Wildfires force thousands to flee as blazes spread across Europe | Climate News
At least a dozen people have reportedly been hospitalised in Croatia after blazes tore into the tourist town…
SpaceX rocket’s moon crash highlights ‘a tangible operational risk’ of lunar settlement
The moon dust has settled after a 4.5-ton SpaceX rocket body slammed into terrain near Einstein Crater on…
Australia’s feral camels were abandoned when trucks replaced them. More than a century later, their isolation is attracting Gulf breeders
Australia’s camel population is difficult to count, partly because the animals are scattered across an immense stretch of…
Tin shows thermal stability advantage in sodium-ion batteries
New research has found that tin anodes may offer a thermal stability advantage over hard carbon in sodium-ion…
Climate Change Has Unleashed an Entirely New Type of Heatwave: The ‘Snow Eater’
In mid-March, a record-shattering heat dome engulfed the western United States, sending summer-like temperatures high into the mountains.…
Debrief: Rocket Lab’s Proliferating Global—And Orbital—Footprint
Debrief: Rocket Lab’s Proliferating Global—And Orbital—Footprint | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Vivienne Machi August 13,…
Rice Researchers Improve Trapped-Ion Quantum Simulation with New Temperature Controls
Insider Brief Rice University researchers developed new controls for a trapped-ion quantum simulator that allow independent tuning of…
In 2001, scientists tested 4 beluga whales at a New York aquarium; 98 sessions later, it was found the Arctic whales may recognise themselves
In the quiet pools of the New York Aquarium, a groundbreaking experiment was unfolding. It was 2001, and…
Chinese researchers uncover ‘ripple’ structures in Milky Way
The Milky Way galaxy is seen in this long-exposure photograph from the Al Quaa Desert outside of Abu…
El Niño is headed for record-shattering intensity, NOAA says
There is a nearly 70% chance that the building Super El Niño will be the strongest such event…
The Moon’s south pole can spend days in darkness, temperatures can plunge below −200°C, and unprotected electronics may not survive — Northrop Grumman is repurposing hardware built for NASA’s shelved Gateway station to test how lunar systems cope before astronauts are targeted to land in 2028.
The Moon’s south pole compresses very different environments into a small area. A high ridge may receive long…
Quote of the day by Richard Feynman: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.”
Image: Princetoniana Museum Two people can read the same explanation of something and walk away with completely different…