A dead Soviet satellite just broke apart in orbit (again). Experts say it’s part of ‘a worrying trend’
An old Soviet satellite has fragmented into multiple pieces in low Earth orbit, the latest in a string…
They speak French. So why are young anglophones still leaving Quebec?
Despite growing bilingualism, some young anglophone Quebecers continue to leave for better job opportunities and because they feel…
Doomed NASA spacecraft beams back stunning cosmic images weeks before fiery plunge to Earth
A doomed spacecraft set to plunge to Earth in weeks has shared new cosmic images. NASA’s Neil Gehrels…
IonQ Demonstrates 1,000 Entanglement Events per Second in Quantum Interconnect
Insider Brief IonQ has demonstrated entanglement rates exceeding 1,000 events per second between a trapped-ion qubit and a…
Rhino Showdown Leads to a Wild Encounter at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
A rhino face-off was caught on video during a Kilimanjaro Safaris expedition at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. Guest Captures…
A Student Found a New Giant Isopod That Had Been Mislabeled for Decades
German paleontologist Dolf Seilacher had not yet won his Crafoord—the prestigious honor awarded by the same Swedish academy…
California sued over ‘unsustainable’ pumping of water
In the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, where California’s biggest rivers meet, the state’s massive pumps send water flowing…
NASA Just Made Nearly 1 TB of Artemis II Data Available to the Public
NASA has just released about 800 gigabytes of scientific data generated by the Artemis II mission. The archive…
Tuning a quantum computer: what a violin teaches us about qubit calibration Qubit calibration explained: tuning a quantum computer
Insider brief A new episode of The Quantum Kid’s Kai Asks series uses a violin to explain qubit…
Arctic fox confiscated from Omaha home, organization says
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – An Arctic fox will be looking for a new home after being confiscated from…
Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought
Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million…
U.S. Oil Drilling Continues to Inch Upward
By Julianne Geiger – Oct 09, 2026, 12:31 PM CDT The total number of active drilling rigs for…