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Galápagos giant tortoise on grassy volcanic terrain in the Galápagos Islands

Between 1997 and 2006, the Galápagos Islands launched an operation that was as extreme as it was surprising to save their giant tortoises: they removed more than 140,000 invasive goats using helicopters, GPS, and a strategy that was as unusual as it was controversial

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April 26, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Hydrokinetic turbines installed in the Rhine River generating electricity from flowing water without a dam

Germany is already testing a power plant on the Rhine equipped with 124 invisible turbines that continues to operate even after sunset and when the wind dies down

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April 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Portrait of Albert Einstein with physics equations on a blackboard, including the mass energy equivalence formula

Albert Einstein, a scientist, speaking to his son in 1900: “Life is like riding a bicycle: to keep your balance, you have to keep moving”

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April 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Basket filled with freshly caught blue crabs showing their blue claws and shells

Cannibalism is decimating blue crab larvae, but shallow waters still offer them a chance

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April 25, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Artist’s illustration of a magma ocean exoplanet with a glowing molten surface and thick sulfur-rich atmosphere

Scientists reveal a new class of hellish planets with a permanent ocean of magma

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April 25, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Fossil of the oldest known docodontan from Greenland, linked to Nujalikodon cassiopeiae and early mammal evolution

Scientists have identified a tiny creature, just 0.06 inches long and 200 million years old, hiding in an ancient burrow in Greenland; it lived at a time when dinosaurs already ruled the Earth

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April 25, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Solar-powered artificial leaf device converts CO2 into formate fuel beside solar panels

An “artificial leaf” described in a study published on November 19, 2025, was able to convert CO2 into formate for more than 24 hours and could open up an amazing new way to produce chemicals without relying so heavily on oil

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April 25, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Floodwater surrounds homes in China as rising river levels and coastal flood risks threaten low-lying communities.

Sea levels are rising at a rate not seen in 4,000 years, and China’s major coastal cities are already on the front lines

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April 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Chimpanzee examining a crystal object, reflecting observed attraction to geometric and transparent materials

What these chimpanzees did with some pieces of glass suggests a story that began millions of years ago

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April 25, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Ocean surface and atmospheric conditions influencing global drought patterns and climate variability

For more than a century, the ocean has prevented a severe global drought, but almost no one has described it that way

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April 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Concept rendering of the U.S. Air Force F-47 sixth-generation fighter under development as part of the NGAD program

The United States is accelerating the development of the F-47: the sixth-generation fighter is on track to take flight in less than two years, and its 2028 debut is already causing concern around the world

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April 24, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Advanced aluminum material structure representing a new catalyst alternative to rare and expensive critical metals

King’s College London chemists create a three-atom aluminium molecule that could replace scarce metals in catalysts

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April 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Ukrainian soldier operating a drone near a forested battlefield during the war with Russia.

Russia floods Ukraine with fake logs, and the real reason has nothing to do with classic camouflage: this is how it’s trying to blind drones from the front lines

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April 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Freshly cut tree stumps in a forest linked to an illegal logging investigation involving unauthorized timber harvesting

An illegal operation is uncovered deep in the forest, and the discovery of trees felled without permission reignites a silent war against the last remaining green lungs

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April 24, 2026 at 10:15 AM
A complex, high-tech superconducting particle accelerator used for researching the reduction of long-term nuclear waste.

ARPA-E funds particle accelerator projects to cut nuclear waste storage from 100,000 years to a few centuries

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April 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
A female chimpanzee in the wild carefully using a modified stick as a tool to fish for termites in a mound.

The big clue to a very human ability may lie with female chimpanzees

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April 24, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Close-up of a crystallized dinosaur egg fossil from Qinglongshan in central China, part of a study dating the site to around 85 million years ago.

85-million-year-old dinosaur eggs are rewriting Earth’s climate history and shaking up paleontology

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April 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A massive, twin-hull semi-submersible research platform floating in the ocean, designed by China for deep-sea exploration.

China launches a floating island unlike anything seen before and takes a giant step toward dominating deep-sea research

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April 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A bright plasma plume glowing from the exhaust of the Pulsar Fusion Sunbird rocket engine prototype during a test in the UK.

The UK fires up a fusion rocket for the first time and accelerates the race to conquer Mars before anyone else

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April 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Experimental solar technology demonstrating singlet fission with 130 percent quantum yield for next generation panels

Singlet fission: Kyushu and Mainz researchers reach 130% quantum yield, a step toward more efficient solar cells

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April 23, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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