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Off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England, a pole rises from a buoy with a pair of big eyes on top. The head spins, creating what researchers call an “animated eye effect.” Its job is…
ScienceOn Oct. 20, International Sloth Day, a bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Congress to ban the import of wild sloths into the United States. The proposed legislation comes months…
ScienceTrial results represent ‘foundational shift’ in approach to cancer, allowing scientists to harness immune system in more personalised way Get our new political email , free app or daily…
ScienceAPODScienceAPODAPOD: 2026 October 23 –…Today’s APODArchiveSubmissionsIndexSearchCalendarRSSEducationAboutDiscuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different…
SciencePeople succumbed to heat at highest rates in Malta, Italy and Hungary, with health issues, loneliness and poverty exacerbating toll Heat killed a record 50,000 people in European cities…
ScienceA 35-year satellite altimetry record lets scientists hold this year’s El Niño up against its strongest predecessors.
ScienceSenior Veronica Calzadilla Sosa has taken the long route toward her MIT degree and found a supportive community along the way.
ScienceThe high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law? Sign up for climate and…
ScienceAustralian of the Year would become the first astronaut in space to qualify under the Australian flag if she embarks on the 2028 mission Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
ScienceViolent storms overnight knocked over utility poles and trees and carried thunder and heavy winds through state Yet more severe weather struck Thursday in the US south-west as the Four…
ScienceThick smog covers the forest canopy in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, dimming the sun. On the front lines, forest and land fires are not just destroying habitats; they are pushing local…
ScienceIs it a hummingbird, a hawk, or a moth? The somewhat confusingly named hummingbird hawk-moth is (drumroll, please) a moth species that migrates to the U.K. and Ireland from southern Europe…
ScienceMembers of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This…
ScienceThis NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation…
SciencePM pledges commitment to address climate crisis, saying in Guardian article that his ‘determination is unwavering’ Andy Burnham: We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain Andy…
SciencePM will also announce funding for specialised protective gear and the deployment of military aircraft The UK government is to create an AI Cobra unit to spot wildfires after this year’s…
Science“X-Hinges” helps design and 3D print items like lamps and gloves with an interactive twist: automatically embedded sensors that perceive and adaptively respond to human contact.
ScienceThe Kavanaugh Translational Fellows Program helps scholars turn promising research into successful businesses.
ScienceArtemis II Commander Reid Wiseman felt genuine fear when he saw the Orion spacecraft had gone farther from Earth than anticipated, the astronaut told an audience at the Starmus VIII…
ScienceCarrion crows made decisions about their visual environments significantly faster than humans and primates tend to, according to a comparison in a new study.
ScienceIn the US, a growing number of Jewish people are seeking purpose and community through farming Wendy Rhein is trying to round up the sheep hanging out among the hazelnut and walnut trees of…
ScienceAn experiment has produced nanoflares similar to those seen on the sun, and shown that they can help explain why the outer layers of the solar atmosphere are so hot
ScienceThe difference between the colours isn’t just superficial – it affects nutrition, flavour, and more.
ScienceAlthough whole numbers and fractions are processed differently in the brain, when you compare their values, a single "mental map" akin to a number line lights up.
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