Astronomers find the first atmosphere on a rocky world in the habitable zone
Astronomers have reached a major turning point in the search for life beyond Earth by detecting an atmosphere…
An island in Chile covered its waters with floating solar panels and soon, thousands of salmon had turned them into their home
Offshore fish farming isn’t traditionally known for sustainability. The industry relies on burning a lot of diesel. One…
The computers guiding Voyager 1 through interstellar space process roughly 8,000 instructions per second; a modern smartphone processes more than 14 billion — yet that 1970s machine has operated for nearly half a century, farther from Earth than any spacecraft in history.
Voyager 1 is controlled by computers whose performance belongs to another technological era. A frequently repeated comparison puts…
Why crabs walk sideways instead of forwards – and the answer is stranger than you think
Most crabs walk sideways but some still prefer to walk forwards, such as the lumbering spider crabs, which…
Breathalyser can tell if you are burning fat from a single exhalation
Molecules released in the breath can signal whether the body is burning fat.Credit: Mascot/Getty A handheld breath test…
Chile: A rural Chile community struggling with drought restored its water supply by protecting a watershed, planting native trees and rebuilding the soil that holds rain
Rural community on Chile’s Chiloé Island restores its water supply. (Picture: Chile’s Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity) A…
Olympic Mountain Glory – NASA Science
Alpine glaciers, wild coastlines, temperate rainforests, and deep river valleys coexist on the Olympic Peninsula in the northwest…
Phonon focusing at room temperature
Taylor, B., Maris, H. J. & Elbaum, C. Phonon focusing in solids. Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 416–419 (1969).…
White-tailed eagles in Kerry breed for fifth year running
A pair of white-tailed sea eagles have successfully bred on Killarney’s largest lake, the lower lake, Lough Léin…
I could hardly believe what I was seeing. Suddenly out of nowhere the massive school of fish parted and a great white emerged from underneath…
Awaking early one morning in late June this year I headed down to one of the local beaches…
Hybrid Hydropower Could Unlock Europe’s Next Renewable Energy Boom
There is major potential to develop hybrid renewable energy projects on existing hydropower sites, according to a new…
How to safely watch the August 2026 solar eclipse in Portugal
The Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology is urging anyone planning to watch the eclipse to use only certified solar…