El Niño threatens Asia with drought, could raise food prices globally
All signs are pointing toward a record-breaking El Niño this year, which experts say may cause severe drought…
Chinese launch startup Space Epoch raises $343 million
HELSINKI — China’s Space Epoch has secured major new funding as it aims to have its Yuanxingzhe-1 rocket…
Why Raindrops Make For Pretty Good Antennae
A good rule of thumb is that everything that can interact with electromagnetic (EM) radiation is an antenna,…
Our Changing World: Searching sand dunes for lizards
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How Diffractive Solar Sails Could Stop a Killer Asteroid at 100 km/s
Asteroids don’t come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don’t know…
‘Planetary boundaries’ necessary for flourishing of life have been massively breached, scientists warn | Climate crisis
The planetary life support systems relied upon by humans have deteriorated to their worst levels ever recorded amid…
SpaceX’s First 100 Days Are in the Books. Here’s the Report Card.
In politics, they say that a president’s first 100 days tell you how the rest of the term…
Baby elephant rescued after narrowly surviving lion attack
It would be an understatement to say that Bungalu the African elephant has been through a lot. Today,…
Strange signal detected from planet outside our solar system for first time
Astronomers have detected a strange radio signal from a planet outside the solar system for the first time,…
In 2020, Tasmania treated invasive rice grass in Duck Bay; three years later, fish species had more than doubled from 5 to 11 and average catches rose from about 2 to 45 per net
Among the species benefiting from the restoration are yellow-eye mullet. A major effort to remove invasive rice grass…
UK to launch military squadron to protect satellites in space | Defence policy
A new military unit dedicated to defending satellites, protecting services people need on Earth and potentially supporting offensive…
Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska’s brown bears battle for heavyweight title – Stuff
Fat Bear Week returns as Alaska’s brown bears battle for heavyweight title StuffVoting opens in Alaska’s annual Fat Bear…