What share of plastic waste ends up in the ocean?
The new Living Planet Index report has just been published. It estimates an average decline of 73% in…
NASA Investigating Large Hole on Moon That May Open Into Enormous Cave
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Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Early Universe Traced to Tiny, Star-Forming Galaxy
This fast radio burst, designated FRB 20240304B, is the most distant ever detected, having traveled more than 10…
On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew into space
On Oct. 12, 1964, the Soviet Union launched Voskhod 1, a 24-hour crewed mission that achieved several “firsts”…
Tiny Droplets Form Soft Networks for Brain-Inspired Computing
Inside the human brain, billions of individual neurons connect to form a vast network capable of rapidly processing…
China’s centralized wastewater treatment system reaches efficiency limits in tackling water scarcity
Liu, J. & Li, D. Timing the first emergence and disappearance of global water scarcity. Nat. Commun. 15,…
Solar Orbiter Traces the Origin of a Mysterious S-Shaped Kink on the Sun
In 2022, a Sun-observing probe flew through an S-shaped stream of charged particles pouring out of the star.…
Your gut bacteria could be changing how many calories you absorb
The calorie count printed on a food package might seem like a straightforward measure of how much energy…
SpaceX launching 6,300 pounds of cargo to the ISS on Oct. 13: Watch it live
NASA’s SpaceX 35th Commercial Resupply Services Launch – YouTube Watch On SpaceX will launch its latest cargo mission…
Peculiar New Species of Belemnite Unearthed in Wyoming
A new species of belemnite — an extinct relative of today’s cuttlefish and squid — has been identified…
From Canterbury to the cosmos: The risks of reaching for the stars
A potential new spaceport could bring investment and opportunity, but as our dependence on satellites grows, so do…
Scientists may have found a shortcut to fusion energy
Scientists at the U.S.Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have identified a potentially much more…