Knot theory could help spacecraft navigate crowded solar systems pred 8 urami It can be difficult to figure out how to move a spacecraft from one orbit to another, but a trick from knot theory can help find spots where shifting orbits becomes easy(New Scientist)
Songs that birds 'sing' in their dreams translated into sound pred 10 urami in 1 minuto By measuring how birds’ vocal muscles move while they are asleep and using a physical model for how those muscles produce sound, researchers have pulled songs from the minds of sleeping birds(New Scientist)
Your genes may influence how much you enjoy listening to music pred 12 urami Identical twins seem to experience more similar levels of pleasure when listening to music than non-identical twins, which suggests it has a genetic element(New Scientist)
Early humans spread as far north as Siberia 400,000 years ago pred 15 urami A site in Siberia has evidence of human presence 417,000 years ago, raising the possibility that hominins could have reached North America much earlier than we thought(New Scientist)
Autonomous e-scooters could ride themselves back to charging points pred 16 urami Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can balance and stop themselves, and be controlled remotely, are a step towards autonomous ones that can take themselves wherever they have to go(New Scientist)
