Half a billion litres of improperly treated sewage released into Tasmanian waterways in a year
Millions of litres of improperly treated sewage were released upstream from one of Tasmania’s most famous outdoor swimming…
MDA Space wins contract for Radarsat replenishment satellite
WASHINGTON — MDA Space will build a radar imaging satellite for the Canadian Space Agency as the government…
Top quantum computer expert claims Microsoft’s ‘topological qubit’ doesn’t hold up
A top quantum computing expert assails Microsoft’s claims that it has a “topological qubit,” arguing in a new…
Great apes show mental differences that do not follow human rules
Ape minds have long been treated as clues to humanity’s past. Compare a chimpanzee, bonobo, gorilla, or orangutan…
Euclid Previews Milky Way Core Survey with NASA’s Roman
This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot…
We must be prepared for deadly heatwaves to get worse | Extreme heat
Last summer, I wrote to you warning of the growing threat that extreme heat poses to both patients…
Nasa rover detects potential signatures of ancient microbial life on Mars | Mars
Nasa’s Perseverance rover has detected complex carbon molecules in Martian rocks that are already in the spotlight for…
How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino
Seventy years ago, the physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines took a custom-built 10-ton detector, surrounded it with…
Animals are often moved to make way for infrastructure, but we don’t know what happens to them next
When major infrastructure projects are built in rural areas, wildlife is often dislocated and moved out of the…
‘Fingerprints’ of Black Hole’s Event Horizon Detected for First Time
Scientists have detected the “fingerprints” of a black hole’s event horizon — the boundary from which nothing can…
Major power outage in France as Europe wilts under record heat
A woman uses a red umbrella to shade from the sun while walking on a street in Nantes…
Millions of stars light up largest and most detailed shot of Milky Way’s centre | Space
The dazzling sight of more than 60m stars at the heart of Earth’s galaxy has been captured by…