WWildlife Read More Nine dolphins die at West Kerry beach this week | Radio Kerry NewsAugust 15, 2026 Nine dolphins died at a West Kerry beach this week, after there was a scramble to save a…
SScience Read More 31 Award-Winning Photos Celebrate the Beauty of the World’s Darkest SkiesAugust 15, 2026 DarkSky International has announced the winners of its nighttime photography contest, Capture the Dark 2026. This year’s contest,…
EEnvironment Read More Buenaventura residents criticise state neglect after Colombia’s earthquake | Earthquakes NewsAugust 15, 2026 Chronic under-investment In Buenaventura alone, some 540 homes have collapsed and 3,416 sustained damage. Some 330 residents were…
SSpace Read More Solar eclipse in the South West: Pac-man to Shinto mythsAugust 15, 2026 Charlie described the atmosphere as “magical”, and said: “The kids haven’t stopped screaming and been dancing around since…
WWildlife Read More Wildlife struggling in record-breaking heat, charities sayAugust 15, 2026 Wildlife charities across the South have said this summer’s heatwaves have had an “unprecedented impact” on wild animals.…
SScience Read More Irish scientist describes capturing eclipse from planeAugust 15, 2026 A Co Wicklow solar physicist has described partaking in an aerial mission to record images of this week’s…
EEnvironment Read More Person fined $5,000 for using foghorn to disturb sleeping polar bearAugust 15, 2026 A person has been fined for sounding a foghorn that woke a slumbering polar bear in Norway’s Svalbard…
SSpace Read More A NASA processor now being tested at JPL is performing 500 times faster than the radiation-hardened chips currently used in spaceflight — yet fits in the palm of a hand and could let future spacecraft make AI-powered decisions on their own when communicating with Earth can take 44 minutes round-trip.August 15, 2026 A palm-sized processor undergoing tests at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has produced an early result that could reset…
WWildlife Read More A shark clamped onto a 12-year-old 60 miles from help. His brother’s split-second move saved him.August 15, 2026 Jack Roll, of Friendswood, Texas, saw it before anyone else and decided it was nothing. He took the…
SScience Read More Scientists looked inside the heads of crocodiles – and made an astounding discoveryAugust 15, 2026 For the past 100 million years, crocodiles and their close relatives – including alligators, caimans and gharials –…
EEnvironment Read More Bones of medieval kings saved from Spanish wildfireAugust 15, 2026 Firefighters raced to save a mythical 1,000-year-old monastery in northeastern Spain as a growing wildfire prompted the hasty…
SSpace Read More James Webb has found patches of fresh crystalline ice on Europa that should be destroyed by Jupiter’s radiation in less than 15 days — meaning parts of the moon’s frozen surface are being renewed fast enough to keep replacing it, possibly offering clues to activity beneath the ice shell.August 15, 2026 Europa’s radiation clock runs fast enough to erase order from its exposed ice in about a fortnight. Charged…