EEnvironment Read More Climate change is undermining coral reef restoration. Could picnic coolers help?August 17, 2026 PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau,…
SSpace Read More The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be 'Black Hole Stars' – Universe TodayAugust 17, 2026 The JWST Little Red Dots Could Be ‘Black Hole Stars’ Universe TodayBlack hole star: Astronomers discover a brand-new type…
WWildlife Read More Shark selfies: why ‘finfluencers’ need to put their cameras away | SharksAugust 17, 2026 Name: Shark selfies. Age: The phrase seems to have emerged in summer 2014 and will hopefully be retired…
SScience Read More Research Reverses Plant Drought Recovery FindingsAugust 17, 2026 Sunflowers are unable to fully recover from drought, new research has found, contradicting previous findings on the plant’s…
EEnvironment Read More China’s Renewables Boom Faces Record Clean Power CurtailmentsAugust 17, 2026 Grid constraints and rising coal-fired power generation in China led to soaring curtailment rates of solar and wind…
SSpace Read More JWST found water-altered clay minerals on two of Neptune’s tiny inner moons and its rings that probably formed deep inside much larger icy worlds — compelling evidence that today’s moons may be rubble from Neptune’s original satellite system, destroyed when the captured moon Triton tore through it billions of years ago.August 17, 2026 The clay is the clue. Larissa and Galatea are two small, dark moons tucked close to Neptune, where…
PPhysics Read More Scientists Reprogram How Light Travels in Just 74 FemtosecondsAugust 17, 2026 Researchers have shown that nanoscale silicon structures can amplify an otherwise weak optical effect enough to control light…
WWildlife Read More It spans over 1 million acres, contains rare creatures and is the only place on Earth where two watery, deadly apex predators clashAugust 17, 2026 Sometimes referred to as the ‘river of grass’, the Everglades National Park is a subtropical wetland spanning 1.5…
SScience Read More NASA Challenge: Wheel Designs for Moon Base MobilityAugust 17, 2026 NASA engineers, NASA Robotics Academy students, and teams from the Rock and Roll with NASA Challenge pose with…
EEnvironment Read More UK government ‘irresponsible’ for not publishing emergency drought plans | DroughtAugust 17, 2026 The UK government has been accused of a lack of transparency and of acting irresponsibly for refusing to…
SSpace Read More On this day in space! Aug. 17, 1877: Asaph Hall Discovers the Martian moon PhobosAugust 17, 2026 On Aug. 17, 1877, American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars’s moon Phobos. Moons of Mars: Amazing Photos of…
PPhysics Read More Shortcut for simulating logical magic states could accelerate the design of fault-tolerant quantum computers – Physics WorldAugust 17, 2026 Shortcut for simulating logical magic states could accelerate the design of fault-tolerant quantum computers – Physics World Skip…