With recycling plants closing, is plastic pyrolysis worth saving?
Key Insights The plastics industry has held up pyrolysis as one of the solutions to the plastic…
In 2015, 2kg of rocket seeds went to the space station; after their return, 600,000 UK children helped test them, and researchers found they grew more slowly but remained viable
Tim PeakePhoto credit: Esa.int ESA astronaut Tim Peake took 2kg of rocket seeds to the International Space Station…
Caltech physicists finally measure a quantum energy ladder predicted 40 years ago
When materials undergo major changes, such as water boiling or a magnet losing its magnetism, very different systems…
Country diary: The breathtaking sight of a tuna taking flight in British waters | Fish
It is a perfect autumn day for a clifftop walk: sea and sky blend into a veil of…
NASA Campaign Explores Clouds Spawned By Wildfires
The Wildhorse grass fire in eastern Idaho erupted with a massive pulse of smoke. No one had expected…
A healthy environment is a healthy nation
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APOD: 2026 October 3 – Selfie at Vera Rubin Ridge
Explanation: On sol 1943 of its journey of exploration across the surface of Mars, the Curiosity Rover recorded…
Scientists Find Structural Guide to Unusual Magnetism in Quantum Materials
Insider Brief Researchers in Japan found that a crystal’s structural dimensions classified magnetic states more consistently than electron…
14 bears captured and killed at Montana home, amid rise in human-bear encounters
Wildlife officials found and killed 14 black bears last week on a property in Montana. A cub was…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 Wraps Station Science Mission
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission is ending, with the crew scheduled to return in early October. NASA astronauts Jessica…
The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods
The Independent Planning Commission’s published reasons for approving the largest coalmine in New South Wales history in the…
Scientists Thought Mars’s North Polar Ice Was 25% Dust. They Were Way Off
When NASA’s Mars Phoenix mission successfully sampled ice from the Martian arctic regions, it made astrobiological history. This…