Space & Physics

People struggle to spot AI voices even if told they may be deepfakes

People struggle to spot AI voices even if told they may...

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Deepfake audio can trick people even when they know they might be hearing an AI-...

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superconductor

Scientists race to test claimed room-temperature superc...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 29

Researchers are moving quickly to test if a material called LK-99 really is a su...

Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead to new drugs

Gene variant that seems to protect against HIV may lead...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 3

A different form of a gene called CHD1L found in people with African ancestry ha...

Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped complex life evolve

Chemical reaction used in cooking may have helped compl...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 4

The Maillard reaction, which generates flavoursome compounds during cooking, pro...

Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ever lived

Ancient whale might have been the heaviest animal that ...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 3

A whale that lived around 39 million years ago could have weighed as much as 340...

Your gut microbiome is linked to your fitness and biological age

Your gut microbiome is linked to your fitness and biolo...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 3

Altering the gut microbiome via probiotics could one day help people to maintain...

Artificial spider silk could help us harvest drinking water from air

Artificial spider silk could help us harvest drinking w...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 3

Helical bumps on artificial fibres can carry 2000 times more water than the volu...

Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemical clues

Ancient Babylonian arson in Jerusalem revealed by chemi...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 3

By analysing charred remains of a Jerusalem building, archaeologists have uncove...

Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 million years old

Oldest adult jellyfish fossil ever found is over 500 mi...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 4

A fossil discovered in Canada reveals that jellyfish developed the swimming stag...

Science, Hardware Launch on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Cargo Mission

Science, Hardware Launch on NASA’s Northrop Grumman Car...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is on its way to the International...

NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2 after losing it for a week

NASA has regained contact with Voyager 2 after losing i...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

After accidentally turning the Voyager 2 spacecraft away from Earth and losing c...

Lead exposure linked to higher risk of engaging in criminal behaviour

Lead exposure linked to higher risk of engaging in crim...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

Higher exposure to lead in childhood is associated with a greater likelihood of ...

Join NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Mission Update

Join NASA Administrator, Artemis II Moon Crew for Missi...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 4

NASA will host a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 8, at the agency...

Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to attract females

Male moths make their own perfume from flowers to attra...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 21

Tobacco budworm moth males gather a sweet-smelling chemical from flowers and rel...

Earth's early warmth may be explained by methane-making reaction

Earth's early warmth may be explained by methane-making...

SIN Aug 2, 2023 0 2

A chemical process that produces methane without living organisms could have war...

Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?

Is it possible to drill a hole straight through a planet?

SIN Aug 1, 2023 0 3

Could we bore a hole through the centre of Earth? What would it be like to fling...

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