Prime Day drone deal: Get the DJI Mini 4K drone for $209 — Our favorite budget flyer is down to its lowest-ever price.
Red squirrel sickness reports under investigation — Tests are being carried out to establish if there is an outbreak of squirrelpox in the Borders.
The Selfish Gene at 50: Why Dawkins’s evolution classic still holds up — When Richard Dawkins’s first blockbuster book was published half a century ago, few genes had ever been sequenced or studied in detail. Yet the book’s gene-centred view of evolution still has much to teach u
Engineering Channel — How engineering works.
NASA Seeks Industry Input on Second Phase of Commercial Space Stations - NASA — On Monday, NASA released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking feedback from American companies on the next phase of its commercial space stations
Escher: The paradoxical artist beloved by mathematicians — A new retrospective of M.C. Escher’s work opens this week. Explore some of his most mind-bending, mathematically inspired works here
Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy - NASA — NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy. Webb’s new view of M82, added to
How embryos shape their limbs: a key discovery of “genetic brakes” — In mice, medical professor Marie Kmita and her team at the IRCM discover how certain proteins switch off the right genes at the right time, allowing others to take over and complete development.
Himalayan wolf-dog hybrids emerge as a threat to wolves and people — In Ladakh, Himalayan wolves are increasingly breeding with feral dogs, giving rise to a new animal known as khipshang that could injure humans and outcompete other carnivores
A Little-Known Photographer Captured the First Clear Image of a Total Solar Eclipse 175 Years Ago. Today, These Celestial Events Still Reveal the Mysteries of the Sun — Ever since that first daguerreotype on a light-sensitive metal plate, eclipse observations have continued to…
Complex life on Earth may last 500 million years longer than expected — As the sun expands over the coming billions of years, Earth will become inhospitable to any life more complex than a microbe – but that might take longer than we thought
Rare American bird seen in Jersey for first time — Birdwatchers saw the lesser yellowlegs, which stayed for one day, in a Jersey first.
Astronauts told to return to International Space Station after sheltering over air leak repairs — Nasa had directed five of the seven astronauts to shelter inside the docked SpaceX Crew Dragon "Freedom" spacecraft while two Russian cosmonauts attempted an urgent repair.
A physicist tried to prove trees aren't living things by their thermodynamic definition. Spent months on it. Trees won.
Earth from Above author returns with astonishing freshwater images — From Kenya's Tree of Life to a Svalbard glacier, these stunning photos are taken from a new book by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, whose The Earth From Above was a smash hit 25 years ago
Why Being Poor Is Expensive — Poverty isn’t just having less money, it makes everything more expensive. From fees to bad options, one setback can spiral into long-term struggle. Here’s how the trap works. #kurzgesagt #inanutshell #kurzgesagt_inanutshell #learnwithshorts #science
Supersonic! - NASA — On June 5, 2026, NASA’s experimental X-59 aircraft flew faster than the speed of sound for the first time, setting the stage for demonstrating its quiet
National Weather Service — Official US weather forecasts.
Home - National Speleological Society — Since 1941 the National Speleological Society has been dedicated to protecting, studying, and exploring caves. With 8,000 members we are the largest cave focused membership organization in the world.
How Alpha Particles Can Break Computer Chips — In the 1970s, Intel couldn't work out what was damaging the DRAM on their microchips. The cause turned out to be the ceramic that the chip was encased in. It was secretly flipping 1s to 0s. But how?
Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years — A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over millennia, meaning higher CO2 emissions than assumed
proun Share New Song "Wall": Listen — We at Stereogum are fucking with proun’s forthcoming album Maybe Luck. The Austin band has us hooked with “Miracles” and “Coloring Pages,” the latter of which made our list of the best songs of the week. Now they’re back with another fantasti
NASA Announces Realignment to Accelerate Mission Delivery - NASA — NASA announced Friday an agencywide realignment to increase mission focus and move out on the National Space Policy. These changes position the agency to
Parker's positive test for cocaine caused by nutritionist — Former world heavyweight champion Joseph Parker's nutritionist was the reason traces of cocaine were found in a UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) test, according to investigation report.