Why jellyfish can still sting when they’re dead
Yes jellyfish can sting when they’re dead, says Peter Richardson, and it’s down to the fact that a…
Hurricane Nolo strengthens. Expected to become Cat 3 Sunday
Hurricane Nolo continues to move west, with lingering rain and winds across Big Island of Hawaii, as well…
A black hole jet is aimed at us … and it’s in our galaxy
A black hole jet is aimed at us, not from afar, but from only a few tens of…
Scientists use tiny light beam to rewrite magnetic memory at high speed
For decades, magnetic data storage has depended on the general idea of using a magnetic field to flip…
Bumblebee project seeking to ‘turn the tide’ for rare UK species
Funding worth more than £530,000 has been provided to the project by Natural England’s Species Recovery Programme. Tylan…
Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns | Food & drink industry
The vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas…
Photographer Calls His Total Solar Eclipse Experience ‘One of the Highlights of My Life’
Brazilian photographer Kiko Fairbairn planned his total solar eclipse trip and photos in northern Spain for over a…
Tiny ghost particles could decide whether a dying star becomes a black hole
Tiny particles called neutrinos could help determine whether a dying massive star explodes as a supernova or collapses…
Your West Midlands photos: Baa-rilliant sheep, swans and sunsets
You can be part of future galleries with your own photos of the area – upload your images…
World Rivers Day: Why rivers are running on empty
So what if a river has too little or too much water? When rivers rise too quickly and…
Nasa thought an ancient Martian lake shaped these rocks; Perseverance found evidence of three water events |
When Nasa’s Perseverance rover reached the inner edge of Jezero Crater in September 2023, scientists expected to find…
The Disconnection of the Large Hadron Collider Has Begun
CERN Director-General, Mark Thomson, visited the LHC tunnel to mark the start of the dismantling of the accelerator…