Research, climate change, and environmental issues.
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has been silently observing Uranus for the last two decades, and now, scientists are finally unlocking this icy giant’s atmospheric secrets. They received a clearer picture of how one of the solar system’s most mysterious planets works. A Planet Like No Other Uranus stands out in our solar system for many…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams are finally back on Earth after an unexpected nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Despite the setbacks, they say they’d still fly on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft again. A Mission Meant to Last Days, Not Months Wilmore and Williams launched aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule on June…
Scientists from the University of Glasgow have created a powerful new tool that could reshape how we protect wildlife while advancing renewable energy. The new modeling tool was designed to shield seabirds from increasing danger posed by offshore wind farms without needing difficult-to-obtain satellite tracking information. Appearing in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution, this tool is…
As rising global temperatures fuel an increase in devastating wildfires, one German tech company is working on a high-tech solution that could change the way we detect and even extinguish forest fires. Inside what looks like a solar-powered, giant green golf ball nestled in the German countryside, Dryad Networks has developed an AI-powered drone system…
A major milestone for Europe’s space ambitions took a dramatic turn on Sunday when the continent’s first orbital rocket launch ended in disaster just seconds after liftoff. The Spectrum rocket, developed by German startup Isar Aerospace, exploded shortly after taking off from the Andøya Spaceport in Norway. A Historic — but Short — Flight This was the first…
After months of recovery from cold shock, 19 sea turtles have been returned to the Atlantic Ocean off Jacksonville, Florida. The loggerheads and Kemp’s ridleys were flown from the New England Aquarium in Boston to Missouri in December. They were cold-stunned, a perilous condition when ocean temperatures plummet too rapidly and turtles are too sluggish to swim, feed, or escape predators….
Most AI experts are now convinced that scaling up current large language models (LLMs) is not sufficient to achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI), the level at which machines are capable of reasoning and learning as a humans. In a new survey of 475 AI experts, 76% responded that it’s “unlikely” or “very unlikely” that existing approaches will…
Skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere are in for a treat this weekend — a partial solar eclipse will be visible in Europe, eastern North America, western Africa, and northern Asia on Saturday. Whereas in a complete eclipse, this will not hide the sun totally; the moon instead will sit somewhat in front of the sun…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has given the world its closest view yet of Neptune’s shining auroras. It photographed glimmering lights in infrared for the first time, confirming what scientists have long suspected since the late 1980s. The auroras of the planet were originally weakly seen in ultraviolet light by Voyager 2 when it flew…
What if the waste from sugar production could be used to improve gut health and replace plastic? That’s exactly what a team of researchers in Denmark is working on. Its early results suggest it could be a game-changer. Using new enzyme-based technology, scientists can now separate the different fiber types in sugar beet pulp. It’s the plant…
