Unvaccinated penguins spark Kaikōura trust review amidst bird flu
The Kaikōura Wildlife Centre Trust is seeking a ministerial review of the Department of Conservation’s decision not to…
Inside the Experimental Traps Scientists Set for Ghostly Neutrinos
Seventy years ago, the physicists Clyde Cowan and Frederick Reines took a custom-built 10-ton detector, surrounded it with…
Astronomers Discover the Existence of a Black Hole Star
When Soundgarden Wrote “Black Hole Sun,” they may have inadvertently been onto something. In a new paper in…
Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks
New findings from the STAR detector at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are challenging a familiar picture…
Florida sets record for sea turtle nests but Trump move could stall recovery | Marine life
Wildlife groups in Florida are celebrating record numbers of sea turtle nests this season, but experts warn Donald…
Astronomers find water in the harsh environment near the Milky Way’s black hole — Space photo of the week
A view of the Milky Way galaxy. (Image credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F.…
Hurricane Lala hammers Hawaii with feet of rain, winds as eyewall brushes Big Island
Hurricane Lala may be pulling away from the Big Island, but Hawaii isn’t in the clear yet. The…
In 2016, an amateur astronomer testing a new camera captured a supernova brightening up to 70 million light-years away
First discovered in 1798 by German-English astronomer William Hershel, NGC 613 is a galaxy which lies in…
The history student who changed physics forever: The PhD thesis Albert Einstein said had ‘lifted a corner of the great veil’
The history student who changed physics forever: The PhD thesis Albert Einstein said had ‘lifted a corner of…
In 1979, an Australian couple moved to a 10,000-acre island with two babies; 46 years later, their family helped remove three feral pests and completely destock livestock
Flinders island from space. April 1993. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Most people who buy property look at square…
Which building blocks of life have been found in space, and which haven’t?
Scientists have discovered the basic ingredients for life in asteroids and meteorites, on Mars, and around young stars.…
Rescue teams search for survivors in Indonesia after powerful earthquake | Indonesia
Rescue crews dug through collapsed buildings and landslide debris in eastern Indonesia on Sunday as they searched for…