Province Provides $4M to NordSpace Facility on Burin Peninsula
(Jobs, Growth and Rural Development NL/Facebook) The provincial government is providing Ontario-based NordSpace with $4 million to…
Higher-Energy X-Rays Could Enable a New Form of Quantum Sensing
Insider Brief Researchers used entangled electrons in helium atoms to produce higher-energy X-rays beyond the limit predicted by…
In 1999, a caretaker moved to an Australian island holding one of the world’s largest little penguin colonies; he stayed 25 years protecting its wildlife and lighthouse | World News
Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In 1999, Leo op den Brouw began what became a…
NASA’s latest telescope had a former life as a spy satellite : Short Wave : NPR
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA observatory designed to settle essential questions in the areas…
No special carve-out for states using fossil fuel to power datacentres, Chris Bowen insists, despite new conditions | Datacentres – Australia
Chris Bowen insists federal Labor’s new national laws on datacentre power supply will not include carve-outs for Queensland…
A Changing World for Emperor Penguins
With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles, and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world’s most recognizable animals.…
Once a hunter, now a protector: The dying animal that changed Anil Mistry’s life and led him to save 70 tigers
For years, the forest had been a source of survival for Anil Mistry. He had grown up in…
Scientists tracked 4,500 animals and found a surprising human effect
For millennia, people have transformed landscapes, forcing wildlife to adjust to cities, farms, roads, and other human activity.…
‘Nature thrives when given a chance’: restored Cheshire wetland now a haven for rare grebe | Birds
A dumping ground for dredgings from the Manchester Ship Canal has become the best place in Britain for…
In 1984, NASA sent 3,301 bees into Space to test how they built honeycomb without gravity; from hitting on walls to building 200cm honeycomb; highlights of 7-day mission
AI-generated image for representation purpose Thousands of honeybees travelled into space aboard NASA‘s Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984…
Scientists Overcome Atmospheric Turbulence in Open Air Laser Data Links
One of the biggest problems with using direct optical (laser) links in free space (i.e. out in the…
Dolphin dies from H5 bird flu in SA as researchers withdrawn from sub-Antarctic island over ‘psychosocial risk’ | Bird flu
A dolphin has died from H5 bird flu in South Australia, marking the second native mammal species known…