German biologists find ‘Pac-Man’ enzyme that breaks down bioplastics and antibiotics
Researchers in Germany discovered a soil enzyme that can break down a plant-based bioplastic — and penicillin-type antibiotics…
Can an entire Arctic ecosystem evolve to adapt to the climate crisis? | Alaska
On Alaska’s North Slope, scientists tread carefully across clumps of tussock grasses toward a fast-flowing stream draining the…
The Heavy Disco-Ball Satellite Designed To Do… Nothing
Launched in 1976, LAGEOS-1 (LAser GEOdynamic Satellite) is unusual in that it contains no instrumentation, no electronics, no…
Tiny sound waves could help solve a major quantum computing problem
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new…
Tandem duplication fuels terpene diversity in gymnosperms
Terpenoids form one of the largest classes of plant specialized metabolites, contributing to defense against herbivores and pathogens…
The super, mega El Niño of 2026-27
By Steven Paton* El Niño is here, and forecasters warn that it’s likely to be bigger and stronger…
China Deploys Rare Type of Space Junk That Pollutes Orbit for Hundreds of Years
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CERN finds gluons behaving strangely deep inside atomic nuclei
A CERN experiment has given physicists a much sharper look at how gluons behave inside atomic nuclei, providing…
12-ft king cobra swallows python in Karnataka garden; rescuer arrives as giant snake regurgitates its unusual meal during rescue |
12-ft king cobra swallows python in Karnataka garden (Image: AI) A snake-eating king cobra had just taken its…
Researchers find a Wordle strategy that wins 99% of the time
Millions of people open Wordle each day hoping to solve its five-letter puzzle before their six guesses run…
August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges
UN climate chief Simon Stiell said the “evidence is irrefutable: this is the spiralling price of humanity’s fossil…
Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine gets closer to mission conditions
Venus Aerospace has opened a new propulsion test stand at Houston Spaceport as it pushes its rotating detonation…