Australia: NSW Health warns against handling bats due to lyssavirus
NSW Health is advising the public not to handle, or otherwise handle bats, following a recent increase in…
Earth’s poles shifted surprisingly fast during the age of dinosaurs, ancient sea levels reveal
The location of Earth’s geographic poles has changed several times over the past 320 million years in a…
IPCC is under pressure to delay publication of key global climate report | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Scientists are coming under pressure from some petro-states and major developing countries to delay publication of a key…
On this day in space! Oct. 13, 1773: Astronomer Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy before we ever knew it was a galaxy
On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the “Whirlpool Galaxy,” also known as Messier…
Flying foxes in NSW and Victoria face mass starvation amid food shortages | Wildlife
Flying foxes are starving en masse across New South Wales and parts of Victoria, with wildlife rescuers responding…
Space jellyfish cloud visible in sky after SpaceX launch
A spectacular “space jellyfish” cloud was visible across parts of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic on Tuesday morning following…
Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species
Scientists racing to save critically endangered species may soon have a new tool at their disposal: sex-changing clones.…
How lessons from fisheries management could help us govern Earth’s orbital space
The space industry is rapidly expanding. About 20,000 satellites already circle the Earth, a number that could reach…
When an elephant dies, its body marks the landscape for a decade
In the circle of life, nothing merely disappears — especially not something as massive as an elephant, which…
Scientists Shocked to Discover ‘D-rex’, a Giant Fungus from Chinese Forests Dating Back 65 Million Years
– pictured, the stromata of Dianjunus rex in the field / doi: 10.3389/ffunb.2026.1940464 Deep in the forests of…
‘It’s not glamorous’: the volunteers counting flushed wet wipes on the banks of the Thames | Pollution
On a pale-blue Sunday morning on the foreshore of the River Thames, 40 people are searching for what…
Forget rockets — Longshot wants to fire cargo into space from a gun. See it at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Rockets are, infamously, a real pain in the butt. Our old friend physics forces rockets to be built…