An error in hundreds of sea level studies could change the map of coastal risks
Coastal flooding risk often comes down to one basic comparison, how high the ocean is compared with the land next to it. A new…..
No sun, no wind: Chinese scientists have managed to convert the impact of rain into electricity, and a small panel has already powered 50 lights at the same time
Rain is great for gardens, but could it also help keep the lights on? A research team in China demonstrated a floating device that…..
For the first time, humanity significantly altered the orbit of a celestial body
Science
Scientists believe they’ve found a way to travel at the speed of light, but there’s one detail dampening the excitement: humanity would have to wait 1,000 years to test it
A new scientific paper is adding fresh fuel to one of space science’s most stubborn…..
Scientists warn about synthetic bacteria that could threaten life as we know it
What if the next big biological threat is not a new virus, but a microbe…..
In 1940, a boy followed his dog through a clearing in the trees and ended up entering a cave that had remained sealed for millennia, where he found more than 2,000 images and animals painted 17,000 years ago
The famous paintings of Lascaux sit beneath a wooded hill near Montignac in southwestern France,…..
For the first time, humanity significantly altered the orbit of a celestial body
In September 2022, NASA deliberately smashed a spacecraft into a small asteroid called Dimorphos. The…..
NASA observes Argentina from the International Space Station and detects a gigantic pink heart nearly 10 kilometers wide, whose color does not have as romantic an origin as it seems
NASA just shared a Valentine that doubles as an ecology lesson. An astronaut aboard the…..
Goodbye to the 24-hour day: from this date onwards, days on Earth will last 25 hours
If you have ever heard that Earth will “soon” switch to 25-hour days, the key…..
Scientists extract a bacterium over 5,000 years old from the ice and discover something disturbing: it was already resistant to ten modern antibiotics long before our medicine existed
Antibiotics can feel like a modern fix, the kind you pick up after a doctor…..
Ian Emmanuel, molecular biologist at age 12, on his school: “They told me I had attention deficit disorder”
What if the plastic water bottle in your backpack did not have to live forever…..
A form of life has been detected in Chernobyl that not only resists radiation, but seems to use it to grow
What if one of the most dangerous leftovers from a nuclear disaster turned into an…..
The new threat that worries scientists does not come from Earth, but from the Sun, and could affect satellites, GPS, and communications
Low Earth orbit is getting so crowded that a widespread disruption could tip it into…..
Mobility
India is inaugurating its first “red road” to save wildlife, and the trick is not fences or speed cameras, but a surface that forces drivers to slow down almost without realizing it.
If you have ever slammed the brakes because a deer, boar, or stray dog suddenly appeared in…..
A nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after George H. W. Bush returns from the Atlantic after completing key maneuvers, and the maneuver once again puts the spotlight on a decisive phase before deployment
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has been spotted returning to Naval Station Norfolk in…..
Energy
Goodbye to traditional cement: seaweed could forever change the most widely used material on the planet
Economy
A zoo in the United States is building a $46 million African savanna, and the most striking feature isn’t the giraffes or the rhinos, but a hotel with a direct view of the habitat
Plans are taking shape for a major expansion at Wichita’s Sedgwick County Zoo that could…..
The 5,200 holes dug into a mountain in Peru are no longer a mystery, and the explanation changes what we knew about their ancient economy
For nearly a century, a strange band of thousands of holes carved into a Peruvian…..
It’s very rare to see so much gold in one place: gold bars and nearly 1,000 coins are being auctioned off in France, with a total value exceeding 2 million
In Angers, France, more than €2 million (roughly more than $2.3 million) in gold bars…..
It’s not about lithium or batteries: the problem driving up the cost of electric cars and wind power might lie in a tiny magnet, and a new AI has already found a way to do without rare earth elements
What if one of the biggest obstacles to cleaner cars and cheaper wind power is…..
What they have discovered in the Andes Mountains, between Argentina and Chile, is not just any mine, but a colossal deposit containing up to 84 billion pounds of copper, tens of millions of ounces of gold and silver, and a potential that is already revolutionizing the market
A copper, gold, and silver find in the Andes on the Argentina-Chile border is drawing…..
Russia intercepts a 2.8-ton fragment of the Aletai meteorite, valued at $4.2 million, which was being smuggled out of the country disguised as a simple garden ornament
Customs officers in Russia say they stopped a 2.8 ton chunk of the Aletai meteorite…..
Another theme park goes bankrupt and closes its doors “forever”: what has happened in recent weeks is more serious than it seems
Is Brean Theme Park really gone for good? Not exactly. The Somerset attraction entered liquidation…..
The battle for Panama’s ports is entering a new phase, and China has issued a stern warning
Most people will read this as another chapter in the power struggle around the Panama…..
Australia has just discovered the largest iron deposit ever recorded, weighing 5.7 billion tons, and the most impressive thing is not its size, but its age
This is not a story about a brand-new mountain of iron suddenly appearing in Australia……
A popular Alaska cruise line suddenly closes and cancels all future cruises, leaving reservations, refunds, and questions about what happened just before the season began up in the air
A cruise line known for taking travelers into quieter corners of Southeast Alaska has shut…..
Technology
Environment
An error in hundreds of sea level studies could change the map of coastal risks
Coastal flooding risk often comes down to one basic comparison, how high the ocean is…..
What a drought has done underground in Panama’s tropical forests is surprising scientists: the fine roots have shrunk by nearly 50 percent, and concerns are mounting over carbon
When drought tightens its grip on tropical forests, the biggest changes are not always in…..
California may be overlooking a type of earthquake that is much more destructive than it appeared
Most Californians know the basic earthquake drill. Keep water and a flashlight, secure heavy furniture,…..
A giant, invasive spider is already moving through one of the most famous parks in the United States
If you are heading to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, park officials and University of…..
What satellites have observed about the spread of vegetation could change agriculture in several countries
Spring does not just arrive earlier in your backyard. According to new research based on…..
Denmark is turning off the white light from its streetlamps and painting a road red to solve a nighttime crisis that almost no one sees: urban light was blocking the path of bats
On February 8, 2026, drivers entering Gladsaxe, just outside Copenhagen, found part of a busy…..
Scientists are studying the digestive tracts of wild bees, and what they’re discovering is forcing us to rethink why some parks appear green but are far less beneficial than we thought
If you want to know how a city is doing, you might check an air…..
A colleague sent Olga a strange photo taken on a Russian beach, and now scientists believe they have discovered a macabre pattern among orcas: sometimes they hunt each other
A dorsal fin is the part of an orca you usually see first, slicing the…..
