Maxwell Douglas’s Ipswich childhood was marked by climate disaster. His response went global
Maxwell Douglas describes it like a feeling, an energy that flows through you. The official name for it…
How does a moon 1.4 billion kilometres from the Sun end up with rivers, rain and lakes, but not a single drop of water in any of them?
I had never noticed how completely I equated weather with water until I began reading about Titan. Rain…
Japan’s orphaned monkey sensation Punch to celebrate his 1st birthday
ICHIKAWA, Japan (AP) — Punch, the orphaned monkey at a Japanese zoo that stole many people’s hearts by…
Scientists discover how birds save energy while flying in a V-shaped formation, new study reveals |
For generations, the sight of birds travelling in a neat V-shaped formation has been treated as one of…
New titanium tailings recycling plant to slash CO2 emissions by 40%
China has begun building a 300,000-ton demonstration plant that will use a newly validated titanium tailings recovery technology…
Four dead stars have been confirmed within 65 light-years of Earth, hidden for decades in the glare of the brighter red dwarfs they orbit
Four white dwarfs, the burned-out cores left when Sun-like stars die, have been directly confirmed for the first…
In 1850s, house sparrows were introduced to North America to control insects, but the tiny birds quickly spread, became a common sight and turned into one of the continent’s most widespread invasive species
The house sparrow is probably one of the easiest birds to ignore. You see them everywhere. They hop…
Wearable Ring Monitors Sweat Biomarkers Simultaneously
Engineers at the University of California San Diego created a smart ring that simultaneously and continuously monitors up to…
Sand battery: Finland’s radical answer to a renewable energy headache
The industrial-scale sand battery in Finland’s Pornainen can cover almost one month of the town’s heating demands in…
SpaceX’s Starship megarocket makes the ‘softest splashdown’ ever after launching next-gen Starlink satellites in Flight 13 test (video)
SpaceX launched the world’s most powerful rocket on a critical 13th test flight late Friday, but there was…
Venus may be tearing itself apart from within
Venus is one of the most hostile worlds in the solar system. Surface temperatures reach several hundred degrees…
Two-Thirds of Global Mining Facilities Face Significant Water Risk, ICMM Warns
Nearly two-thirds of the world’s mining and metals facilities are exposed to at least one significant physical water…