Dozens of trapped hydropower tunnel workers in Nepal could still be alive, official says | Nepal-Tibet flood disaster
Nepal authorities have said they are “confident” that dozens of workers in Nepal’s Rasuwagadhi hydropower plant are still…
The universe has plenty of hydrogen. So why is star formation collapsing?
The universe is producing fewer stellar “babies.” Over the past 4.5 billion years, the rate at which new…
I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests | Devon holidays
Mist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed…
BepiColombo Begins Its Final Approach to Mercury After Traveling 10 Billion Kilometers | Ukraine news
The spacecraft has spent years taking the long way around, and its most difficult maneuvers are only now…
‘Supersizing before our eyes’: UN warns of record El Niño approaching | El Niño southern oscillation
The El Niño climate phenomenon is “supersizing before our eyes”, the UN has said. The event is near…
Scientists surpass century-old limit on turning heat into electricity: What it means
Scientists have discovered a crystalline semiconductor that can produce an exceptionally large electrical voltage from a temperature difference.…
Efficient C-N-Phosphine Ligands via 3D Benzene Strategy
A research team led by Ji-Min Yang from the College of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of…
“Even amongst their fellow apex predators, they are still top of the food chain…” 7 animals so formidable they have virtually no predators
Sometimes, herbivores grow so large that they become invulnerable to predators. And, on rare occasions, species that could…
How tiny companies are racing to create ‘impossible’ space crystals worth billions
“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” The phrase, often attributed…
Physicists Determine Cause of “Runaway” Supermassive Black Hole
In September 2022, astronomers observed something very odd in a galaxy around 7.5 billion light-years from Earth. Extending…
A British firm collected used coffee grounds from cafés and other businesses, dried them and pressed them into fire logs; each log contained the grounds from about 25 cups of coffee and was said to burn about 20% hotter and longer than kiln-dried wood
There’s a satisfying tidiness to the idea. You drink a coffee, the grounds are disposed of, and somewhere…
Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups | BHP
Australia’s new national agency for environmental protection has approved its first coal project, allowing a Queensland open-cut mine…