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…
Dark matter’s secret force does the opposite of what scientists expected
Dark matter is usually described as an invisible substance that responds only to gravity. But scientists are now…
Binman settles debate on putting batteries in waste bin or recycling
A binman has explained what you should be doing with batteries when they’re all used up. A binman…
There May Be 170 Million Black Holes Lurking in The Milky Way’s Graveyard : ScienceAlert
Black holes are sneaky. Unless they light up their surroundings with a rare feeding frenzy, it’s very difficult…