The Heavy Disco-Ball Satellite Designed To Do… Nothing
Launched in 1976, LAGEOS-1 (LAser GEOdynamic Satellite) is unusual in that it contains no instrumentation, no electronics, no…
Inside the mission to save orangutans from raging fires
A team of wildlife workers from YIARI in Indonesia rescue an orangutan and its baby in Kalimantan. (ABC News:…
Largest-ever fruit fly brain map could reveal how brains turn senses into actions
Scientists have created the largest complete map of a fruit fly brain, a major neuroscience milestone that could…
Weatherwatch: soil moisture deficit – how dry are the UK’s thirsty soils? | Soil
When the ground is thoroughly wet, after excess rainwater has run off it is said to be at…
China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The…
CERN finds gluons behaving strangely deep inside atomic nuclei
A CERN experiment has given physicists a much sharper look at how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei, providing…
12-ft king cobra swallows python in Karnataka garden; rescuer arrives as giant snake regurgitates its unusual meal during rescue |
12-ft king cobra swallows python in Karnataka garden (Image: AI) A snake-eating king cobra had just taken its…
Battling Poverty Now Secures Future Generations
Does helping people struggling to survive today make any difference for future generations? New research from the University…
Plastics Recycling: TotalEnergies Becomes the Sole Owner of
Paris, September 11, 2026 – As part of the restructuring of Plastic Energy’s shareholding, TotalEnergies agreed to acquire…
Rocket Lab protests NASA award of Mars telecom orbiter contract
PARIS — Rocket Lab announced Sept. 11 it is filing a protest of NASA’s decision to award a…
Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new…
Ursus Maritimus and the Specter of Solitude
“I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the…