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Brendan Larsen spent hours taking hundreds of photographs of the sky over a mountain in New Zealand A photograph showing thousands of satellites cross-hatching the night sky over New…
ScienceThe next leap in activewear technology may be socks that squeeze parts of our feet, increasing the efficiency of our gait
ScienceThis article is part of The Optimist Daily’s Local Changemakers 2026 series, spotlighting changemakers 30 and under. Earlier this year, on a trip to Dominica to learn about the sperm whales…
ScienceBY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Two coral fragments fell over in a Stanford lab tank. When they touched, one healed the other. The bleached fragment, starved of the symbiotic algae…
ScienceResearchers recently spotted the brightly colored Ghana cuckooshrike in Côte d’Ivoire’s Taï National Park. The “lost” bird hadn’t been seen in 13 years, reports Mongabay’s John Cannon…
ScienceElsa Olivetti, co-director of the MIT Minerals Stewardship Consortium, discusses how research and collaborations can strengthen mineral supply chains.
ScienceA recent rat study hinted that cosmic radiation could pose health risks for future Mars explorers. Live Science asks its readers whether they'd take the journey anyway.
ScienceDocumentary shines a powerful light on a painful disease that affects 265 million women, highlights efforts at MIT’s Center for Gynepathology Research to study the disease and find…
ScienceNeil Gehrels Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday, burning up in the process Nasa ’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which has spent two decades studying…
ScienceMIT.nano and the Northeast Microelectronics Coalition gathered facility leaders and technology professionals from across the nation to explore ways to make shared-access facilities more…
ScienceNASA's Swift Observatory is about to make a fiery reentry through Earth's atmosphere after a private mission to save it failed. Most of the spacecraft will burn up in orbit.
ScienceFor a time during the 19th and 20th centuries, gray wolves were practically extinct across Western and Central Europe. Now, thanks to strict protection measures in countries across the…
ScienceThe multilateral body charged with regulating fishing and protecting ecosystems in the Southern Ocean reached no agreements on establishing new marine protected areas or adopting new…
ScienceA federal judge issued an emergency order on Oct. 23 to deploy federal security forces to the Apyterewa Indigenous Land in Brazil’s Pará state. The order came after new evidence emerged…
ScienceCSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk is pictured during the Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk. The International Space Station was soaring 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean at…
ScienceResearch with Welsh-speaking families reveals a generational shift, while experiences in Finland show the problem is not unique to Wales.
ScienceA new report finds that countries around the world have committed to supporting sustainable fishing as a way to counter marine biodiversity loss, but urges them to strengthen accountability…
ScienceThe first engineered structure built to last for 100,000 years is about to begin operations. The hope is that Onkalo, deep below ground in Finland, will offer a safe place for the country…
ScienceISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban officials have been invited and will attend the upcoming U.N. climate summit as observers. The summit starts next week in Antalya, Turkey. This marks…
ScienceBritish Veterinary Association president tells MPs surge in cases putting farmers under severe pressure and stress The worst bluetongue season on record has been a major animal welfare…
ScienceFor more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov. Download PDF here Chip resistors are widely used in NASA projects, yet cases of alumina…
ScienceOn Oct. 29, 2026, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and FAO recognized the Desa’a project, an initiative to restore Ethiopia’s forests in the Great Rift Valley, as a World…
ScienceStudents across the country will have the opportunity to connect directly with the International Space Station during a live, interactive in-flight call with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and…
ScienceHappy Eco News Endangered Animals Making a Comeback in 2027 Endangered Animals Making a Comeback in 2027 When you hear about endangered wildlife, it’s often another story of shrinking…
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