We finally have some encouraging news on Great Barrier Reef water quality
Imagine a plume of brown sediment is washed off the land into Queensland rivers and carried out to…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates — 1 day to go
2026-08-26T07:17:07.764Z Can’t see the lunar eclipse from where you are? Watch it live online Catch the lunar eclipse…
Quantum Computers Could Give Scientists a New Way to Explore The Hidden Behavior of Matter
Insider Brief Researchers developed a generalized quantum computational spectroscopy method that uses quantum computers to study complex systems…
The twisted chemistry of Narwhal tusks | Research
Narwhal tusks grow in a distinctive helical structure because of the underlying molecular-scale arrangement of mineralised collagen. The…
LETTER: Use fossil fuels to build renewable energy economy
August 26, 2026
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Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists have found a new explanation for why Antarctica became covered in ice millions of years before the…
ASTS, RKLB, SPCX, LUNR Chase An August Win: What SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Wind-Down Means For Space Stocks
Firefly’s Alpha and Eclipse rockets are also positioned to benefit from the launch shortage. AST SpaceMobile could gain…
Electrical manipulation and detection of perpendicular altermagnetic order via a proximitized Dirac semimetal
Miron, I. M. et al. Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection. Nature…
Wildlife authorities respond after humpback whale beached in Perth’s south
A humpback whale has become beached on a sand bank in shallow water at Port Kennedy in Perth’s…
Time to take forestry out of the emissions trading scheme – environment watchdog
Forestry should be phased out of New Zealand’s “rudderless” emissions trading scheme because it is allowing climate pollution…
Musk's SpaceX to build $100bn launch facility in Louisiana – BBC
Musk’s SpaceX to build $100bn launch facility in Louisiana BBCSpaceX plans to build the ‘biggest launch site on Earth’…
In a first, physicists observe quantum heat waves at room temperature
In a global first, physicists at the University of California, Los Angeles, have observed a quantum behavior of…