Microbe Tweaked to Break Down Shoe Foam in Compost
Your favorite pair of tennies, kicks, or trainers may soon become a little more sustainable. In a study…
Weatherwatch: soil moisture deficit – how dry are the UK’s thirsty soils? | Soil
When the ground is thoroughly wet, after excess rainwater has run off it is said to be at…
APOD: 2026 September 11 – M83: The Southern Pinwheel
APOD: 2026 September 11 – M83: The Southern Pinwheel Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or…
How Big Can The Universe’s First Starbursts Get?
As our telescopes have improved and we’ve been able to peer farther back in time, we’ve begun finding…
Drone films “apex predator at full strength” taking down turtle in Australia
Wildlife watchers in Western Australia were awe-struck to see the circle of life playing out right before their…
What’s Carving Active Gullies on Mars? It’s Not Water
Scientists were shocked when they received the first images of Martian gullies. They were even more shocked as…
Dropping a dead solar panel into a U.S. landfill costs $1 to $5, while recycling the same panel has been estimated at $15 to $45. That gap helps explain why most go into the ground, even though a plant that opened in Georgia this year says it recovers 96 percent of a panel’s material value.
What does it actually cost to throw away the future? For a retired solar panel in the United…
2 private spacecraft zoom within 650 feet of each other to showcase ‘advanced capabilities’ in orbit (photos)
A pair of private spacecraft just showed off some impressive maneuverability high above Earth. The two probes —…
Scientists just made quantum computer operations 1,000 times faster
Quantum computers remain highly vulnerable to errors and tiny disturbances from their surroundings. The longer a quantum operation…
Tiny nanolaser could cut computer energy use in half
The development of a nanolaser could mark an early step toward a future in which microchips communicate entirely…
Hong Kong to Expand Sustainable Finance Taxonomy with New Climate Mitigation, Adaptation, Transition Activities
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Hong Kong’s central banking institution, announced the release of its draft “Phase…
Scientists just witnessed the birth of a double-star system in real time. It’s like watching a Star Wars world forming right in front of us
Astronomers have captured one of the most detailed 3D views ever recorded of a massive binary star system…