EEnvironment Read More Scientists finally find a way to recycle plastic indefinitelyAugust 1, 2026 Chemistry chair Wei Zhang (right) and Graduate Research Assistant Zepeng Lei study plastic materials in the Zhang Lab.…
SSpace Read More Live coverage: SpaceX to launch 24 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg SFB – Spaceflight NowAugust 1, 2026 File photo of a Falcon 9 fueled for launch at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX.…
WWildlife Read More Rabid racoon found in southern Lenoir CountyAugust 1, 2026 The above video is our WITN+ livestream and may not reflect the content in this story. LENOIR COUNTY,…
SScience Read More Not just Neanderthals: Ghost lineage in Africa left its mark on our DNAAugust 1, 2026 Like a ghost To test the tool, they had convenient examples: the Neanderthal and Denisovan sequences we’ve already…
EEnvironment Read More ‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong questionAugust 1, 2026 As the UK has baked through extreme heatwaves this summer, the same question has echoed across television studios…
SSpace Read More When to watch Perseids, planets and full moon in BoiseAugust 1, 2026 Boise stargazers gather ‘round, the best meteor shower of the year is almost here. August brings the peak…
WWildlife Read More Fisherman Shoves Hands in 8-Foot Shark’s Mouth, Then Drags It Back to Sea in Los Angeles (Video)August 1, 2026 Yet another dramatic shark encounter has unfolded along Southern California’s coastline, this time at Sunset Beach in Los…
SScience Read More Huygens took around 700 pictures on its way down through Titan in 2005, and we have half of them, because a single command was missing from Cassini’s instructions — one of the two radio channels was never switched on, and roughly 350 images were lostJuly 31, 2026 Most ways a space mission can fail are dramatic. A rocket explodes. A lander tips over. A heat…
EEnvironment Read More A 132-ton turbine has been lying on a Canadian riverbed since the only factory meant to build 39 more went bankrupt, and the man who put it there is asking to drop nine on the same spot and hundreds across North AmericaJuly 31, 2026 KeysQuestions4Vehicle1 A 132-ton hydrokinetic turbine has been rotting on the bottom of the St. Lawrence River for over…
SSpace Read More AST SpaceMobile Locks In Next Launch For Its Mega SatellitesJuly 31, 2026 Space start-up AST SpaceMobile (NASDAQ:ASTS) has announced Aug. 5 as the date of its next launch and satellite…
WWildlife Read More Research Cameras Capture Oldest ‘Ghost’ Cat Ever RecordedJuly 31, 2026 The islands of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia are known for their thriving rainforests. Here in these…
SScience Read More The Cost of a PROMISEJuly 31, 2026 This article has been revised to reflect NASA’s updated plan for PROMISE to be a hybrid of both…