Increased Sightings of World’s Two Largest Whale Species Decimated By Hunting Provides New Hope for Survival
Fin whale by Sara Golaski for the Dolphin Project via SWNS Increased sightings of the world’s two largest…
Voyager 1 is now so far from Earth that a signal traveling at the speed of light takes more than 22 hours to reach it — so when engineers send a command, they can wait nearly two days to know whether the spacecraft responded
Sending a command to Voyager 1 is closer to mailing a letter than placing a phone call. The…
River Wye granted rights in UK first that could help in fight against pollution | Rivers
The entire catchment of the River Wye has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with intrinsic rights…
NASA’s Roman telescope may reveal millions of dead stars in the Milky Way
The Milky Way is thought to contain tens of millions of dead stellar remnants, perhaps hundreds of millions.…
A slow laser bottleneck just got a 250x AI shortcut for next-generation X-ray experiments
Building a world-class X-ray experiment begins with a laser operating at the wrong frequency. Before it becomes useful,…
15 sci-fi books you absolutely have to read before you die
Feeling the clammy grip of death on your shoulder? Hopefully you don’t, but with so much debris floating…
The network watching the world’s oceans is under pressure – just when it’s needed most
Increasingly, the world’s oceans are telling us our climate system may be changing faster and more dramatically than…
Why SpaceX defies valuations | Semafor
The thing about becoming a publicly traded company is that bankers have to figure out how to value…
Quantum Dynamics Breakthrough Overturns Claim of ‘Quantum Supremacy’
Using a conventional computer and cutting-edge mathematical tools and code, physicists at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics…
Scientists say house cats could help unlock new cancer treatments for humans
Scientists say feline cancer genetics are no longer a mystery after completing one of the largest studies ever…
‘Corporate capture’ of critical minerals risks repeating DRC’s extractive past, warns indigenous leader
From May 13-15, the Cobalt Institute, a London-based organization, hosted a conference in Madrid to discuss the…
Lunar Strike offers a pessimistic, and worryingly realistic look at the future of space travel
It’s impossible not to be optimistic about our future among the stars at the moment. The Artemis 2…