Kiwi space capsule startup takes off with $10.5 million pre-Seed raise
An Auckland-based startup has raised US$7.35 million (A$10.5m) in pre-seed funding to build commercial payload capsules for space.…
Nearly 300 humpback whales gathered off South Africa; decades after hunting reduced their numbers below 10,000, the population has crossed 100,000
The gathering of nearly 300 humpback whales feeding off South Africa’s west coast has offered scientists an extraordinary…
2,700 year-old Italian cemetery reveals how status, gender, and diet impacted people’s lives
Scientists studied bones from 148 people buried nearly 2,700 years ago in an Italian cemetery to see what…
Media coverage of environmental disasters doesn’t come with a content warning. It’s time for change
Since South Australia’s toxic algal bloom started to kill millions of marine organisms in March 2025, the media…
Reaction wheel failures leave Swift rescue mission spinning in orbit
Extending Swift’s scientific mission was not the only consideration when NASA officials selected Katalyst to build and launch…
Whale shark feeding habits on Ningaloo Reef revealed by AIMS, Murdoch University study
Footage taken from the perspective of a whale shark has revealed the ocean’s biggest fish to be a…
Gene Breakthrough Speeds Up Avocado Breeding
Scientists have found a genetic switch that could shave years off avocado breeding by allowing researchers to identify…
NISAR satellite captured this image of Nunatak Zaterjavshijsja
Earth is always changing. Glaciers move, forests grow and shrink, wetlands shift, and the ground itself can rise…
Mysterious deaths of 15 elephants prompt national park investigation
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Fossilised remains of prehistoric predators unearthed in north-west Queensland
A prehistoric “crime scene” involving a marine reptile eating one of its flying cousins before being killed by…
NASA fuels its next-gen Roman Space Telescope for August launch
NASA announced on Tuesday (July 28) that it has officially fueled-up the Roman Space Telescope — a magnificent…
Topological phase transitions and mixed-state order in a Hubbard quantum simulator
Wen, X.-G. Quantum Field Theory of Many-Body Systems (Oxford Univ. Press, 2004). Zeng, B. et al. Quantum Information…