Orangutan mothers plan playdates for their babies, study finds
Orangutans are known for living more solitary lives than other great apes. Adult female orangutans usually travel through…
Interstellar Travel May Soon Be Within Reach
The recent confirmation of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet called LHS 1140b has created a wave of…
Gulf states pay the price as Strait of Hormuz shipping crisis drives costs
Gulf states that normally receive their food and household goods by sea have spent five months flying them…
Why a rocket crash on the moon is good for science, but bad for space junk | story
SpaceX says their rocket’s lunar collision was unintentional What happens when part of a rocket weighing 4,000 kilograms…
Scientists Made a Surface That Performs Calculations Using Light Itself : ScienceAlert
The invention of radio communications in the 1890s was a discovery that changed the world. A signal could…
Staggering drone footage shows 24m giants speeding through Indonesian waters
An underwater photographer in Alor, Indonesia, has shared mind-boggling drone footage of a group of pygmy blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus…
Stuff of nightmares? Meet the bootlace worm – super-long, super-elastic, and it fires toxic slime | Marine life
It’s the shuddery stuff of nightmares for some, but for a select group who admire extending ladders, giraffes…
South West Water issues boil water notice on Dartmoor – live updates
In an update at around 12:30pm on Monday, a spokesperson for South West Water said: “The repair has…
Space satellite captures remarkable image of huge magenta-green “hummingbird” covering Antarctic ice
NASA has released an image of a vast section of Antarctic ice – and you’re not going to…
Why physics should move beyond prestige in PhD admissions – Physics World
Why physics should move beyond prestige in PhD admissions – Physics World Skip to main content Discover more…
Osprey chicks hatch at RSPB’s Campfield Marsh for first time
Maclauchlan said: “We were on tenterhooks after the eggs were laid and throughout the incubation period until they…
Solar eclipse tracker: What time will it hit your location on August 12? | Space News
On August 12, 2026, starting at 15:34 GMT, the moon’s shadow will race from the Arctic across Greenland,…