A Chinese Coal City Finds New Use for Old Mines: Cooling Homes
A Chinese city has launched a new residential cooling program using water from abandoned coal mines, a low-carbon…
Nasa Perseverance rover finds Mars can have spring-like ground temperatures while the air above remains near freezing |
Mars is a planet where two parts of the body could experience entirely different seasons at once. Standing…
Perseid meteor shower set to dazzle northern hemisphere this week | Meteors
The Perseid summer light show is back, and viewing conditions are especially promising across the northern hemisphere. The…
Factcheck: How nuclear, gas, wind and solar power are affected during heatwaves
Heatwaves are becoming more likely and more intense due to climate change, impacting sources of power generation around…
Red dots in space: could stars 100,000 times heavier than the Sun exist?
Red dots in space: could stars 100,000 times heavier than the Sun exist? – Futura-Sciences August 9, 2026…
Perfect particle transmission through duality defects
Callan, C. G. Jr. Disappearing dyons. Phys. Rev. D 25, 2141–2146 (1982). Article ADS Google Scholar Rubakov, V.…
Astronomers have observed a wandering black hole shredding a star
ⓘ NASA – Unsplash An illustration showing a star and a galaxy. Astronomers have recently detected a black…
Toronto zoo announces birth of pygmy hippo calf, third for mother Kindia | Toronto
The Toronto Zoo has announced the birth of a female pygmy hippo calf. Kindia, the zoo’s 20-year-old pygmy…
China’s 2035 moon base could see robot dogs patrol, build and explore
In anticipation of its International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), China intends to usher in the new era of…
What is a glueball? Chinese-led team finds rare particle made entirely of force
In a historic breakthrough, a Chinese-led international team of scientists has confirmed the existence of the glueball –…
Mercury is the Solar System’s smallest planet, but its metallic core fills about 85 per cent of its radius, leaving a rocky shell so thin that cooling has crumpled the surface into cliffs hundreds of kilometres long
Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System, but most of the distance from its centre to…
East Africa’s iconic snow peaks will soon disappear for good – what will be lost when they melt
East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more.…