‘Ghosts of Mars’ at 25: Are we any closer to living on the Red Planet? We asked the experts
In August 2001, filmmaker John Carpenter said “Boo!” and unleashed “Ghosts of Mars” on the world. While not…
Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet
Dark matter, the elusive, invisible stuff that astronomers say constitutes roughly 85% of the universe’s mass, doesn’t interact…
Rare muskox with fur like a ‘magical grass skirt’ spotted in Labrador West
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Meteorite Dust Reveals Early Solar Magnetism Clues
Magnetic fields are generated by matter that is electrically charged and moving around. In the very early solar…
Albanese warning on AI social licence ahead of national cabinet
Maintaining Australia’s social licence will be “crucial” as the federal government seeks to draw investment in AI and…
French Sunday and the Italian month off | France
As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the…
Orbital power grid targets 10x boost for space-based computing
US-based space tech firms Star Catcher Industries and Aethero have partnered to scale high-performance computing and artificial intelligence…
EuroHPC Opens €119M in Funding Calls for Quantum Technologies
Insider Brief The EuroHPC Joint Undertaking has launched six calls totaling €119 million to advance quantum computing, quantum…
Humpback whales are interrupting orca hunts to rescue completely different species, swimming underneath a doomed seal and lifting it out of the water on their chest, or forming a wall between the killers and a grey whale calf, and scientists still can’t fully explain why they bother to save animals they have nothing to gain from
It’s not a story anyone would have believed if it weren’t so thoroughly documented. A pod of killer…
Watch SpaceX set rocket-reuse record on 100th Falcon 9 launch of the year early Aug. 25
Starlink launches may have become commonplace, but this one’s definitely worth staying up for. A SpaceX Falcon 9…
Hawaii’s Big Island is facing more flooding rain, just after Lala
Hawaii is now facing flooding from Moke just a week after destructive flooding and winds from Hurricane Lala…
What Is the ‘Messy Middle’ Between Eclipses? How It’ll Impact You
In Lucky Stars, TODAY.com’s astrologer Lisa Stardust highlights the zodiac signs most impacted by certain astrological events or…