Bacteria killed billions of sea stars. A Northwest tribe has stepped in to help : NPR
Three-year-old sunflower stars explore the kelp forest for the first time. They come in a rainbow of colors…
Billionaire founder agrees with Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Jeff Bezos: We will work in space
Some of the world’s most powerful tech billionaires think your next job posting could come from another planet.…
Scientists Propose More Realistic Benchmarks For Quantum Algorithms
Insider Brief Two Fraunhofer IAF publications propose methods for assessing potential quantum advantage under more realistic physical conditions…
A trail camera in British Columbia recorded a wild wolf swimming out to a buoy and hauling a fully submerged crab trap up the beach by its rope, then working the bait cup open — three minutes of footage no wild canid had ever been filmed doing
The footage runs just under three minutes. A wolf swims out from a rocky shoreline on the central…
The decades-old ‘AI alignment problem’ has finally become a reality. Solving it won’t be easy
Human beings have long told versions of the same warning: be careful what you wish for. In Greek…
Spotlight on UN desertification summit as it mulls how to spend $12bn war chest | Desertification
As swathes of the northern hemisphere bake in what could be the hottest year on record, with wildfires…
Moon Meets Venus, Spica And The ‘Anti-Mars’: The Night Sky This Week
Topline With the Perseid meteor shower fading and the total solar eclipse now over, attention turns to the…
The influencers getting bitten while chasing the perfect shark shot
“I knew something was different because the sharks were on the surface,” says Tayane Dalazen, a 37-year old…
Nature’s original bioplastic is food for animals
Long before humans discovered biodegradable plastics, microorganisms had already invented their own. Many bacteria and archaea produce natural…
Australia’s energy grid transition: Why executives warn of precarious balance despite record renewable growth and falling power bills
August 16, 2026 — 3:00pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from…
Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah
Scientists have long known that volcanoes can launch large quantities of particles into the stratosphere. In the past…
After Half A Century, Physicists Find The Strongest Evidence Yet For An Exotic ‘Glueball’ Particle : ScienceAlert
An important part of the Standard Model of particle physics, quantum chromodynamics describes the strong interaction of quarks…