Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed
The team designed miniature boats with three cavities tuned to different audible frequencies, enabling them to steer the…
A newly found star circles the Milky Way’s central black hole every 8.7 years and passes it at about 25,000 kilometres a second, more than 8 percent of the speed of light, and the pass is so close that its discoverers say there is a fair chance of measuring the hole’s spin within a decade
A faint point of light showed up 15 milliarcseconds northwest of Sagittarius A* in the spring of 2023,…
New warning not to swim at Heacham beaches in Norfolk
The Environment Agency’s bathing water quality website warns people to stay out of the water at Heacham, near…
APOD: 2026 September 2 – Solar Eclipses and Culture
Explanation: Pretend you have never heard of a solar eclipse. The Sun’s behavior has been predictable your whole…
On this day in space! Sept. 2, 2016: Rosetta spacecraft finds long-lost Philae lander on Comet 67P after 2-year search
On Sept. 2, 2016, the European Space Agency finally located Philae, its long-lost comet lander. Philae was a…
I camped in one of Britain’s last remaining rainforests | Devon holidays
Mist blankets the valley as I wheel my camping gear down the small hill towards a clearing ringed…
Creating The Greenest Possible Clothing With Living Fungi
Despite the wide variety of fabrics used for our clothing, they all share the property of not being…
UN says ‘no time to lose’ as record ‘supersized’ El Nino approaches
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
In 2007, ESA sent 3,000 tardigrades into low Earth orbit; after 10 days of vacuum and UV-A/UV-B exposure, 68% revived upon rehydration
On September 14, 2007, a European Space Agency exposure platform bolted to the outside of a Russian Foton-M3…
Structural basis of transcription of the hachimoji eight-letter alphabet by E. coli RNA polymerase
Base pairing of 8-letter genetic alphabet in E. coli RNAP transcription The P:Z and B:S base pairs expand…
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions fall in Q2 2026 due to plummeting oil use
China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted…
How tiny companies are racing to create ‘impossible’ space crystals worth billions
“Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.” The phrase, often attributed…