Bird flu’s spread has Kangaroo Island on edge, after bushfires and the algal bloom
Kangaroo Island locals on the frontline against bird flu are fearful of further devastation, with the mayor saying…
A strange new quantum droplet can hold itself together
Researchers at Monash University have predicted an unusual new form of quantum matter that could overturn long-held assumptions…
Rewilded land remains green amid drought-stricken English countryside, images show | Rewilding
Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of…
Astronomers announced in January 2026 that they had found a 710-metre asteroid — nearly eight football fields across — spinning once every 1.88 minutes. A normal rubble-pile asteroid should tear itself apart at anything close to that speed, meaning 2025 MN45 must have internal strength comparable to solid rock.
Somewhere in the main asteroid belt, a body estimated to be 710 metres wide completes a full turn…
Hidden magnetism inside atoms may explain mysterious gamma rays
A decades-old puzzle in nuclear physics has centered on a strange question: why do some atomic nuclei release…
We tend to think complex planning is a primate specialty, but a 2017 study found ravens outplanned chimpanzees, orangutans and bonobos at a trading task.
There is a quiet assumption most of us carry about intelligence: that planning for a future that hasn’t…
A lost mega-cliff may explain the Grand Canyon’s missing billion years
Scientists have uncovered evidence that an enormous ancient cliff system may have helped expose the deepest rocks of…
About 30 years ago, an Australian farmer began restoring land he had once cleared after his children told him to protect nature; today 24 bird species live on his farm year-round
Fred Perry decided to make changes to his farming practices to conserve environment (Picture: ABC news) King Island…
SmallSat 2026 – NASA Science
SmallSat 2026 Join NASA in the Exhibit Hall (Booth # 635, 835, 641, and 940) for Storytelling by…
3x larger crystal could power laser systems for fusion research
A North Carolina-based company has grown and harvested a ytterbium-doped yttrium lithium fluoride (Yb:YLF) crystal boule. Laser crystals,…
Wildlife experts warn bird flu mass mortalities are ‘the start of the mayhem’
Wildlife experts are warning the escalation of the nation’s H5 bird flu outbreak is “the start of the…
STARGAZING: Imagine a million satellites overhead
IMAGINE looking up at the night sky and seeing not stars, but thousands of moving lights crossing overhead.…