The mission to bring Earth’s most valuable rocks from Mars is considered a failure, and now China could get there first with a return in 2031
A few dozen metal tubes scattered across Mars may hold our best clues to past life. For now,…
Five Ways Quantum Technology Could Shape Everyday Life
From The Conversation By Salil Gunashekar, Senior Research Leader and Deputy Director, Science and Emerging Technology; Adam Urwick,…
9 brutal photos of the world’s most powerful bird that can rip monkeys and sloths from branches Â
The harpy eagle may not be the world’s largest bird (that record goes to the Andean condor), but…
AI may soon decode human genome, says expert
Genome decoding is the next big biological frontier for AI What’s the story Pushmeet Kohli, Vice President of…
Darwin traditional owners feel ‘bulldozed’ by ambitious solar farm company’s approach to consultation
A traditional owner says one of Australia’s most ambitious solar energy projects is “bulldozing the rights of Aboriginal…
Reaching Top Speed in the Dolomites
Nestled among high snowy peaks in northern Italy, Cortina d’Ampezzo is hosting athletes in the 2026 Winter Olympics…
Extinct Hawaiian Ibis Had Unusually Small Eyes and Limited Visual Capacity, Study Says
Apteribis, an extinct species of ibis that once inhabited the Hawaiian Islands, occupied a niche similar to that…
Space station experiment shows microbes extract metals from meteorites
Microbes could be the future space miners, helping humans survive on long-term missions by extracting mineral resources from…
Construction Site Pumping Sludge Straight into Spring Creek
2/11/26 – Based on a tip from a reader, I learned that a large construction site along Spring…
US plans 500kW lunar nuclear reactor in bold 2030 space power push
NASA could place a powerful 500-kilowatt-electric (kWe) nuclear reactor on the Moon by the end of 2030, as…
Snakes on a train: How king cobras are spreading across India thanks to world’s busiest railway network
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Snowball Earth was not completely frozen, new study reveals
Researchers at the University of Southampton have found new evidence that Earth’s climate did not completely grind to…