Africans bear the brunt of biodiversity loss
But the world spends 30 times more money destroying nature than protecting it, and Africa often lacks the…
Scientist Constructs “Big Picture” of Mars Water from Rover Data
Rover data from more than 20 years ago has revealed clues to the existence of liquid water on…
Scientists Reveal Hidden Structure of a Quantum Fluid – Berkeley Lab News Center
Using a technique called magneto-optical spectroscopy under cryogenic conditions, the researchers cooled the device down to a temperature…
Australia has built bridges just for crabs so millions of red crabs can safely migrate across Christmas Island every year |
Every year, one of the world’s most remarkable wildlife migrations takes place on Australia’s remote Christmas Island, where…
The 7 Biggest Myths About Total Solar Eclipses – Debunked
As Europe prepares for its first mainland total solar eclipse since 1999, myths persist. (MIGUEL RIOPA/AFP via Getty…
‘No danger to Earth’ – SpaceX rocket to crash into Moon
A SpaceX rocket’s upper stage is set to unintentionally crash into the Moon this morning, a collision that…
Scientists Discover Extreme Acceleration Inside a Nuclear Fireball
Two Lorentz-contracted nuclei (left and right) collide and ignite a fireball that expands violently outward. Credit: Xu-Guang Huang…
Country diary: A beetle with a prehensile anus? Thanks to local wildlife recorders, I know one lives here | Insects
Even before we start a Wildwatch recording morning, Carys May of the West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre has…
Voyager 2 passed Neptune’s moon Triton in 1989 and photographed it erupting, a discovery scientists called the flyby’s biggest surprise — dark plumes rising nearly eight kilometres and then drifting 150 kilometres downwind, on the coldest surface known
When Voyager 2 flew past Neptune’s largest moon in the summer of 1989, its active, geyser-like plumes became…
The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park
The coastal dune system in Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northeastern Brazil is among the most surreal landscapes…
Humpback whale songs are choreographed to match deep dives, study finds
A new study reveals a direct link between the structure of a male humpback whale’s song and its…
Did T. rex leave these 66-million-year-old bite marks?
Fossilized dinosaur bones uncovered in Wyoming contain tooth marks that were likely made by Tyrannosaurus rex, according to…