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The autumnal sunlight gilded the sea as our boat drifted off Fowley Island, a small, uninhabited tidal saltmarsh…
Scientists find hidden materials that could improve batteries and solar fuels
Researchers have uncovered previously unknown materials by closely following what happens as molecular precursors break apart and transform…
After the strongest storm in a generation, Hawai’i residents take recovery into their own hands – in pictures | Hawaii
It was a few hours after the sun rose over the verdant valleys and clear waters of Hā‘ena…
Private astronaut Kellie Gerardi gets real about motherhood as she prepares to fly to space again
Kellie Gerardi is preparing for her second spaceflight. And the secret tool up her sleeve? Motherhood. Nearly three…
Animals crossing: the simple solution to stop roadkill in the Amazon | Conservation
By about 7am, with dense fog blanketing the landscape, Gabriel Falquetto had already come across several road-killed animals…
A quantum prediction from 1931 just came to life
Nearly a century after Nobel laureate Hans Bethe predicted their existence, scientists have created and observed unusual quantum…
‘Like an earthquake’: El Niño is coming for California – is the state ready? | California
On a cloudless autumn afternoon, sunlight sparkled on the water that had quietly swallowed a busy intersection to…
APOD: 2026 October 9 – Stickney Crater
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A ‘spunky’ orphaned polar bear’s new life at the Winnipeg zoo
It’s a grey September afternoon, and a small group is gathered for a special behind-the-scenes visit with Assiniboine…
AI Approach Could Speed Up Pheromone Discovery
By starting with insect smell receptors rather than the pheromone itself, researchers have developed a reverse engineering approach…
How California is bracing for a winter of floods, fires and extreme storms all at once | Environment
Before this year, the US National Weather Service had never issued a September coastal flood advisory for the…
Canada can’t launch rockets on its own. A handful of companies want to change that
As the only G7 nation without its own launch capabilities, Canada is eager to have a Canadian-made rocket. …