Large saltwater crocodile that closed Broome’s Cable Beach captured and relocated
A large saltwater crocodile that sparked periodic beach closures around Broome in recent weeks has been captured and…
Scientists Capture First Molecular-Level Images of Water Reorganization During a Reaction Crucial for Life
BYLINE: By Karyn Hede Newswise — RICHLAND, Wash. — Some of nature’s most important chemical reactions rely on the coupled…
Queensland mother, Sydney father among Australians missing in Nepal
As rescue efforts continue along the Nepal-Tibet border following catastrophic floods, more Australian families are appealing for information…
Starwatch: Sagitta’s arrow shape makes it easy to see against a dark sky | Astronomy
We are on the hunt for another small, northern summer constellation this week: Sagitta, the arrow. Although it…
Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time
A new “quantum watch” uses changing interference patterns inside excited helium atoms to determine how much time has…
Wildlife trust discourages foraging at Attenborough Nature Reserve
“This year in particular with the dry summer, wildlife has been and continues to be under pressure despite…
ESA JUICE probe targets dark Jovian moon Kallichore in 2031
The planet Jupiter hosts more than 100 moons with the majority of attention going to the four Galilean…
England’s water network buckles under sudden summer drought
England’s water network buckles under sudden summer drought (Representative image) The severe “flash drought” that has gripped England…
Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake? | Astronomy
Twenty years ago, Pluto got demoted. After a vote by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August 2006,…
A millionth of a second after the Big Bang, matter existed as a near-perfect liquid so hot that protons and neutrons could not yet form—and CERN has now recreated a microscopic droplet of it using oxygen nuclei, the smallest collision system yet to reveal one of its defining signatures.
During the universe’s first few microseconds, temperatures were too high for quarks and gluons to remain confined inside…
A wind operator with 154 farms in the United States admitted in a Wyoming courtroom to 150 dead bald and golden eagles across 50 of them since 2012, 136 of them struck by a blade, and the plea deal priced every eagle its turbines kill over the next five years at $29,623
The number that lingers from the courtroom in Cheyenne is not the fine, or the body count. It…
Road Dust: Auckland’s Overlooked Pollution Problem
A 13-year study of Auckland air quality found road dust was a significant contributor to PM₁₀, tiny airborne…