Precious Baby Panda Tries Running for the First Time—and We’re Smitten
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Possible super El Niño could bring extreme heat, droughts, strong floods
The chances for a planet-warming super El Niño this year are rising, according to an updated model forecast…
Scientists warn ESO exit risks Australia falling behind in astronomy innovation
A group of distinguished Australian scientists have condemned the Albanese government’s decision to withdraw its association with the…
“One of the Most Titanic Blasts in the Cosmos”: Gravitational Waves Support a “Forbidden Range” of Stellar Obliteration
Gravitational waves reveal an explosive “forbidden range” of stellar destruction so powerful that not even a black hole…
When 30 tiny concrete ‘apartments’ popped up in an Australian rainforest, a bunch of elusive animals moved in
Robust whistling frogs (Austrochaperina robusta) are small frogs that live in the ground in the Wet Tropics of Queensland. These animals…
We knew snow doesn’t stop solar panels, but now winter storms are destroying them in a completely different way
Solar power is the king of the renewable energy subsector. Some have turned to solar panel arrays to…
Let’s stop going into space. There’s nothing to see and no one to talk to | Zoe Williams
It is absolutely self-evident to me that space exploration is pointless, and the more urgent the crises besetting…
Scientists Just Upended a 300-Year-Old Law of Physics
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My sleepless night in a chimpanzee nest
(Meet Tatu and Loulis—the last of the ‘talking’ chimpanzees) The anthropologist David Samson has dedicated much of his…
Looking up? Here’s how to photograph the Moon with your phone
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Kirsten Fredericksen
6 April 2026
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As solar costs plummet, fossil fuels are fast becoming the more expensive option
Renewable energy is in the spotlight more than ever as the Iran war pushes Europe towards an oil…
Scientists Just Found a Water Reservoir 140 Trillion Times Larger Than Earth’s Oceans Near a Black Hole
A vast reservoir of water vapor has been detected around the quasar APM 08279+5255, located more than 12…