This 518-Million-Year-Old Creature Reveals How Spiders Got Their Bite
Artist’s impression of Urokodia. Credit: Xiaodong Wang Scientists from the University of Leicester and Yunnan University identified an…
The second closest potentially habitable planet to Earth is not around a famous star; it is GJ 887 d, confirmed in 2026 around a quiet red dwarf 10.7 light-years away
There is something almost comic about the name GJ 887 d. It sounds like a storage code, not…
Physicists used 19th century steam engine science to solve a black hole Mnstery
Physicists used 19th century steam engine science to solve a black hole Mnstery – Futura-Sciences July 25, 2026…
Forgotten for 20 Years, This 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals a New Reptile Species
Part of the fossil was accidentally lost for more than two decades. Its rediscovery allowed the animal to…
Scientists find sperm whales blow bubbles to stay upright while sleeping, a tiny buoyancy trick that keeps the ocean’s biggest predators resting just below the surface |
Scientists find sperm whales blow bubbles to stay upright while sleeping, a tiny buoyancy trick that keeps the…
A star near the centre of our galaxy reaches almost 3 per cent of the speed of light as it is whipped around something four million times the mass of the Sun that emits no light of its own — and tracking its orbit for nearly three decades helped two astronomers win a Nobel Prize
Near the centre of the Milky Way, about 26,000 light-years from Earth, a young blue star repeatedly performs…
GSTP Element 1 ‘Develop’ Compendia 2026-2028: Publication and OSIP Campaign
Enabling & Support 13/10/2025 4907 views 7 likes The General Support Technology Programme (GSTP) is pleased to announce…
AI tool helps explain how perching birds became so diverse
Perching birds evolved their body shapes in rare, sudden bursts that lined up with moments of upheaval in…
JWST May Be Missing Water Hidden Deep Within Mini-Neptune Worlds
Sub-Neptune exoplanets, exoplanets that are slightly smaller than Neptune, have been designated as the most common type of…
What happens to astronauts’ bodies on the ISS? A look at how space affects bone, blood and eyes
Astronauts’ bodies develop adaptations in space to compensate for the seeming lack of gravity. Astronauts aboard the International…
Psyche spacecraft rehearses asteroid science at Mars
Mars was a rehearsal, not a destination. Here is what a spacecraft built for a metal asteroid came…
Country Life: “Why not llamas?”
Already addicted to llamas’ yarn, Janette Buckingham thought she’d give farming the animals a spin. That was over…