PPhysics Read More Scientists Observe Quantum Heat Waves at Room Temperature For The First Time : ScienceAlertAugust 23, 2026 We’ve got another notable first in the field of physics to report: A specific type of quantum behavior…
WWildlife Read More In 2021, National Geographic reported that Sydney cockatoos can pry open garbage bins; by the end of 2019, the learned trick had spread across 44 suburbs | World NewsAugust 23, 2026 Cockatoo in Sydney. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons News from Sydney about cockatoos that learned to open garbage bins…
SScience Read More Fastest star in the Milky Way found zipping around black holeAugust 23, 2026 NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole…
EEnvironment Read More Wash rice twice, not 7 times: Drought-hit England targets faith, cultural habitsAugust 23, 2026 England’s water crisis has prompted a £270,000 campaign urging people to wash rice fewer times and use less…
SSpace Read More NASA’s astronaut interviews are only part of the test: finalists also face hours of psychological assessment, time pressure and cognitively punishing team simulations while specialists watch how they communicate, adapt and regulate themselves—the qualities that determine whether a crew remains functional after months of isolation in space.August 23, 2026 An astronaut interview is not one decisive conversation across a desk. By the time NASA is choosing a…
WWildlife Read More ‘Code brown’: Aussies’ hilarious interview after shark sightingAugust 23, 2026 A colourful interview with two young boaties about a recent shark sighting left presenters in stitches on Sunday…
SScience Read More Human DNA On Switch DecodedAugust 23, 2026 Healthy growth and development depend on tens of thousands of genes being switched on at the right time…
EEnvironment Read More Why France does water better: Fountains, spas, sparkling water and the SeineAugust 23, 2026 Comment From fountains to spas, water shapes everyday French life Visitors to Paris in the recent heatwaves may…
SSpace Read More Apollo 12 astronauts returned from the moon so filthy that their pilot made them strip before entering his spacecraft; dust stayed under their nails for weeks |August 23, 2026 Portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission. From left to right, they are…
WWildlife Read More A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behindAugust 23, 2026 Sergeant Mark Petherbridge (L) and Captain Tom Court (R) with rescued barn owl, Little Regina, aboard Fujitsu British…
SScience Read More Astronomers find an ultra-dense mega-Earth 23 times our planet’s mass but only 2.5 times its sizeAugust 23, 2026 GJ 523b is 2.55 times Earth’s radius but about 23.5 times its mass, making it unusually dense for…
EEnvironment Read More Onshore windfarm applications hit 10-year high in England | Wind powerAugust 23, 2026 Plans for new onshore windfarms in England have reached their highest annual level in a decade, after the…