University of Botswana physicists answer to Einstein :: Mmegi Online
Dr Stuart Marongwe and Dr Moletlany iTshipa are both based in the University of Botswana’s Physics Department. Marongwe…
Dead dolphin found washed up on beach at Hove Lawns
The animal was discovered washed up on the beach near Hove Lawns on Sunday morning. Shoreham Coastguard responded…
For most of human history, anyone standing beneath a clear, moonless sky could see the Milky Way. Electric light began erasing that view little more than a century ago—and today, artificial skyglow hides our galaxy from more than one-third of humanity.
Wait long enough under a genuinely dark sky and the night changes character. The black above becomes textured.…
Millions In Kolkata, Mumbai Risk Losing Homes Due To Rising Sea Levels: UN
United Nations: Millions of people in Kolkata and Mumbai are at “immediate risk” of losing their homes due…
Two astronauts replace ISS camera and docking aid on 6th-ever all-female spacewalk (video)
Two astronauts replaced a spacecraft docking aid and a video camera during a successful spacewalk outside of the…
Why do black hole flares die out? It may be down to how stars spin
Some stars encounter supermassive black holes and live to tell the tale. New research shows why the flares…
In 1905, a Bohemian prince released five muskrats into his estate ponds as a fur venture. Within a decade, around 2 million were in Bohemia | World News
A small group of muskrats arrived in Bohemia in 1905, carried across the Atlantic as curiosities from a…
Ice Island Survives Run-In With Joe Island
Summer is prime iceberg season in Greenland’s glacier-fed fjords, and 2026 was no exception. Especially notable was the…
The greenest building is the one still standing after a disaster
When Hurricane Michael tore through the Florida Panhandle in 2018, a beach house called the Sand Palace was…
On this day in space! Sept. 1, 1979: NASA’s Pioneer 11 probe becomes 1st spacecraft to visit Saturn
On Sept. 1, 1979, NASA’s robotic space probe Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn.…
Strange behavior in focused laser light could change how quantum computers control qubits
Physicists have directly observed the optical Magnus effect for the first time by mapping how a tightly focused…
For more than four decades, George Divoky has worked from Cooper Island’s lone cabin; by 1989, the black guillemot colony he tracked had reached 200 breeding pairs
The island is about 35 kilometres southeast of Point Barrow, now known as Utqiaġvik, and has little infrastructure…