Wildlife populations have declined 73% since 1970 – but many of the world’s animals still aren’t being counted
Wildlife populations around the world have declined by an average of 73% since 1970. That’s according to the…
Engineered Catalyst Converts Biomass Sugars to Lactic Acid
A research team has developed a nickel-based catalyst that converts glucose into lactic acid, a building block for…
NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration
As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the…
The formation of merging black holes via stable mass transfer in massive binary stars
Abac, A. G. et al. GWTC-4.0: an Introduction to version 4.0 of the Gravitational-Wave Transient Catalog. Astrophys. J.…
Seychelles giant tortoise numbers hit record 180,000 in conservation triumph | Wildlife
A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed that the once endangered species is…
Earliest fast radio burst from just 3 billion years after big bang detected
Long before our solar system formed, a millisecond flash of light with a huge amount of energy erupted…
The ‘Kelvin wave’ hitting California is a potent warning about sea-level rise
A slow-moving surge of water called a Kelvin wave is arriving in southern California and looks to be…
Elon Musk questions Ambani’s influence as Starlink India launch stalls
Elon Musk has questioned the influence of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani as SpaceX struggles to launch its Starlink…
Magnetic control of an exciton–polariton condensate in a van der Waals magnet
Deng, H. et al. Exciton–polariton Bose–Einstein condensation. Rev. Mod. Phys. 82, 1489–1537 (2010). Article CAS Google Scholar Bloch,…
“Ghostly” ocean giant spotted at intersection of Pacific and Indian oceans
The iconic markings of manta rays are so distinctive that it’s possible to tell individuals apart from the fingerprint-like spots…
Mount Sinai Study: Safety Prompts Help AI Make Safer Clinical Choices
New York, NY — [October 8, 2026] — As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly capable of assisting with…
Greenland fishers propose $45 bounty per heart to cull 1,000 sharks that can live 400 years; then the plan was halted after the government questioned its legality |
Greenland shark, Image: Saul Goner, SeaPics Greenland became the centre of an unusual dispute over one of the…