A deadly cross over: In South Africa, rabies moves from land animals to seals
Cape Town, South Africa, has recorded 135 incidents of aggressive seal behavior toward humans since September 2021,…
Research Unveils True Nature of Universe’s Little Red Dots
In 2023, the James Webb Space Telescope revealed something strange: the distant reaches of the universe are filled…
It Just Got Way Easier to Sue Fossil Fuel Companies Over Climate Change – Mother Jones
Smoke from massive wildfires in Canada engulfed the New York City skyline, reducing visibility and casting an orange…
Why I’m Buying Rocket Lab Over SpaceX (NASDAQ:RKLB)
This article was written by Follow Hi, I’m Yiannis. Spotting winners before they break out is what I…
Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet
Dark matter, the elusive, invisible stuff that astronomers say constitutes roughly 85% of the universe’s mass, doesn’t interact…
Rare muskox with fur like a ‘magical grass skirt’ spotted in Labrador West
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It’s Been 20 Years Since Astronomers Decided Pluto Isn’t a Planet
Named for the ancient Greek god who presides over the afterlife, Pluto is now mostly known as the…
French Sunday and the Italian month off | France
As I write this, I’m enjoying my French Sunday (Polly Hudson, 23 August) with a croissant from the…
Meteorite dust holds records of magnetism that may have helped form the sun | MIT News
Magnetic fields are generated by matter that is electrically charged and moving around. In the very early solar…
NIST Researchers Supersize Quantum Technology to Help Detect Faint Photons
In this illustration, photons hit a strip of superconducting wire, disrupting the electric current and registering an electric…
Japanese Carrion crows have found a clever way to crack hard walnuts, turning passing cars into their own nutcrackers |
Carrion crows were observed using roads as a tool for opening walnuts. Instead of cracking every shell themselves,…
Water covers about 71 per cent of Earth’s surface, yet the entire hydrosphere accounts for only about 0.02 per cent of Earth’s mass — almost all of the planet’s mass is rock and metal beneath it
Ask most people what Earth is made of and, somewhere in the back of the mind, the answer…