Turning ocean water into drinking water, without waste
image: Vials of seawater, Great Salt Lake water, nickel sulfate, copper chloride wastewater, and desalinated water, along with…
Ultraviolet-C to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguides
Principle concept and structural design Figure 1 schematically illustrates the proposed waveguide structure for achieving UV to MIR…
Scientists Just Confirmed What’s Driving Sea Level Rise And It’s Alarming
Causes of global mean sea level rise since 1960. Credit: Zheng et al., Science Advances (2026) Earth’s oceans…
China has just sent stem-cell-grown structures resembling early human embryos to its space station — the first experiment of its kind in orbit — to find out whether humans can actually reproduce beyond Earth
On May 10, 2026, a Long March rocket lifted off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site on China’s…
Springwatch makes Northern Ireland history with live Crom series
Springwatch will broadcast its main live hub from Northern Ireland for the first time when the BBC’s flagship…
Why the Second Full Moon of May is a ‘Blue Minimoon’
Why the final Full Moon of the month is also the smallest of the year. There’s nothing like…
Extreme heat in Europe ‘a brutal reminder’ of climate crisis, UN chief says | Extreme heat
The UN climate chief has said an extreme early heat event sweeping parts of western Europe was “a…
FAA orders SpaceX to investigate Starship V3 booster failure
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has ordered SpaceX to investigate why its Starship booster failed during the company’s…
Could a cosmic uncertainty principle help explain dark matter?
Anyone who has been paying attention to cosmology over the past few years is aware of problems with…
‘Utterly appalling’: anger over swimmers in Hampstead Heath wildlife ponds | Birds
Nature groups have pleaded with swimmers to give wildlife a wide berth after dozens of people swam in…
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003 — but about 8% of human DNA was still missing, including some of the regions most critical to chromosome stability and immunity, and it took another nineteen years to finally read it all
On 14 April 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project…
3 planets will line up in the night sky on May 27 — Here’s where to look for the mini planetary parade
Don’t miss Jupiter, Venus and Mercury put on a spectacular show as they line up in the evening…