What share of plastic waste ends up in the ocean?
The new Living Planet Index report has just been published. It estimates an average decline of 73% in…
Europe’s new Sentinel-3C satellite just sent back spectacular images of Earth
Just two weeks after reaching orbit, Europe’s new Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite has delivered its first spectacular images of…
Ancient Teeth Reveal Human Toll of Medieval Britain’s Lead Industry
The first definitive evidence of when post-Roman lead production began in one of Europe’s largest medieval lead-producing regions,…
China’s centralized wastewater treatment system reaches efficiency limits in tackling water scarcity
Liu, J. & Li, D. Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity. Nat. Commun. 15,…
The building blocks of life on Earth have been found around distant stars that are similar to our Solar System
The materials that form the building blocks of life on Earth have been found in distant planet-forming discs…
Dark Matter May Come From Primordial Black Holes Hiding in the Fifth Dimension
An international team of astronomers says the source of elusive dark matter may be even stranger than previously…
Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Early Universe Traced to Tiny, Star-Forming Galaxy
This fast radio burst, designated FRB 20240304B, is the most distant ever detected, having traveled more than 10…
Solar Orbiter Traces the Origin of a Mysterious S-Shaped Kink on the Sun
In 2022, a Sun-observing probe flew through an S-shaped stream of charged particles pouring out of the star.…
Quantum Meet Quantum: Hybrid Quantum Computer Lets Scientists Peak in on Foundational Quantum Effect
Insider Brief Oxford physicists used a hybrid quantum computer combining qubits and quantum oscillators to observe the Aharonov–Bohm…
Your gut bacteria could be changing how many calories you absorb
The calorie count printed on a food package might seem like a straightforward measure of how much energy…
SpaceX launching 6,300 pounds of cargo to the ISS on Oct. 13: Watch it live
NASA’s SpaceX 35th Commercial Resupply Services Launch – YouTube Watch On SpaceX will launch its latest cargo mission…
Peculiar New Species of Belemnite Unearthed in Wyoming
A new species of belemnite — an extinct relative of today’s cuttlefish and squid — has been identified…