Why female tortoises are being driven to their deaths off cliffs
The classical tragedians would have struggled to write a play so dark. On a lake amid the mountains…
The Moon is still shrinking and it could trigger more moonquakes
Researchers have created the first worldwide map and detailed study of small mare ridges (SMRs), subtle geological features…
Large-scale environmental DNA survey reveals niche axes of a regional coastal fish community
The workspace and equipment in the pre-PCR area were sterilised with hypochlorite solution before library preparation. Low-retention filtered…
Occupy Mars? Or the Moon? Get a Reality Check on Elon Musk’s Plans
It’s an age-old debate in space circles: Should humanity’s first city on another world be built on the…
How one Indonesian village turned from hunters into guardians of a rare blue-eyed marsupial
These groups also helped make the camping ground more sustainable, providing practical tools such as motion-sensor lamps and…
X-Ray Blaze Could Be First Glimpse of a Black Hole Shredding a White Dwarf : ScienceAlert
A burst of X-rays from 8 billion years ago may be the first clear evidence of a white…
Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions
Regulating climate emissions just became more difficult. US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the Environmental Protection Agency…
Smithsonian planetary scientists discover recent tectonic activity on the Moon
image: A small mare ridge in Northeast Mare Imbrium taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. view more …
It’s nearly a gigantic one metre long and weighs the same as a three-year-old child – now that’s one big snail…!
Among terrestrial species, that title would go to one of several closely related species of giant African land…
NASA Planetary Defense Expert Warns of 15,000 Undetected ‘City-Killer’ Asteroids
A senior NASA planetary defense official warned that humanity remains vulnerable to thousands of undetected near-Earth asteroids capable…
Electricity Prices Decreased In South Australia Because Of Clean Renewables
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A Second Cyclone Slams Madagascar
For the second time in two weeks, a powerful tropical cyclone struck Madagascar. On January 31, Fytia battered…