Edinburgh Zoo reveals name of baby pygmy hippo
Edinburgh Zoo’s one-week-old pygmy hippo has been named. Keepers have named the new “pint-sized” arrival Piper, after her…
This Is the Year Experts Call the Absolute Worst in Human History
This Is the Year Experts Call the Absolute Worst in Human History – Futura-Sciences August 7, 2026 3…
In 2012, a wildfire scorched 42 sq km of the Rwenzori alpine zone; lake cores showed it was the first large-scale fire there in 12,000 years, with charcoal jumping over 100-fold
Representative Image (AI-generated) A wildfire that swept through the high-altitude alpine zone of Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains in 2012…
After twelve years and more than seven billion kilometres, Voyager 2 arrived at Neptune within 100 kilometres of where it had been aimed — a margin NASA compares to sinking a golf putt 3,630 kilometres long
Picture a golfer lining up a putt. Now stretch the green until the hole is 3,630 kilometres away…
Norfolk wildlife conservation heroes awarded Sydney Long Medal
Carl Chapman and Alice Liddle have been named the winners of this year’s Sydney Long Memorial Medal, awarded…
Every textbook says Venus is Earth’s nearest planetary neighbour, but a simulation run over thousands of years of orbital data found that Mercury holds that title on average — because it never strays as far as Venus does on the far side of its orbit
Venus comes closer to Earth than any other planet. Over long periods, however, Mercury spends more time nearer…
How has climate change reshaped drought in the West Midlands?
It’s a little on the nose for nature to give us another drought 50 years after the one…
‘Not looking good right now’: Starship likely to be lost at sea 2 weeks after epic 13th test flight, Elon Musk says
It looks like Starship’s two-week-long ocean adventure won’t have a happy ending. The SpaceX megarocket conducted its 13th…
Kenya investigates suspected cyanide poisoning after 15 elephants die suddenly – The Independent
Kenya investigates suspected cyanide poisoning after 15 elephants die suddenly The IndependentElephant deaths in Amboseli rise to 16 as…
NASA grants Voyager 2 spacecraft another year of power with risky ‘Big Bang’ maneuver. Next, it’s Voyager 1’s turn.
Scientists are preparing for an interstellar rescue of humanity’s most distant spacecraft, Voyager 1, after fixing up its…
Surrey village hit by record-breaking 50 days without rain as further heatwave looms
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…
Northrop Grumman plans lunar infrastructure demos to power NASA Moon Base through lunar night using proven HALO technology
Northrop Grumman is developing three Lunar Infrastructure Demo missions to support NASA’s future Moon Base. The missions will…