Norway records ‘highly unusual’ reindeer deaths
Norwegian authorities reported more than a dozen unexplained reindeer deaths in the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic, considered…
Fluffy meshes clean up microplastics big and small
Pieces of plastic ranging from nanometers to millimeters in size are amassing in oceans and fresh water. Removing…
Europa Clipper is already in space, travelling 1.8 billion miles toward Jupiter’s moon Europa, where a subsurface ocean holds more water than every ocean on Earth combined — it arrives April 2030 to ask whether anything is alive inside
Europa Clipper is no longer a spacecraft waiting on a launch pad. NASA launched it on 14 October…
Rocket Lab launches Japanese Earth-observing satellite after 5-week delay (video, photos)
A Japanese Earth-observing satellite got to orbit early this morning (Aug. 6), five weeks later than originally planned.…
Physicists harness sunlight for quantum entanglement
At the foundation of photonic quantum computing are pairs of light particles. Linked together through a process called…
Wild monkeys read the history written on stone tools
Tool use gives some animals access to foods that teeth, fingers, or claws cannot easily open. Yet using…
New findings begin to resolve theta sweep debate
As an animal navigates the world, cells in the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex produce rapid, repeating bursts of…
Puerto Rico rations water for 48 hours at a time amid intense drought
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico will implement water rationing measures in San Juan and other major…
All you need to know about next week’s solar eclipse
Analysis: The solar eclipse is a rare event at any location and it will not occur again in…
Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun’s surface – Physics World
Astronomers capture highest-resolution image ever of the Sun’s surface – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Rare white-tailed sea eagle chick born in Fota Wildlife Park – The Irish Times
The birth of a white-tailed sea eagle chick – a species once extinct in Ireland – has been…
High-resolution carbon and biodiversity mapping shows correlated losses across space and agricultural products
Poore, J. & Nemecek, T. Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science 360, 987–992 (2018). Article …