Exploring the solar system through Cornell’s image library
Research historian Phil Horzempa knew the images were out there somewhere. He passionately believed that the work of…
Floating scarecrows: how Cornish fishers are stopping seabirds drowning in their nets | Fishing
Bird-shaped kites and a floating scarecrow are being tested to try to stop endangered seabirds drowning in fishing…
Pogo-Bot Goes All Terrain With Compliant Foot
What do you get when you combine a pogo stick, a quadcopter, and engineering students from the University…
Has direct experience of a recent climate event changed your mind about the climate crisis? | Climate crisis
Has direct experience of a global climate event where you live changed how you now view the climate…
SpaceX is ‘go’ to launch NASA’s Crew-13 astronaut mission to the ISS on Oct. 1
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX and NASA officials are feeling good about tomorrow morning’s launch of four astronauts…
Up to 1,000 elephants climb Tanzania’s 6,500-foot Udzungwa Mountains; 529 recorded using a new 14-km protected wildlife corridor linking their historic habitats with Nyerere National Park across the Kilombero Valley
Up to 1,000 African savanna elephants spend part of their time in Tanzania’s Udzungwa Mountains. (Photo: Southern Tanzania…
Ancient hydrogen spotted in the early universe could open a new way to study space’s baffling expansion
Scientists have a new tool for mapping the universe’s perplexing acceleration. A Canadian telescope designed to chart the…
Global oceans report delivers ‘starkest warning yet’
The oceans are warming at an alarming pace, bringing far-reaching consequences for which the world is unprepared, according…
On this day in space! Sept. 30, 2016: Europe’s Rosetta spacecraft crashes into Comet 67P, ending an epic mission
On Sept. 30, 2016, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft purposely crashed into a comet. The Rosetta spacecraft…
A ceramic squeezed to 30,000 times normal air pressure in a Texas lab held its new state at 151 Kelvin once released, beating a record that had stood for three decades and moving grid-scale superconductivity closer to ordinary conditions
A small ceramic disk sat inside a steel cell barely wider than a thumb, squeezed by two opposing…
A storied NASA observatory could be weeks away from falling to Earth after failed rescue attempt
A celebrated space telescope is rapidly dipping from its once-stable orbit and falling to Earth just shy of…
Dynamic instability of the Wilkes Subglacial Basin Ice Sheet, East Antarctica
Stokes, C. R. et al. Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to past and future climate change.…