If a whale gets lost, can it find its way home? The kids’ quiz | Family
1.Alma, 4, asks: if a whale gets lost, can the whale find its way home? Reveal 2.Felix, 8,…
How global heating supercharged floods in West Africa, displacing thousands | Extreme weather
Dozens of people drowned, hundreds had to be rescued and thousands were displaced when floods struck the coasts…
NASA’s James Webb catches a supermassive black hole feeding
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST, are giving astronomers their clearest look yet at…
This tiny spider builds webs across rivers with silk more than 10 times tougher than Kevlar |
Spotting a spider web stretching from one side to the other seems impossible, yet this is exactly what…
Genomic and evolutionary basis of parthenogenesis in a disease-vector tick species
Dantas-Torres, F., Chomel, B. B.& Otranto, D. Ticks and tick-borne diseases: a One Health perspective. Trends Parasitol. 28,…
The deep ocean is changing our climate far faster than we realised
Deep below the ocean’s surface, turbulent swirls of water – invisible to the naked eye and no bigger…
In 1984, Soviet cosmonaut Oleg Atkov flew a portable ultrasound to Salyut 7 and became the first doctor to image a human heart shrinking in real time in orbit
In 1984, a Soviet physician named Oleg Atkov floated inside the cramped forward compartment of Salyut 7 and…
Mexico earthquake shakes Guatemala and El Salvador
A powerful earthquake in southern Mexico shook nearby countries Guatemala and El Salvador on Friday, with the US…
SpaceX (SPCX) Is Down 14.7% After Starship Abort and Rising Scrutiny of Its Lofty Valuation
In mid-July 2026, SpaceX’s highly anticipated 13th Starship test flight was automatically aborted seconds before liftoff due to…
In 1987, a woman in Shetland rescued one abandoned seal pup, and nearly 40 years later her sanctuary is still saving orphaned seals | World News
On a quiet evening in May 1987, Jan Bevington was sitting on a beach in the village of…
Rubin Observatory begins mission to film universe
Perched atop a mountain in Chile’s Coquimbo region, where some of the world’s darkest skies stretch over the…
Intercity connectivity enhances urban mobility resilience to extreme rainfall
Data sources and preprocessingMobility data Two Baidu location-based service datasets were used. As of 2023, these data were…