It’s about the size of Spain, stretches 800km – and protects the planet from a whopping 5 metres of rising sea levels
Ice shelves are large platforms of glacial ice floating on the ocean, fed by glaciers. They are found…
Supermassive black hole found ‘wandering’ at the edge of a galaxy
Astronomers hunt black holes at the center of a galaxy, not its edge, because that is where the…
Matt Kinsella (Infleqtion): Why Neutral Atoms Power Sensors, Clocks, and Computers Alike
Yuval Boger interviews Matt Kinsella, CEO of Infleqtion. They discuss Infleqtion’s neutral-atom strategy, including its combination of quantum…
In the 1970s, a Kenyan conservationist spent years perfecting milk for baby elephants: Her formula has helped save more than 300
Baby elephant with keeper | Wikimedia Commons Until the 1970s, orphaned baby elephants rarely survived in human care.…
Underground gases may explain Earth’s most devastating climate changes and mass extinctions
A hidden process deep beneath Earth’s surface may have played a powerful role in some of the most…
Scientists found over 200,000 barrels of leaking radioactive waste
Scientists exploring the Northeast Atlantic have directly observed heavily corroded barrels of radioactive waste. Some are in bad…
SpaceX launches 24 Starlink satellites to orbit from California (video)
SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink broadband satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California’s scenic central…
Kelvin-Helmholtz instability seen on the Sun
The surface of the Sun has been photographed in more detail than ever before, and it turns out…
In 2018–2019, the U.S. airlifted 19 wolves to Isle Royale after inbreeding left just two; by 2026, wolves had reached 37, and moose had fallen 75%, from 2,000 to 524 | World News
A wolf emerges from a transport crate after being flown to a release site, part of efforts to…
The race to save Australia’s rare rosella spider orchid
In a small green shed about an hour out of Melbourne, dozens of pot plants sit on a…
In 1969, an Australian pilot leased a coral island left barren by guano mining; he flew in water and native trees, his plantings began a 50-year ecological recovery | World News
Aerial view of Lady Elliot Island. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons. In 1969, when pilot Don Adams set foot…
Northrop Grumman, Canadian Space Agency repurpose their Gateway projects
WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency said this week they will adapt what they had…