‘Death sentence’: Trump’s EPA to open habitats of endangered species to logging and mining | Trump administration
The Trump administration repealed a crucial part of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) on Friday, finalizing a new…
China unveils members of state-backed commercial space consortium
HELSINKI — A Chinese government body has published a national commercial space consortium membership list, offering a rare…
Scientists uncover secrets of tiny Andean mouse living on the world’s highest peaks
WASHINGTON, July 11 — At first glance, it’s just a rodent. But the Andean leaf-eared mouse is,…
Europe just unveiled a new rival to SpaceX’s Starship
When SpaceX’s Starship lifted off from the Texas coast in the summer of 2023, it marked a milestone…
FCC approves first Reflect Orbital satellite
TOKYO — The Federal Communications Commission has given its approval for a satellite that will test the ability…
When a deep-sea robot ventured down into the Atlantic’s Doldrums, it found something massive no one expected – leaving scientists stunned
Far from human reach, the ocean’s remote depths have long been inaccessible and full of mysteries – but…
NASA satellites are watching Earth’s newest island rise from the sea
Oceanographers often point out that scientists have mapped the surfaces of the Moon and Mars in greater detail…
Researchers Develop a Safer, More Reliable Material for Growing Small-Scale Models of the Human Gut
Newswise — For years, scientists studying the human gut have relied on a material that most people would…
Tiny Triassic Reptile Sheds Light on Early Lizard Evolution
Today, lepidosaurs — the reptile group that includes lizards, snakes and New Zealand’s tuatara — are among the…
NASA is keeping Voyager 1 alive by switching off instruments and heaters one by one—but it cannot let the spacecraft become so cold that its fuel lines freeze. If those lines fail, Voyager could lose the thrusters that keep its antenna aimed at Earth, permanently silencing the most distant human-made object.
Nearly half a century after it left Earth, Voyager 1 is being kept alive one switch at a…
Artemis II astronauts reunite with moonship 3 months after record-breaking flight
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The Artemis II astronauts have reunited with their capsule three months after flying around the moon…
Canada’s proposed clean water act needs stronger protections for Indigenous communities
The Canadian government has just reintroduced long-awaited First Nations drinking water legislation, tabling Bill C-37 in the House…