Nepal floods: The Himalayas are melting faster – and India’s economy is ‘at risk’
“This is national and international infrastructure,” he said, warning that the ecological system underpinning it is “approaching a…
Re-creating NASA’s Heat Shield Problem
After the Orion capsule of the Artemis I lunar mission returned to Earth, it was found that massive…
ASIA WATCH: With no pandas at home, Japanese fans visit Xiang Xiang in China
YA’AN, China – With Japan now without pandas for the first time in nearly half a century, devoted…
Global warming is breaking a 400-year climate link between two oceans
A new study suggests that the climate connection between the tropical Indian and Pacific oceans can be disrupted…
What will life look like on the Moon?
Space is back in the news. Whether it’s Donald Trump unveiling Space Force uniforms inspired by Starship Troopers,…
Physicists can’t agree on how the Universe works
The largest global survey of physicists ever conducted has revealed just how unsettled some of the biggest questions…
In 1837, New Zealand imported possums for a fur trade; 189 years later, aerial photos show they have damaged about half the vulnerable trees in one rare South Island forest
PossumsRepresentative image In 1837, New Zealand introduced Australian brushtail possums in the hope of building a profitable fur…
AI mapped 39,619 grounded icebergs around Antarctica for the first time; 93% are under 1 square kilometre and form a “picket fence” that helps hold sea ice in place
AntarcticaRepresentative image Around Antarctica, thousands of icebergs are not drifting through the Southern Ocean. They are resting on…
Name our dino – ESA’s Hera asteroid mission mascot!
Space Safety 10/09/2026 5313 views 44 likes The European Space Agency’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence has…
There’s a blind spot in quantum readiness?
BANKS are preparing years ahead of the Q-Day deadline to avert a quantum disaster. Blockchains, however, are at…
Petone Beach’s leopard seal found dead, being tested for bird flu
A leopard seal which hundreds of spectators visited has died, a Hutt City councillor says. Councillor Brady Dyer…
Why Do These Fossil Shells Flip Their Spirals Every Few Millennia?
“It’s probably one of the first times that people who usually do more biostratigraphy — basically, deep-time research…