Cleaner Cars May Be Hiding a New Pollution Problem
Vehicle exhaust contains a complex mixture of gases and particles that can affect air quality, climate, and human…
A British artist collected more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an artificial island with a house, ponds and a waterfall | World News
PC: Richart Sowa / Facebook British artist Richart Sowa spent years collecting plastic bottles for a project most…
Lunar eclipse August 2026 — Everything you need to know about the 96% ‘blood moon’
On Aug. 27-28, 2026, a very deep partial lunar eclipse will be visible from Europe, Africa, North America…
Freezing liquid inside optical fibre makes light and sound interact more than 1,000 times more strongly
Representational photo of a frozen optical fiber core in a glass capillary, which guides and couples light and…
After years of invasive rats threatening island wildlife, Tuvalu removed them from six islets; residents are now seeing birds and coconut crabs return |
On small islands scattered across the Pacific, changes in wildlife can be surprisingly easy to notice. A few…
Scientists Crack Monsoon Code, Warn Fishing Perils
A new study has reconciled a long-standing paradox in the South Asian summer monsoon cycle. Climate scientists have…
In 1979, Canadian fisherman Édouard Arsenault got a postcard from his daughter that inspired him to build an entire village from more than 25,000 recycled glass bottles
A postcard from his daughter sparked an extraordinary idea for Canadian fisherman and carpenter Édouard T. Arsenault, who…
SpaceX rocket set to depart Christmas Island for Texas aboard specialist recovery vessel
Like a certain extraterrestrial, SpaceX’s Starship 40 is set to depart its adopted safe harbour of Christmas Island…
Japan’s Full-Stack Neutral-Atom Quantum Computer is Operational
Insider Brief Japan’s Institute for Molecular Science has begun operating Shunkai, the country’s first full-stack neutral-atom quantum computer,…
Students set up little blue penguin nesting boxes along Wellington coast
Intermediate students build homes for Kororā penguins Schoolchildren are setting up nesting boxes for little blue penguins along…
Partial lunar eclipse Aug. 27-28 live updates
2026-08-24T07:35:40.714Z 3 days to go! Here’s everything you need to know 3 days until the partial lunar eclipse,…
Scottish Water: Scotland recycles 72,000 contaminated single-use plastic bottles in a world-first move as new technology targets Petri dishes and pipette tips |
Scotland is taking a new approach to laboratory plastic waste. A new recycling system has already processed around…