It glows like a fire, looks like an autumn leaf and has just awoken from its winter slumber. Now it’s on the hunt for food
The first butterfly of the year always lifts the spirits – and it’s often a comma. This butterfly…
Permafrost Crucial for Carbon, Wildfires Heighten Risk
The devastating wildfires in northern Canada in recent years have climate consequences that go far beyond smoke and…
Barclays Warns Grid Constraints Could Strand Renewables Assets
Investors may be underestimating the risk that renewables could become stranded assets, as grid constraints and congestion and…
China aims space solar plant to charge satellites and tame typhoons
China could accelerate the development of the Zhuri “Chasing the Sun” project, an ambitious plan to build a…
Creating An Ultra-Stable Lunar Clock With A Cryogenic Silicon Cavity Laser
Phase-coherent lasers are crucial for many precision tasks, including timekeeping. Here on Earth the most stable optical oscillators…
Northland kiwi chick rescued from swimming pool filter
The clip shows Boyce and a work colleague taking off the filter cover, then Boyce reaches in and…
Martian microbes can survive being blasted into space by a large asteroid strike
Some bacteria can take a punch that would crush a submarine. In a new set of impact tests,…
How the Iran War Could Turn Into an Oil Shock Nightmare
Photo: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images The war in Iran is a seismic political event and a humanitarian cataclysm.…
ESA – Counting craters
Science & Exploration 04/03/2026 332 views 7 likes Craters, craters, and yet more craters: this snapshot from ESA’s…
New dinosaur species discovered by scientists is gurning sea creature from Brazil, research reveals
Scientists have unearthed a peculiar prehistoric creature featuring a contorted jaw and teeth that faced sideways rather than…
With Artemis II facing delays, NASA announces big structural changes to the lunar program
Throughout February 2026, people at the Kennedy Space Center got to witness an exciting sight: NASA’s behemoth Space…
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