Killing of Catalina Island’s mule deer has begun, official confirms
The controversial shooting and culling of roughly 200 of Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer “is underway,” local officials…
In a Cold War communications experiment in 1963, the US Air Force released 480 million copper needles into orbit, each just 1.8 centimetres long — the tiny pieces spread into a ring around Earth so radio messages could bounce off an artificial sky made of metal.
In 1963, a US Air Force experiment put a payload of roughly 480 million tiny copper needles into…
If August felt like the hottest month on Earth … you’re right
Earth just had its hottest August on record and tied the benchmark for the hottest month ever recorded…
APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula
APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
When time itself becomes the tool: How scientists learnt to delay a quantum death
There is a mile of rock between us and understanding, or so it sometimes feels with quantum physics,…
In 1865, settlers left rabbits on an uninhabited island as food for castaways; 127 years later, rescuers found a compact, thick-furred new island variety | World News
Lineup of six mixed coloured Enderby Island Rabbits. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons Rabbits were deliberately released on New…
Four amateur astronomers using a telescope in Chile’s Atacama desert found a comet on 13 January 2026, 81 days before it would graze past the Sun. Nobody alive had seen its previous pass, because the orbit it travels on brings it back only about every 1,900 years.
On 13 January 2026, a faint smudge showed up in a photo taken by a small telescope in…
From drought to floods in North Africa: What could the super El Niño do next?
Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive…
Chinese researchers find egg-cellent way to keep space debris from scrambling craft
offbeat Eggy armor cuts projectile speed in simulations as LEO gets increasingly crowded There’s a lot of garbage…
Baby orangutans found in forest in India spark trafficking investigation | Animals
Five baby orangutans have been found in a forest in India, prompting authorities to investigate if they were…
Digital Fruit Fly Brain Powers Video Game Adventures / X
Last updated Sep 10, 2026 Scientists from Google Research and HHMI Janelia released a full connectome of an…
US records hottest summer in 132 years | Climate News
The United States had its hottest summer since records began, says NOAA, with August also setting a new…