Return of Bogong moth has Australia in a flutter
Moth swarms so thick they can blot out the stars are fluttering across Australia, heralding a migratory spectacle…
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover finds groundwater, lakes, and hot fluids in one place
A new study suggests that Jezero Crater’s mysterious “Margin Unit” records a far more complicated history of water…
No swim warning at Plymouth Hoe after sewage discharge
Hannah Mason, who found out about the warning after she had already swam at the Hoe, said: “I…
On this day in space! Oct. 2, 2015: The United Launch Alliance launches its 100th rocket with Atlas V flight for Mexico
On Oct. 2, 2015, the United Launch Alliance launched its 100th rocket! The United Launch Alliance (ULA) is…
Whopping 844-pound alligator named Snaggletooth finally caught after hunter’s 4-year quest
He tipped the ‘scales’! A humongous alligator pulled from a South Carolina lake after a years-long pursuit shattered…
Dinosaur-Era Mammal Swam Like Platypus and Replaced Its Teeth Multiple Times
Dongoconodon platycauda, a small eutriconodontan mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs in what is now northeastern China paddled through…
A New Space Mission Just Captured The Northern Lights Like Never Before
A European-Chinese spacecraft has captured the full ring of the northern lights around the North Pole in ultraviolet…
Scientists connect cosmic fingerprints of the universe’s first stars with MEGATRON simulation
MEGATRON is a good guy!?! Well, at least to cosmologists who are using this simulation to transform (sorry,…
This new qubit could be 100 times less error-prone in superfluid quantum computer breakthrough
Researchers at the University of Surrey have proposed a new kind of qubit that could help address one…
Second baby vicuna born at Highland Wildlife Park this year
Keepers at Highland Wildlife Park have welcomed the birth of a second baby vicuna this year. The one-month-old…
How bacterial immune systems sense phage infection
Georjon, H. & Bernheim, A. The highly diverse antiphage defence systems of bacteria. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 21, 686–700…
Drought permit issued to protect West Sussex water supply
The Environment Agency granted the permit to South East Water for Ardingly Reservoir in West Sussex, which serves…