Forces deep inside Earth helped Antarctica freeze before the Arctic
Scientists have found a new explanation for why Antarctica became covered in ice millions of years before the…
Solar flare event could trigger vibrant aurora display later this week
Three strong solar flares erupted from the sun in less than 24 hours. During this series of eruptions,…
New snake species named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash discovered in New Guinea |
Slash’s groundsnake, namely Lielaphis slashi, is a reddish-brown, non-venomous snake that can grow to about 71 centimetres. Its…
Singapore designs bioinspired nanoparticles that deliver gene editing to lower bad cholesterol
Singapore designs bioinspired nanoparticles that deliver gene editing to lower bad cholesterol August 26, 2026 | Wednesday |…
We finally have some encouraging news on Great Barrier Reef water quality
Imagine a plume of brown sediment is washed off the land into Queensland rivers and carried out to…
APOD: 2026 August 26 – JWST Images The Lion’s Head Nebula
Explanation: Are we looking at the future of our Sun? The James Webb Space Telescope captured today’s composite…
Biologists who necropsied 75 bats found dead under wind turbines in southern Alberta counted 32 with visible injuries and 69 with blood pooled in their chests, because the pressure drop behind a passing blade bursts a bat’s lungs without the blade ever touching it
The mystery that sent biologists crawling under the wind turbines of southern Alberta was a simple contradiction: dead…
The twisted chemistry of Narwhal tusks | Research
Narwhal tusks grow in a distinctive helical structure because of the underlying molecular-scale arrangement of mineralised collagen. The…
World’s oceans hit hottest temperature on record in August | Oceans
The world’s oceans were hotter than ever previously recorded on Saturday, according to the latest data. The average…
Auriga Space Field-Tests Electromagnetic Drone Interceptor
Auriga Space Field-Tests Electromagnetic Drone Interceptor | Aviation Week https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Steve Trimble August 25,…
Four arrested in Kenya amid Amboseli probe into deaths of 18 elephants
Police have arrested four suspects in an investigation into the deaths of 18 elephants in Kenya’s Amboseli ecosystem,…
Astronomers searched five million stars and found seven red dwarfs with the strange infrared signature expected from Dyson spheres. Webb has now exposed two as chance alignments with distant dusty galaxies—one probably powered by a buried supermassive black hole—but five still lack a confirmed explanation.
Two points of light that once looked like stars radiating far too much infrared energy have become four…