Unusual senses: the secret superpowers of amphibians and reptiles
The Surinam toad is one of the strangest frogs on Earth. Flat-bodied, tiny-eyed and adapted to the murky…
Next Artemis Mission on Track for 2027, but Anything Can Happen, Astronaut Says
One sweltering day in Tokyo, Kaoru Morimoto told friends she wasn’t sure she could endure another summer in…
Rhinos and elephants can cause huge problems if reintroduced badly – here’s how to get it right
Moving large animals around is a seductive idea in conservation. If there are plenty of animals in one…
Stable mass transfer from a substellar object onto an M dwarf
Bellm, E. C. et al. The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results. Publ. Astron. Soc.…
“I had to walk slowly to minimise the flow of venom travelling through my body. It was one of the most frightening experiences of my life”
Louis Guillot is a zoologist and wildlife photographer whose work has featured in BBC Wildlife. His work has…
Reka AI’s omni-model Rho-1 handles text, images, video, and robot control in a single model
Reka AI has released a research preview of Rho-1. The 19-billion-parameter omni-model processes and generates text, images, video,…
Robots built by the Israeli company Ecoppia roll along desert solar panels every night and brush off the dust without a drop of water, saving about 2.6 billion gallons so far, according to the company
Picture a huge solar farm in the desert at night. No sun, no workers, just long rows of…
NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of…
Linearly polarized light-induced magnetism in bilayer MoSe₂
Theoretical prediction of light-induced phonon-driven magnetism in a non-magnetic bilayer MoSe2 We consider an AA′-stacked bilayer MoSe₂, where…
Northern quolls moved to north Queensland refuge as population dwindles
A team of ecologists is capturing and relocating female northern quolls to a north Queensland safe haven to…
New Simulations Connect the First Galaxies to the Universe We See Today
For astronomers and cosmologists, the Cosmic Dark Ages are the final frontier, holding the answers to how the…
Regions need to stay open to new industries, not be NIMBYs
It’s big: The Wagga Wagga data centre site plan. Photo: EJE Architects 2026. Change is coming to the…