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ScienceA Shift in What’s Shaping U.S. Landscapes
This map of the United States shows the most recent land disturbance detected in Landsat satellite imagery between 1988 and 2022, revealing patterns of both wild and human-directed change. NASA…
ScienceUK's rudest chalk figure gets a glow-up to stop it fading in the rain
For centuries, the Cerne Abbas Giant has been hard to miss. The 55-metre chalk figure, cut into a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas in Dorset, shows a naked, club-wielding man whose outline…
ScienceNASA Develops Sensor to Improve Firefighter Safety
Alabama Forestry Commission wildland firefighter Jason Berry teaches NASA Wildland Fires Technology Program Manager Teresa Kauffman how to drive a fire bulldozer during a stakeholder event April…
ScienceReleased: NASA Goddard Issues Draft Request for Proposal for the Landsat 10 Spacecraft
Timeline of the Landsat program, beginning with the launch of Landsat 1 in 1972. Landsat 10 is expected to launch in 2031. As the tenth Landsat mission, it will continue the legacy of the Landsat…
ScienceEmbryos made without sperm or eggs reveal why many pregnancies fail
Embryo models closely resemble early human embryos Inside a lab in Vienna, cells are dividing to form a hollow sphere. Although the fragile ball has all the characteristics of an early human embryo, i
ScienceWealthy people with environmental ideals are the biggest emitters
Private jets are the most carbon-intensive way to travel People who care the most about the environment also do the most environmental damage with their jet-setting lifestyle, at least among those wit
ScienceScientists break 30-year superconductivity record at normal pressure
University of Houston researchers have achieved a major superconductivity breakthrough by setting a new temperature record for superconductors operating under ambient pressure conditions. The advance
ScienceNASA plans a base on the moon spanning hundreds of square kilometres
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman (left) announced plans to establish a permanent presence on the moon during a press conference at the agency’s headquarters in Washington DC on 26 May NASA has reveal
ScienceNASA’s Webb telescope discovers a planet where rock clouds vanish every night
Every morning on the giant exoplanet WASP-94A b, clouds made from rocky minerals gather across the sky. By evening, those clouds are gone. Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)
ScienceNASA’s Fermi telescope reveals the power source behind monster supernovae
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope may have finally uncovered what powers some of the brightest stellar explosions ever observed. After studying years of data, an international research team found
ScienceEver Restless Mount Dukono Erupts
An ash-rich volcanic plume streams from the volcano on May 13, 2026, in this image captured by the OLI (Operational Land Imager) on Landsat 9 . In May 2026, the Global Volcanism Program reported nine
ScienceNASA to Announce Artemis III Crew, Provide Mission Progress Update
NASA will provide an update on the agency’s Artemis III mission and announce the astronauts assigned to the test flight during a live event at 11 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, June 9, at the agency’s Johnson S
ScienceNasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base
Nasa has released details of robotic landers, hopping drones and vehicles it aims to send to the Moon as part of US plans to build a lunar base. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company Blue Origin i
ScienceWhy temperature records are being not only broken but smashed
Hundreds of temperature records have been broken in France during an unprecedented heatwave If you take a look across western Europe at the moment, you'll struggle to find many places escaping the hea
ScienceScientists say they’ve reversed brain aging with a simple nasal spray
Researchers at Texas A&M University say they may have found a way to do just that using a simple nasal spray designed to reduce inflammation in the brain. In a new study, scientists reported that the
ScienceLarge Hadron Collider detects strange particle behavior that could rewrite physics
Recent findings from research we have been carrying out at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at Cern in Geneva suggest that we might be closing in on signs of undiscovered physics. If confirmed, these h
ScienceQueenless wasp colonies explode into chaos but hidden helpers save them
Losing a queen throws a tropical wasp colony into turmoil, triggering violent power struggles and social breakdowns. But new research led by UCL scientists found that some wasps quietly step in to kee
ScienceEarliest use of anaesthetics uncovered in Chinese doctor’s tomb
Residues on medical equipment reveal that physicians in China over 600 years ago used aconitine, a highly toxic plant chemical, to alleviate pain during surgical procedures Facebook / Meta Twitter / X
ScienceWill lab-grown sperm let infertile men have children of their own?
Coloured scanning electron micrograph of human sperm cells Infertility isn’t something men like to talk about but it’s very common. Around 1 in 10 couples will have problems with conception, and in ha
ScienceBritain's protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPB
Britain's protected birds of prey still being shot, trapped and poisoned, says RSPB Fewer then 150 pairs of White-tailed Eagles are thought to live in the UK Some of Britain's rarest birds of prey are
ScienceScientists discover why Ozempic and Wegovy weight loss eventually plateaus
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have uncovered new details about how GLP-1 weight loss drugs such as semaglutide affect brain cells, revealing internal signaling processes that
ScienceThis prehistoric fish may explain how animals first walked on Earth
Researchers at Flinders University have uncovered new details about one of the ancient fish species closely related to the first animals that eventually made the transition from water to land more tha
Science100-million-year-old bug had crab-like claws unlike any known insect
Amber from Myanmar's Kachin region continues to reveal extraordinary glimpses into life during the age of dinosaurs. Preserved inside the 100 million-year-old resin are fossils from an ancient forest