Why you should think twice before rescuing a wild animal
Imagine you’re driving down a windy road when you spot an injured possum. Your instincts might tell you…
FCC approves launch of satellite designed to reflect sunlight back to Earth
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved a satellite launch on Thursday to test a reflector designed to…
Skipsea new homes to help people facing coastal erosion
The project, based in Skipsea, aims to support those affected by severe coastal erosion along the East Yorkshire…
Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system, with hundreds of active volcanoes that can shoot sulphur plumes more than 500 kilometres above its surface — a landscape so extreme that early Voyager scientists initially mistook the plume images for camera errors
When Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter in March 1979, scientists expected its moon Io to be cold, battered…
Researchers tag 42 sleeping giants in Arctic Circle – and make breathtaking discovery
Sleeping sperm whales hover several metres below the surface of the water lined up vertically like a row of toy…
Could small-team science be dying out?
The size of scientific research teams has increased steadily over time.Credit: twomeows/Getty Few papers in history have had…
Engineers watching bats near a solar plant in England realized the panels were tricking them into thinking they were water and changing their behavior
Picture a field of solar panels in the English countryside at dusk. The last light fades, and small…
Scientists think at least two of Uranus’s moons — Titania and Oberon — may harbour liquid water oceans beneath their icy crusts, kept warm not by the sun but by radioactive decay deep in their interiors. If true, they join a growing list of ocean worlds in the solar system
At nearly three billion kilometres from the Sun, the moons of Uranus receive little of the solar energy…
Jimothy the raccoon survived against the odds, a testament to sophisticated brains and devoted mothers
As a neuroscientist who studies raccoon and rats, I see the viral story of Jimothy the raccoon as…
Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US | Business
The nascent chemical recycling industry – in which plastics are broken down into oils or constituent monomers to…
Later this decade NASA plans to launch Dragonfly, a car-sized nuclear-powered drone that will fly from site to site across Saturn’s moon Titan
Picture a car-sized machine sitting on an orange, frozen plain. It powers up eight rotors, rises into a…
Scientists sunk a cow into the South China Sea. Then a gigantic animal appeared
In June 2025, scientists released extraordinary footage of Pacific sleeper sharks in the South China Sea. It was…