El Nino is now hottest ever recorded and still growing in strength, announces Japan
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Elon Musk Accuses Mukesh Ambani’s Online Supporters Of Absurd Hypocrisy, Ridiculous Arguments Amid Starlink-Reliance Row
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Sunday renewed his attack on Mukesh Ambani over Starlink’s entry into India, accusing…
The Preliminary Lunar Science Report for Artemis II is Out!
On April 1st, 2026, the crew of the Artemis II mission launched to space atop NASA’s Space Launch…
In 2004, Kris Tompkins’ conservation organisation acquired a 174,500-acre Chilean ranch and began restoring its grasslands and wildlife; in 2018 the ranch became part of a national park within a wider conservation effort that has helped protect nearly 15 million acres
Patagonia National Park represents one part of a much larger effort by the Tompkinses to protect land across…
Did formaldehyde on ancient Mars help kickstart life?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the ancient lake in Gale crater. A new study from researchers in…
Scientists may have found a clue to why octopuses are so smart
Octopuses can open jars, solve puzzles, and change color in a split second to match their environment. Scientists…
Scientists Find Squid Are Covered in Hair-Like Cells Remarkably Similar to The Ones in Human Ears : ScienceAlert
The skin of a squid, surprisingly, has much in common with an organ inside your ear. As reported…
The Iran War Is Fueling a Boom in Clean Energy
The Iran war might have done exactly what President Trump was trying to avoid: turning the world away…
SpaceX launches 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on the fourth Space Development…
What on Earth Is a Ring Species – and why can’t some populations interbreed?
A species is a group of individuals that can mate to produce fertile offspring – but there are…
Neanderthals may have used prehistoric glue as an ancient antibiotic
Neanderthals may have used a sticky substance made from tree bark not only to construct tools but also…
‘We cannot accept foxes as part of our landscape’: the plan to save Australia’s threatened wildlife | Invasive species
They dart across playgrounds on dainty paws, sneak into back yard coops to eat suburban chickens and kill…