30 dead after Guinea landfill collapse from torrential rain landslide
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Brilliant fireball lights up Hungary’s night sky in spectacular pre-dawn display
A spectacular fireball streaked across the Hungarian sky early on Saturday, briefly turning night into day in parts…
Penguin Spots Strange Object in Snow and Can’t Resist Investigating
In this incredible footage captured by wildlife photographer Piet van den Bemd, a curious penguin waddles down a…
Scientists Discover a Hidden Baobab Species in Madagascar
Researchers walk through a grove of large baobab trees in Madagascar. Credit: Nisa Karimi Genetic analysis has revealed…
Australia’s marine parks protect ‘places no one goes’ rather than fragile waters near the mainland, scientists say | Environment
The Australian government has been accused of leaving waters near the mainland largely unprotected by establishing the bulk…
Pluto’s atmosphere update! It’s thinning
NASA calls this image “Pluto’s Blue Sky.” It’s a backlit view of Pluto, acquired by the New Horizons…
Astronomers Use Rare Ultra-Magnetic Star to Crack a Quantum Mystery
The principle of vacuum birefringence, a quantum effect first predicted almost 90 years ago by Werner Heisenberg, states…
A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English businessman who bought a…
China delays Chang’e-7 lunar south pole landing mission launch
HELSINKI — China has postponed its Chang’e-7 robotic lunar south polar landing mission just hours ahead of a…
Fastest star in the Milky Way found zipping around black hole
NEW YORK — A telescope has spied the fastest known star in our galaxy, racing around the supermassive black hole…
In 2019, Australia lowered a 58-ton concrete greenhouse into the Great Barrier Reef; the 12-metre underwater structure became a living artwork and coral habitat
In John Brewer Reef, off the coast of Townsville, Australia, exists a greenhouse with no windows, no door,…
NASA’s astronaut interviews are only part of the test: finalists also face hours of psychological assessment, time pressure and cognitively punishing team simulations while specialists watch how they communicate, adapt and regulate themselves—the qualities that determine whether a crew remains functional after months of isolation in space.
An astronaut interview is not one decisive conversation across a desk. By the time NASA is choosing a…