An off-the-shelf camera could help us find more black holes smashing together
Fixing a problem inside one of the world’s most sophisticated scientific observatories might seem like the kind of…
Giraffes given a new home in Uganda to escape oil drilling in the country’s largest park
MURCHISON FALLS NATIONAL PARK, Uganda (AP) — On a cold morning in Uganda’s largest national park, rangers chat…
Remembering the total eclipse in Cornwall as phenomenon – almost – looms again
Cornwall will be the best place in the UK to watch a near total eclipse of the sun…
What drought status means for hosepipe bans in North Wales
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has moved a series of North Wales catchments, including Clwyd and Dee, into drought…
Scientists discover the Sun contains 55% more silver than expected
Researchers at Uppsala University have determined that the Sun contains 55 percent more silver than earlier calculations suggested.…
How MP taught orphaned tiger cubs to return — and rule — in the wild
An orphaned tiger cub crouches silently in the undergrowth. A chital grazes a few metres away, unaware of…
If another advanced civilization lived on Earth before us, would we know?
When astrobiologist Adam Frank walked into the office of NASA scientist Gavin Schmidt, he had what he believed…
U.S. senator stands up for Canada against smoke complaints as U.S. wildfire moves into B.C.
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…
In microgravity, the human spine lengthens by as much as five centimetres, and astronauts come home temporarily taller than when they left, before gravity compresses the column again within days of landing
Astronauts come home from long stays in orbit measurably taller than when they launched. The usual figure is…
Great white shark Breton making unusual moves with latest location ping
Video from Sept. 2020 shows OCEARCH tagging an adult male white shark named Breton. Breton weighed more than…
Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming — now many of them are lost
The Rosetta Stone helped experts learn to read Egyptian hieroglyphs.Credit: Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Humanity might once have spoken…
Where best in Cornwall to see upcoming 2026 solar eclipse
Millions across the UK will witness a partial solar eclipse this summer, which will be visible in just…