Solar Has Crossed a Critical Economic Tipping Point
For years, the economic case for solar came with an awkward qualification. Yes, it had no fuel bill.…
Artemis II astronauts receive nation’s highest space honor for their successful moonshot | Artemis II
The Artemis II astronauts who flew around the moon in April received the US’s highest space honor on…
‘Gone too early’: warrior Steve Irwin’s enduring legacy
“She said: “Steve … “. Two decades on, the memories of the man the world knew as the…
The last woolly mammoths survived on Wrangel Island until about 4,000 years ago, and a 2024 genetic study found inbreeding had not doomed them to a slow decline — their population appears to have vanished suddenly, for reasons that remain unresolved
A small group of woolly mammoths clung to a scrap of land off the Siberian coast for roughly…
Why poetry is a powerful form of climate communication
For too long, climate communication has relied on the belief that if we stick with the science and…
Webb reveals the chaotic aftermath of a galaxy merger
Webb peers into Arp 263, a nearby irregular galaxy still bearing the scars of a violent merger and…
Spiders are barely noticed underfoot, but a peer-reviewed 2017 estimate put their annual global prey kill at 400–800 million tonnes — a range whose upper end is about twice the roughly 400 million tonnes of meat and fish humans consume each year
Most of us file spiders under one of two headings. Either they are pests to squash or usher…
Scientists spent 100 years discovering new animals and found that hotspots are emerging in unexpected places; it is now reshaping the understanding of biodiversity
Representative Image (AI-generated) For much of the past century, scientists have steadily expanded the catalogue of life on…
Thousands of Interstellar Objects May Be Lurking in Our Solar System
Welcome back to the Abstract! These are the studies this week that went interstellar, entombed the sky, hit…
Tiny Wrinkles in Graphene Turn It Into a Battery, Physicists Find : ScienceAlert
Graphene is a very special material, only one atom thick. It has a rare combination of properties, including…
Cameras on whale shark fins caught them feeding as deep as 68.8 metres
A whale shark tips nose down, holds its tail almost still, and sinks. The camera watching this is…
Thought of the day from Greek philosopher Epicurus: “For the end of all our actions is to be free from pain and fear”
Let’s start with what the sentence does not say. It does not say the goal of life is…