Tasmanian apple varieties ‘lost over the years’ are being kept alive in a university-run, heritage-listed orchard
It seems every year new apple varieties in rich red hues and catchy names hit supermarket shelves. What…
Google agrees biggest carbon-removal deal yet, aims to scale new model
By Simon Jessop LONDON, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Google has agreed its biggest carbon-removal deal yet, backing a…
NASA spacecraft discovers a huge new crater on the moon
The crater — named for the late Thomas McGetchin, a former director of Houston’s Lunar and Planetary Institute…
Taking a Quantum Leap, Again
Published September 16, 2026 This is a summary of a story on Pratt School of Engineering. The National…
Rare video of humpback whale with stillborn calf suggests species may experience form of grief
A video of a female humpback whale and its stillborn calf, taken near the Gold Coast, is a…
Closing Space Gap | Mirage News
A new way to accurately measure the distance between quasar pairs – the blazing, black-hole-powered centres of distant…
Analysis: Global fossil-fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis
Global fossil-fuel emissions are set to fall by around 0.5% in 2026 amid the fallout from the Hormuz…
NASA’s Moon Orbiter Spots New, ‘Once-in-Century’ Moon Crater
It started as a routine data-quality check. But as Robert Wagner, a scientist with NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter…
Einstein’s theory of gravity could be shaken by a cold beam of atoms
Researchers at the Swiss institutes of ETH Zurich and Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen have produced an…
Guardian of the Herd | Nat Geo Photo of the Day
The chest of a Samburu warrior in Ngurunit, Kenya, bears traditional scarifications and a Catholic rosary. Known as…
These ‘Crunchy’ Seabirds Are Crunchier Than Ever Before—for a Very Grim Reason
Seabirds in Australia are breaking records again. Last year, researchers on Australia’s Lord Howe Island found birds so…
Culling coral-killing starfish generates $20 million for Queensland
Crown of thorns starfish outbreaks rank alongside cyclones and coral bleaching as one of the biggest causes of…