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Gold flecks make super-transparent glass fully opaque from one side

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 2:00pm
A glare-free window that is opaque from the outside but still offers a clear view from inside could be made with a coating using billions of tiny bits of gold
Categories: Astronomy

Miniature furniture 3D printed using ink made from recycled wood

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 2:00pm
Waste wood can be reconstituted into a form that can be 3D printed and used to produce furniture or other objects
Categories: Astronomy

Perfectly straight ridges may cover the poles of Saturn’s moon Titan

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 11:00am
Saturn’s moon Titan may have hundreds of strange ridges called yardangs that could teach us how the icy moon’s geology and conditions vary across its surface
Categories: Astronomy

Single mathematical model governs primate brain shape across species

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 10:00am
An analysis of primate brains shows that the pattern of folds on the surface follows the same mathematical pattern across species
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Mental health conditions may accelerate ageing by damaging RNA

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 9:00am
People with mental health conditions have greater amounts of damaged RNA than those without one, which might explain the link between the conditions and age-related diseases such as cancer
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Mental illness may accelerate ageing by damaging RNA

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 9:00am
People with mental illness have greater amounts of damaged RNA than those without a mental health condition, which might explain the link between mental illness and age-related diseases such as cancer
Categories: Astronomy

‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 7:00am
A new device uses a reflective cavity, a tiny bead and an electrode to create a laser beam of sound particles ten times more powerful and much narrower than other “phonon lasers”
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What do home faecal test kits really reveal about our gut microbiome?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 2:00pm
Many firms sell direct-to-consumer faecal testing kits, but an investigation has revealed that scientists don't yet know what makes for a healthy gut microbiome
Categories: Astronomy

Should everyone start eating snakes to save the planet?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:00pm
Pythons convert food into meat more efficiently than other livestock, and they can be fed on waste meat, but this doesn't mean snake meat is inherently more sustainable
Categories: Astronomy

Chimp mothers play with their youngsters even when times are tough

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 11:00am
Ten years’ worth of observations of a wild chimpanzee community show that most adults stop playing when food is short, but not mothers and their young
Categories: Astronomy

Starship launch: Third flight reaches space but is lost on re-entry

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 10:55am
The world’s most powerful rocket, Starship, launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres, travelling further and faster than it has done before. But it seems to have been destroyed on re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere
Categories: Astronomy

Starship launch success: SpaceX's third flight reaches space - latest

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 10:05am
The world’s most powerful rocket launched from Texas and reached an altitude of more than 230 kilometres. Starship carried out tests before attempting to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere to splash down in the ocean
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Can a pill really reverse ageing in dogs? Don't get your hopes up yet

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 6:56am
A trial suggests that giving older dogs a supplement makes them cognitively sharper, but some scientists stress that pet owners should lower their expectations
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Starship launch 3: What time is the SpaceX flight today?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 6:14am
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the third launch of its massive Starship rocket, following two failed missions, with coverage beginning at about 13.25 GMT. What will the company be hoping for and what can we expect?
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A single meteorite smashed into Mars and created 2 billion craters

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 6:00am
The debris from the formation of a relatively small crater on Mars created billions of additional craters, which could help us learn about Martian geology
Categories: Astronomy

Did the people of Easter Island independently invent writing?

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 4:00am
Wooden tablets containing a language of glyphs called Rongorongo may be evidence that the people of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, created their own writing system without the influence of European language
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Anti-inflammatory nasal spray may ease symptoms of multiple sclerosis

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 4:00am
A nasal spray containing an anti-inflammatory molecule reduces symptom severity in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis, although the treatment might come with risks in people
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Anti-inflammatory nasal spray helps treat multiple sclerosis in mice

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 4:00am
A nasal spray containing an anti-inflammatory molecule reduces the symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis in animals, although the treatment might come with risks in people
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One in eight ski resorts worldwide could have no snow by 2100

Wed, 03/13/2024 - 2:00pm
All major skiing regions worldwide are predicted to see a severe drop in snow days by the end of the century, with Australian resorts the worst affected
Categories: Astronomy

Watch an AI-powered robot dog crawl around an obstacle course

Wed, 03/13/2024 - 2:00pm
A four-legged robot can handle real-world obstacles that require scrambling up and down or leaping sizeable gaps. AI training lets it adapt to new terrain it hasn’t seen before
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