Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
Kenya investigates the deaths of 15 elephants in Amboseli National Park
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The deaths of 15 elephants over the past month in Kenya ‘s Amboseli National…
Without this protein, damaged muscle turns to fat and scar tissue
A protein traditionally associated with protecting chromosome ends also plays an unexpected role in helping muscle stem cells…
Impact of climate change may be equivalent to 3.3 million years of transformations in tropical vegetation
The tropics cover less than one-third of the Earth’s surface, but are home to more than half of…
Rocks From the Moon’s Far Side Are Rewriting Lunar History
Moon rocks returned from a rarely sampled region are offering a new view of the Solar System’s turbulent…
Gloucestershire photographer captures spectacular Alaska brown bear salmon run
A GLOUCESTERSHIRE photographer has fulfilled a lifelong ambition by travelling thousands of miles to one of the world’s…
3.2-Gigapixel LSST Camera Captures Over Half a Million Galaxies
Rubin Looks Deep Into a Famous Cosmic Field A new image from the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s…
China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world’s largest diversion project now serves 185 million people | World News
Representative Image of China’s South-to-North Water Diversion Project (AI-generated image) In 2002, China’s State Council formally approved construction…
Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
On this day in space! Aug. 2, 1971: Apollo 15 makes 1st-ever televised liftoff from the moon
On Aug. 2, 1971, a lunar liftoff was televised for the first time. Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott…
Relentless UK heatwaves turn ‘green and pleasant land’ brown | Drought
Half of England and the whole of Wales are officially in drought and July is set to be…
Elon Musk’s Mars Folly – Daily Kos
One thing that drives me crazy about everyone’s fascination with Elon Musk’s plan for Mars colonization is that…