As super El Nino looms, wealthy nations must learn from those already living with water scarcity
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Rocket Lab launches 9th satellite for iQPS
WASHINGTON — Rocket Lab launched another satellite for Japanese radar-imaging company iQPS on Aug. 20. An Electron rocket…
How Gas Filaments and Interfilaments Feed Star Formation in Monoceros R2
Stars are a critical piece of the larger cosmos. They’re engines of nucleosynthesis, forging the elements—and the planets—that…
Nat Geo’s ‘Lion’ Cinematography Interview with Sophie Darlington
We live in a world where pretty much anything can be rendered photorealistically, from animals to aliens to…
Cellular Life Process Captured Live for First Time
All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the…
Beijing Bets on Fossil Fuels Even as It Leads the World in Renewables
China has become the world’s largest renewable energy producer by accelerating the rollout of solar, wind, and battery…
On this day in space! Aug. 20, 1977: Voyager 2 launches to the outer planets
On Aug. 20, 1977, NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft on a mission to explore the outer planets.…
These Whale Calls Appear to Break Physics, but the Truth Is Even Weirder
While tracking whale calls near Massachusetts, oceanographer John Spiesberger noticed that the software he was using was clocking…
An octopus was filmed carrying two halves of a coconut shell across the seafloor to reassemble them later as a portable suit of armour, one of the only clear cases of a wild invertebrate using tools.
A team of Australian marine biologists were diving off the coast of northern Sulawesi, Indonesia, on a research…
San Andreas Fault Could Shake Northern California Sooner Than Scientists Thought
California’s Bay Area hasn’t had a major earthquake in 120 years. Photo: Marnee Wohlfert//Unsplash A violent earthquake hasn’t…
Top things to do in Victoria, Canada’s most British city
Integrated with this is the seafaring nature of Victoria, with rows of eccentric houseboats and a constant flurry…
I went in search of Spain’s total solar eclipse – and found something much more special
Light has returned. Sitting on the grassy bank of a limestone hilltop, I watch a golden glow spread…