King penguins breeding earlier as warming climate raises success rate, study finds
A King penguin colony (AP photo) A new study has found that king penguins are breeding earlier as global temperatures rise, and the shift is helping improve their breeding success.Researchers…
NASA set to unveil Artemis II launch timeline tonight in major Moon mission update |
Later today, NASA is going to release a major update on the Artemis II program as they prepare for the first human beings to fly beyond Low Earth Orbit, the…
Meet Gurnoor Kaur: Indian-origin teen wins Canada’s National High School competition for AI project predicting wheat diseases |
An Indian-origin high school student in Canada has gained national recognition after winning a prestigious data science competition for her innovative use of artificial intelligence to predict crop diseases. Gurnoor…
Scientists capture trees glowing with electricity during thunderstorms |
For the first time, scientists have filmed high-speed video of a phenomenon where trees emit an electrical glow by generating sparks during thunderstorms. The results of a study published in…
NASA discovers Lake Untersee in Antarctica |
According to NASA, Lake Untersee is an underground body of water resting in the snow-capped peaks of East Antarctica. Hidden like a time capsule, it provides scientists with a necessary…
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS packed with alcohol stuns astronomers: Here’s what its alien chemistry could reveal about planet formation |
Astronomers have spotted something unusual in a comet passing through our Solar System. 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar visitor ever seen, appears to be stuffed with methanol, an alcohol…
Why NASA doesn’t have an emergency rescue plan for astronauts in space |
When, during the International Space Station (ISS) mission, astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore stretched from eight days to over nine months, a critical question emerged at that time: why…
‘History’s most precise experiment’: How Henry Cavendish weighed the Earth with just two lead balls in a closed room |
When we want to weigh something, the process is simple. We place it on a weighing machine or on a traditional balance. The number appears and we instantly know how…
Yass Queen: How the bumble stays alive underwater |
There are some scientific discoveries that feel immediately sensible. Water is wet, fire is hot, politicians lie. And then there are discoveries that sound as though a group of slightly…
The astronaut who returned to a country that no longer existed: Sergei Krikalev’s unbelievable 10-month mission in space |
A routine space mission could turn into a historic ordeal. In May 1991, Sergei Krikalev blasted off for what was meant to be a standard five-month mission to the Mir…