Britain’s green pastures and parks turn brown as drought grips country
Britain is known for its grey skies and miserable weather. But as a devastating drought grips more than…
In 1971, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the Moon with an improvised six-iron: Both remain there 55 years later
Alan Shepard/AI representation of the Golf Club | Wikimedia Commons/ChatGPT Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard paused near the…
In 1980s, Colombia inherited 4 hippos left behind at Pablo Escobar’s estate, but today they have grown into world’s largest invasive hippo population |
In Colombia, the hippos originally imported by Pablo Escobar have become an ecological menace. Initially introduced for his…
Scientists Watched Carbon Dioxide Being Pulled Out of The Air to Form Graphite : ScienceAlert
Wouldn’t it be great if we could make a material we need for batteries by pulling carbon dioxide…
Canada tries to adapt to a future of wildfires
Faced with another summer when wildfires have scorched millions of hectares of land and blankets of smoke have…
Scientists explain how the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism copied the Moon’s changing speed without modern technology |
The Moon does not travel across the sky at a constant pace. Its speed changes throughout each orbit,…
Nocturnal ‘coffee frog’ discovered in Costa Rica
A tiny greenish, nocturnal frog that thrives in coffee plantations has been discovered in the Costa Rica’s central…
Avocados Switch Sex on a Daily Basis, And Researchers Finally Know How : ScienceAlert
At some point in evolutionary history, possibly around 400 million years ago, things started having sex. This adaptational…
This burning summer is the proof: the voices of climate denial aren’t just delusional, they’re deadly | Sadiq Khan
Europe is burning. This summer, an unprecedented series of heatwaves has swept through the continent and across many…
Eclipse path maps, animations, charts and video guides – all the info you need for the August 2026 solar eclipse
The solar eclipse on August 12, 2026 is set to be one of the astronomical highlights of the…
Lion cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade find new home in South Africa
Two lion cubs, Ben Tzur and Uri, who were rescued last year after being illegally trafficked into Israel,…
Spanish mountain village braces for astrotourists lured by total solar eclipse | Europe
Little stirs in the mountains above Somosierra beyond the wind that lashes the flat peaks, the cows that…