Three family members killed in blaze with cause unknown | The Senior
Authorities have begun investigating the cause of a blaze that’s claimed three lives. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS…
Strange Discovery on Mars Surprises Scientists
NASA’s Curiosity rover just made a strange discovery. The vehicle stumbled upon honeycomb-like patterns of polygons on the…
China generates less than half of its electricity from coal for the first time
BEIJING — China, the world’s largest coal consumer, generated less than 50% of its electricity from the fossil…
Olympus Mons stands nearly three times the height of Everest, yet standing at its base you would not see a mountain at all, because its slopes rise so gently across roughly 600 kilometres that the summit sits well beyond the Martian horizon and the ground at your feet looks almost flat
If you approached Olympus Mons from the Martian plains, the first thing you met might not be a…
What’s the Biggest Thing in the Universe?
Think about the largest thing you have ever seen. Maybe it was a mountain, a skyscraper, or a…
No more federal endangered species protection for Texas lizard
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has ended endangered species protections for a Texas lizard that were introduced…
Where to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999 in the West Country – BBC
Where to see the biggest solar eclipse since 1999 in the West Country BBCRare Total Solar Eclipse-Perseid Meteor Shower…
The Fix for Food Waste Comes With a Major Catch
Between 30% and 40% of the U.S. food supply goes uneaten, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Most…
Mercury’s Weak Magnetic Field Periodically Traps Solar Wind
The planet Mercury is the first planet from the Sun but also one shrouded in mystery. This is…
At about 19 kilometres up the air pressure falls low enough that water boils at human body temperature, so an unprotected person there would feel the saliva on their tongue turn to vapour, which is why aircrew above that altitude wear sealed pressure suits rather than an oxygen mask
At sea level, an oxygen mask and a pressure suit can look like two versions of the same…
Hundreds of exotic ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up on an England beach after strong westerly winds; experts warn beachgoers not to touch them
Hundreds of exotic ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up on an England beach after strong westerly winds; experts warn beachgoers…
This new alloy is up to 10 times stronger than steel and surprisingly flexible
Materials scientists can now reshape the internal structure of certain alloys at extremely small scales, allowing them to…