Dinosaur-killing asteroid may have caused firestorms 17 times hotter than the thermal limit lethal to humans
Scientists once suspected that a brutal, years-long winter starved the dinosaurs following an asteroid impact 66 million years…
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not an island of trash: its plastic averages roughly 50 kilograms spread across each square kilometer, and a 2022 study found 75 to 86 percent of the large floating debris by mass came from fishing gear, not household waste
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is usually pictured as a floating landfill, a raft of bottles and bags…
Mark your calendars: Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years – Live Science
Mark your calendars: Aug. 12 could be the greatest single day and night for skywatching for years Live Science9…
Its staring yellow eyes and enormous, downturned frog-like mouth give it an expression of permanent disapproval…
At first glance, the tawny frogmouth looks more like a grumpy piece of bark than a bird. Its…
Mars is usually named as humanity’s most likely second home, but a NASA-funded study concluded it cannot be terraformed with present technology, and until that changes, living there would mean sealing yourself against near-vacuum, deep cold and steady radiation
Mars is the planet we have quietly agreed to think of as our spare. It turns up in…
Funnels That Harvest Rain and Solar Power While Shading a Public Plaza
Water scarcity and urban heat are two separate crises that public infrastructure rarely addresses together. Most public spaces…
This Week in Science: Dyson Spheres, Hidden Amazon Structures, And More : ScienceAlert
This Week in Science: Creatine’s effect on cancer, a dinosaur-era ‘turducken’, and much more! First up: JWST has…
Hundreds of exotic ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up on an England beach after strong westerly winds; experts warn beachgoers not to touch them
Hundreds of exotic ‘by-the-wind sailors’ wash up on an England beach after strong westerly winds; experts warn beachgoers…
How fruit flies chase invisible ribbons of smell to get to their source
The team also worked with flies genetically engineered so light could switch their olfactory neurons on directly, in…
‘Nothing has changed’ – Waterford Council stands firm against controversial windfarm plan – News
Waterford City and County Council has confirmed its opposition to the proposed Dyrick Hill Wind Farm. The council…
Saturn’s moon Titan has an atmosphere thicker than Earth’s and seas you could sail on, and it is the one place beyond Earth where a person could stand outside without a pressure suit, though its surface sits at about minus 179 degrees Celsius
Of all the places people talk about settling beyond Earth, Titan is the one that makes me stop…
What is the breakthrough in China’s artificial sun project? A 6.5 Tesla magnet
New Delhi: China’s superconducting magnets have passed key tests at the Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of…