The Transmitter’s reading list for 2026
“Fox, the Shrew, and You: How Brains Evolved” by Rogier Mars (Princeton University Press) Rogier Mars examines all…
Canadian family’s Home Depot trip goes viral for the cutest reason | Daily Hive
A young Canadian couple is getting media attention from across the border after improvising their way through a…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates: 2 days to go
2026-08-25T07:40:29.736Z What time is the partial lunar eclipse? (Image credit: Created in Canva Pro by Daisy Dobrijevic) Planning…
Debate star and physicist Guo Yanliang leaves a top European quantum lab for China
Guo Yanliang, a champion debater who honed his argumentation skills in international contests and on online variety shows,…
In 2020, 10-year-old Murphy Widdowson collected a spider on a remote Australian island that experts could not identify; scientists later declared it a new species and named it Artoriopsis murphyi after him
While on the remote island Murphy picked up a small spider that intrigued him, and he decided not…
Watch 2 astronauts replace failed ISS antenna during spacewalk today
Two astronauts will do some repair work outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 25), and you can…
Climate damage would obliterate any economic benefits of new North Sea fields, analysis shows | Fossil fuels
The climate damage caused by developing the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields under consideration by the…
Lux Aeterna takes reusable satellite pitch to the Pentagon
Lux Aeterna, a startup developing satellites designed to return from orbit and fly again, is turning to the…
Extended components of little red dots in the rest-frame optical
Furtak, L. J. et al. JWST UNCOVER: extremely red and compact object at zphot = 7.6 triply imaged…
Tourists smash SUV window to free black bear trapped inside their vehicle in Gatlinburg
A group of tourists in Tennessee went to some pretty extreme lengths last week to rescue a black…
Newton’s 300-year-old law just passed its biggest test yet
Gravity is best known as the force that pulls objects toward Earth, but its role extends far beyond…
Severe thunderstorms in the forecast for northern Saskatchewan
The La Ronge area is included in an orange severe thunderstorm alert that Environment Canada has issued for…