The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster
When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was…
On this day in space! Sept. 1, 1979: NASA’s Pioneer 11 probe becomes 1st spacecraft to visit Saturn
On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA’s robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn.…
Strange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubits
Physicists have directly observed the optical Magnus effect for the first time by mapping how a tightly focused…
1950: Kevin Budden, a 20-year-old photographer, was dying from a taipan snake bite when he insisted the snake be saved; five years later, its venom helped save a boy’s life
In 1950, 20-year-old Kevin Budden died after a coastal taipan bite. But before his death, he insisted the…
ESA’s Cluster quartet prepares for its final Tango
science Two-year mission bows out after 26 thanks to some heroic engineering The European Space Agency’s Cluster quartet…
Petwealth Uses AI to Turn Pet Lab Results Into Action
Angelo Palivos built Petwealth after losing his own pet to an illness that a diagnostic lab couldn’t catch…
5 planets will light up the September sky — here’s how to see them
Venus, which has been such a prominent object in the western evening twilight sky since the start of…
Dark matter: Flash of light gives scientists burst of inspiration
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‘I tried to say goodbye and tried to tell him I love him’: Canada’s last captive whales leave Marineland
Tofino, a massive beluga weighing more than 1,500 kilograms, has made history as the last captive whale in…
A 324-million-year-old fossil reveals an early insect with paddle-like limbs that lived between water and land before insects conquered Earth |
Representative Image of Chosha praecursor, an early insect with paddle-like abdominal appendages in a prehistoric landscape (AI-generated image)…
High winds during El Niño could be deadly for England’s stressed trees, say experts | Trees and forests
High winds associated with El Niño could cause widespread mortality among tree species already weakened by a prolonged…
Repairing the ISS 250 miles above Earth photo of the day for Sept. 1, 2026
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot on the outside of the International Space Station during an extravehicular activity on Aug.…