EEnvironment Read More Potomac sewage spill points to a growing threat around the U.S. : NPRFebruary 20, 2026 Water samples are taken from the Potomac River in Maryland in January. A massive pipe that moves millions…
SSpace Read More A strange triangle of light appears in late winter skies. Here’s what causes it.February 20, 2026 How to see the zodiacal light While the zodiacal light is best seen at lower latitudes, its visibility…
WWildlife Read More Country diary: Was this the fox version of a ‘come-hither’ smile? | WildlifeFebruary 20, 2026 Walking the coastal path, I stopped to scan the flooded horse paddock for the kingfisher reported there in…
SScience Read More Gaia Detected an Entire Swarm of Black Holes Traveling Through The Milky Way : ScienceAlertFebruary 20, 2026 A fluffy cluster of stars spilling across the sky may have a secret hidden in its heart: a…
EEnvironment Read More Injecting particulates into the atmosphere isn’t a magical fix for the climate crisis | Mike HulmeFebruary 20, 2026 Planetary-scale solar geoengineering interventions involve the deliberate injection of either natural or artificial particulates into the stratosphere –…
SSpace Read More Flexible Force Fields Can Protect Our Return to the MoonFebruary 20, 2026 Lunar dust remains one of the biggest challenges for a long-term human presence on the Moon. Its jagged,…
SScience Read More Fossils of new Spinosaurus species found in the SaharaFebruary 20, 2026 At a remote and barren Sahara desert site in Niger, scientists have unearthed fossils of a new species…
EEnvironment Read More By Covering a Desert with Solar Panels, China Expected Clean Power, but the Land Began to EvolveFebruary 20, 2026 The 1-gigawatt photovoltaic array spreads across the Talatan plateau in China’s Qinghai Province like a mechanical forest, its…
SSpace Read More Japan’s ispace warns of delays in new lunar lander engineFebruary 20, 2026 WASHINGTON — Japanese lunar company ispace said work on a new engine for its lunar landers is facing…
BBusiness Read More Five ways increased militarization could change scientific careersFebruary 20, 2026 Ukrainian soldiers test drones in Donetsk, Febuary 2025.Credit: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Military budgets are growing,…
SScience Read More Graphene Patterns Unlock Stacked Insulating Electron StatesFebruary 20, 2026 Researchers are increasingly focused on harnessing correlated insulating behaviour in graphene to unlock emergent phenomena such as superconductivity…
EEnvironment Read More Europe swaps climate rhetoric for energy security talk to defuse MAGA backlash – POLITICOFebruary 20, 2026 “Renewable energy is not about tackling climate change, it’s about economic growth and affordable and low energy prices,”…