China could supply EV manufacturing boom with recycled EVs
While recycling is a mathematically obvious response to the finite, non-renewable nature of many resources, the economic math…
APOD: 2026 July 31 – NGC 4372 and the Dark Doodad
Explanation: The Dark Doodad Nebula drifts through southern skies, a tantalizing target for binoculars toward the small constellation…
Critically endangered sawfish are still killed for teeth carved into cockfighting spurs; one rostrum can produce products worth roughly $8,000
Sawfish are some of the ocean’s most unusual animals. With their long, saw-like snouts and ancient-looking bodies, they…
‘Super-Earth’ planet shows signs it could have an atmosphere
‘Super-Earth’ planet shows signs it could have an atmosphere Scientists say they have detected promising signs that a…
UN warns record strong El Nino will add fuel to a burning planet
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages,…
Rocket Lab (RKLB) Signs Three More iQPS Launches As Planned Missions Reach 18
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Titan’s air is four times thicker than ours and its gravity a seventh as strong, which means a human being there could in principle fly under their own muscle power — strap on wings, run a few paces, and flap
Picture standing wearing a heated suit, with homemade wings clipped to your arms. You take a few running…
Want to go whale watching in Ireland? Follow these handy tips
Outdoor adventurer Marius Monaghan shares his tips for whale watching in Ireland. If you’ve been scrolling through TikTok…
Boeing Claims Its Beleaguered Starliner Spacecraft Is Pretty Much Good to Go
It’s been two years since Starliner’s first crewed test flight fell apart in shambles, leaving a crew of…
China’s Solar Capacity Set to Overtake Coal This Quarter
China will have more installed solar power capacity than coal-fired generation capacity as early as this quarter, Chinese…
‘We are not giving up yet’: Private mission to rescue NASA’s Swift telescope is spinning out of control, and engineers are racing to fix it
A private mission to rescue an ailing NASA space telescope may now need a rescue of its own.…
Extensible universal photonic quantum computing with nonlinearity
Rad, H. A. et al. Scaling and networking a modular photonic quantum computer. Nature 638, 912–919 (2025). Article …