Why is NZ spending far more on responding to climate disasters than on reducing future risk?
New Zealand is not on track to adapt to growing climate risks, nor is it cutting emissions quickly…
Space, the next frontier in NZ and global fight against wildfires
Soon entire constellations of satellites dedicated to spotting wildfires will be circling the earthA local data scientist is…
What Quantum Computing Can Do for Humanity — and South Chicago
Sitting in a swivel chair in a hotel conference room, Victor Peng stares out the window at the…
A Century of Photographing Lions in National Geographic
Male lions, for all their bluster and might, mostly depend on females to do the hunting. So when…
Rescue mission for ageing Nasa space telescope fails
A mission to rescue Nasa’s ageing Swift observatory in space was cancelled on Wednesday after the spacecraft that…
Northern Lights Forecast: Here’s Where The Aurora Could Be Visible Tonight
Topline The northern lights could be visible on Wednesday night from some northern states, according to a forecast…
Scientists just found the fastest known star in the Milky Way. It zooms around our black hole at 15,500 miles per second
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*,…
Building a Quantum Computer, One Fragile Qubit at a Time
Practically all modern computers, from the cheap microcontroller in your dishwasher to high-tech hardware crunching numbers for artificial…
Man charged after hunter critically injured on Kawau Island – stuff.co.nz
Man charged after hunter critically injured on Kawau Island stuff.co.nzMan charged after council contractor shot, critically injured in Hauraki…
Webb Captures the Treasure Chest at the Heart of the Carina Nebula
The Carina Nebula (NGC 3324), located about 7,500 light-years away in the constellation Carina (the Keel), is one…
Multiyear tropical warm pool warming drives slowdown in Antarctic mass loss
Data Ice mass variability was quantified using GRACE and GRACE-FO gravimetry data50 spanning 2003–2024. SMB (precipitation minus meltwater…
NASA Updates Next Steps for Commercial Swift Boost Mission
Due to an ongoing commercial spacecraft attitude control issue, NASA and Katalyst Space announced Wednesday the LINK spacecraft…