Artists, writers and scientists urge UK government to save Jodrell Bank Observatory | Astronomy
More than 100 artists, writers and scientists have called for the UK government to save the “world’s clearest…
Sunfish washes up on Abersoch beach after hot weather
Ocean sunfish are found across tropical and temperate waters and they have been recorded swimming across the length…
A mystery virus started killing horses. Then humans. Was this the moment our coronavirus era began? | Infectious diseases
The virus could have appeared in many places on the east coast, but it is a strange coincidence,…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not an island of trash: its plastic averages roughly 50 kilograms spread across each square kilometer, and a 2022 study found 75 to 86 percent of the large floating debris by mass came from fishing gear, not household waste
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is usually pictured as a floating landfill, a raft of bottles and bags…
NASA finds underground heat beneath Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io
Jupiter’s moon Io has never been a quiet place. Its surface is covered with active volcanoes that constantly…
China’s observatory discovers powerful cosmic particle accelerator
Scientists using China’s Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) recently found that a remarkable binary system in…
Traffic, mobiles, music … let’s turn the volume down | Pollution
Your editorial is right that noise pollution deserves to be treated as a public-health issue rather than a…
International Space Station Shares Details Of New Plants Sprouting In Space
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) achieved a major milestone recently. In an Instagram post, they revealed…
Orphaned elephant calf Bungalu survived weeks alone, storms, and a lion attack
After surviving alone in the Kenyan bush for weeks, enduring severe storms and even a lion attack, an…
AI can test the intelligence of wild monkeys without human help
A wooden box bolted to a platform in a Costa Rican forest can spot a capuchin monkey’s face…
A new Queensland bill aims to ‘streamline’ major projects. Matt and Caitlin fear it could hand their farm to developers | Queensland politics
Matt Wood gives Neville a pat behind his ear – as if the one-tonne Droughtmaster bull were an…
APOD: 2026 August 2 – A Fire Rainbow over West Virginia
Explanation: What’s happening to this cloud? Ice crystals in a distant cirrus cloud are acting like little floating…