‘Parisians out!’ Why the French have had enough of French tourists | France
Name: “Parisians out!” Age: It officially commenced at the start of August. Appearance: Scratched into cars and painted…
Why was the first picture of the Red Planet’s surface black and white – and what camera was used to take it 50 years ago?
Over 50 years ago, on July 20 1976, NASA achieved something quite incredible for humanity and photography. At…
Invasive Species India: In the 1840s, this African snail reached India decades ago and now appears in gardens and farms across the country
Giant African Snail (Photo via Canva) The Giant African Snail came to India nearly 180 years ago, and…
Scientists switch on a strange new form of magnetism in an ultrathin material
A recently proposed form of magnetism known as altermagnetism could eventually help researchers make computer memory smaller, faster,…
Land models sprout as degradation threatens billions of livelihoods
The UN desertification conference, running from 17 to 28 August in Mongolia, is has awarded three land rejuvenation programmes,…
APOD: 2026 August 27 – Colorful Aurora over an Icelandic Waterfall
Explanation: What a sight to behold, when a night sky became filled with colors that appeared to rain…
A severe drought forced Australian scientists to rescue platypuses and keep them in captivity for five months; after being returned to the wild, they rebuilt their home ranges and resumed normal movements within days
Representative Image (AI-generated) For five months, a group of platypuses lived far from the waterways they once called…
In 2025, NASA funded LEAP, a jumping robot concept designed to bound directly through the geysers of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, collecting water and ice expelled from its buried ocean. The appeal is beautifully simple: instead of drilling through kilometres of ice to reach the ocean, let the ocean erupt directly into the robot’s sampler.
Enceladus presents planetary scientists with an unusual offer. Its ocean is buried beneath ice, but some of that…
Humans stepped back from this UK dairy farm in 2023; three years later, wildlife returns as 27 more bird species appear and butterfly numbers more than double | World News
Image: The Guardian/Jenny Vickers A former dairy farm in the UK has undergone a striking transformation after humans…
MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6
Applications 27/08/2026 250 views 0 likes The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the…
Narwhal tusks reveal a hidden twist behind the unicorn legend
Scientists scanned narwhal tusks with X-rays and found two spirals twisting in opposite directions – a design no…
Fulfilling friendships boost physical and mental health: Study
Fulfilling friendships and general close social relationships are strongly linked to better physical and mental health, a global…