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
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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…
NASA Starshade Would Enable Astronomers To Directly Image Rocky Exoworlds
A NASA-led team is hoping to take a short cut in directly imaging extrasolar earthlike planets. The idea…
Japan develops its first neutral-atom quantum computer
Japanese researchers are making headway in the field of quantum computing, or systems that are much faster at…
An Australian family noticed snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile; snake catchers found 102 venomous snakes underneath | World News
A few snakes disappearing into a backyard mulch pile had seemed like a worrying but manageable problem for…
NASA is about to launch a powerful new eye on the universe
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has passed an important milestone ahead of its trip to space. Mission…
Plastic producers must clean up their own mess
Every year, Bangladesh produces around 800,000 tonnes of plastic waste, of which only about 40 percent is recycled.…
Trump to award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II astronauts
President Donald J. Trump will present the Congressional Space Medal of Honor to each member of NASA’s Artemis…
Wild beaver kits born in Norfolk for first time in more than 500 years | Animals
Wild beaver kits have been born in Norfolk for the first time in more than 500 years. The…