Satellites see forests from space, but biodiversity remains hidden
There’s something almost magical about watching a forest from orbit. Satellites hundreds of miles above Earth can now…
An Adorable Puppy-Eyed Seal Is the Star of These Award-Winning Photos
This seal is very cute. So adorable, in fact, that public voters couldn’t help but award it the…
Baseball-sized Sensor Can Detect Chemical Threats
Researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory have designed a throwable, baseball-sized sensor that can remotely detect hazardous vapors and…
Seeding clouds with seawater could prevent a super El Niño
Particles in ships’ exhaust inadvertently cause cloud brightening, and a similar effect could be employed to engineer the…
Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow
Applications 09/07/2026 126 views 3 likes Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of…
Quantum computing wielded to create extremely rare material critical to nuclear fusion
Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside…
Hummingbirds, Pineapples: Timeless Evolutionary Bond
High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs…
Remote sensing delivers tropical forest resilience monitoring for the Global Biodiversity Framework
Wright, S. J. The future of tropical forests. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 1195, 1–27 (2010). Article Google…
A “Smart Ruler” Could Help Swarms of Space Telescopes Image Exoplanets
We’ve talked plenty of times here about the infeasibility of launching a mirror big enough to directly image…
Scientists have filmed a rare 125-million-year-old goblin shark alive in its natural deep-sea habitat for the first time, revealing a new depth record and a wider Pacific range
Goblin shark near Tonga Trench (2024). Credit: Minderoo-University of Western Australia Deep-Sea Research Center and Inkfish For the…
Research Links Football Headers to Brain Health Risks
Whether it’s at practice or during a Fifa World Cup match, football players could unknowingly be putting their…
US chemical accidents rising as Trump rolls back protections, report finds | Trump administration
The number of US chemical accidents is rising just as the Trump administration guts protections against the disasters,…