about to launch to...

SIN Sep 13, 2023 0 3

The Karman Space Programme, set up by students at Imperial College London, will ...

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