Wildfire now nine miles away from French city of Bordeaux, mayor warns — Thomas Cazenave says they are preparing if further evacuations are issued, as the mayor of a nearby town called the situation "catastrophic".
Map of Earthquakes Today — Recent quakes near you.
See Artifacts That Archaeologists Discovered in This 1,600-Year-Old Byzantine Christian Town Buried in an Oasis in Egypt — The mud-brick village boasts streets, towers and a large church. Researchers unearthed everyday objects like grain grinders, an oven and some 200…
NASA Welcomes 16th Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson - NASA — Matt Anderson was sworn in Thursday as NASA’s 16th deputy administrator by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. The oath was taken during a ceremony held at the
NASA’s PACE Mission Studies Smoke, Fires - NASA Science — With the North American fire season underway, and a record number of acres already burned nationwide, NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and ocean Ecosystem
A New Compact Instrument Enables High-Fidelity Measurements of Energetic Particles on CubeSats - NASA Science — “Most CubeSats can observe particles from only a single direction, so they have to spin in order to build up a full picture — and that takes a few seconds,
Snails’ Teeth Beats Spider Silk As Nature’s Strongest Material — The discovery makes sense: Mollusks use these teeth to excavate rocks while they feed
Early Humans May Have Used Fire 1.8 Million Years Ago, Nearly Doubling the Age of the Oldest Known Evidence for the Feat — In Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa, burned bones were found in a dirt layer associated with Homo erectus. The inhabitants probably hadn't mastered…
See the Rescued and Restored 'Alice in Wonderland' Mural Painted for Sick Children at a New York Hospital — Abram Champanier’s "Alice of Wonderland Visiting New York" was a commission from the Federal Art Project, a New Deal program that championed American art in public spaces
Odd “butterfly” molecule could lead to new parts of the quantum realm — An exotic new molecule is shaped like a butterfly, complete with "wings" made from electrons. The discovery could provide a gateway to completely new parts of the quantum realm
There Was No American Regional Cuisine Until One 'Virginia Housewife' Thought to Compile a Diverse Collection of Recipes — Mary Randolph, an in-law of the Jefferson family who was influenced by enslaved cooks and traditions of European immigrants, didn’t change Southern cooking w
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors | Quanta Magazine — Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results are already starting to arrive.
Perseverance Stuns in New Selfie - NASA — NASA’s Perseverance rover recently took a self-portrait against a sweeping backdrop of ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de
Shipwrecks Discovered Near the Bahamas Tantalize Researchers With Possible Ties to the Real Pirates of the Caribbean — A team of archaeologists and filmmakers got permission to dive in the closed zone of the Nassau harbor and discovered six wrecks, including three with suspected
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Synthetic biology may finally be ready to solve life's biggest mystery — What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial…
NASA Sets Coverage for Roscosmos Spacewalk Outside Space Station - NASA — NASA will provide live coverage on Wednesday, May 27, as two Roscosmos cosmonauts conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk
Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself. | Quanta Magazine — At first, scientists thought Earth’s water came from comets. Then, asteroids. Now, they wonder if Earth’s water is homegrown.
Earliest 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
Why Private Funds Make Ann Berry Nervous — Private-market investing is becoming more accessible, but Ann Berry, Threadneedle Ventures Founder, is warning investors not to confuse accessibility with transparency. She joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why valuing private…
See the Stunning Medieval Manuscript Telling Tales of King Arthur, in Ink and Polished Gold, That's Headed to Auction — The manuscript was made by a skilled, anonymous artist between 1290 and 1310. It's the oldest of only three privately owned Vulgate Cycle manuscripts
Encyclopedia of Life — A page for every species on Earth.
Arctic Ocean reaches tipping point that could be dire for marine life — Disappearing sea ice is letting more sunlight in the Arctic Ocean and boosting phytoplankton growth, but this has depleted a crucial nutrient, which could severely affect animals higher up the food chain
The strange metals forcing us to rethink how electricity really works — Some 40 years ago, physicists noticed certain metals were conducting electricity in a bizarre way no one could explain. New answers to how and why this happens are forcing us to question how electricity flows
Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile — A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous later ocean predators, like plesiosaurs
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site — The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.
The fight to stop animals dying in fishing nets — Thousands of sea mammals and birds are killed as a result of fishing nets every year.
T-Mobile is down. Social media users are not taking it well. — The reaction hasn't quite reached "Break out the pitchforks" status yet, but it's safe to say some T-Mobile customers are having a bad day.
The Dirt That Refused To Die | Quanta Magazine — Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil for six years, pointing to a metabolic theory for how biology began.
the wave forecast model most surfers use has been wrong about swell direction for decades and nobody noticed until someone mapped the actual buoy data against it
Britain set for butterfly boom after hot spring — A scientist says Britain could be on the verge of a bumper summer for butterflies.
Georgia O’Keeffe Ignored Advice to Mimic Great European Masters. Her Goal Instead Was to Be a Great American Painter — The genius of her work was in painting things as she saw them through her own eyes. So when she surrounded herself with beauty, her work reflected it
Scientists Say They've Made Cells That Feed, Grow and Reproduce, Bringing Them One Step Closer to Building Life From Scratch — The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for that many generations
Strange crystals found inside wreckage from the first nuclear bomb test — The Trinity bomb test left behind a unique form of matter, and now, scientists have discovered a new chemical structure inside it
New Instrument Used Antarctic Ice Sheet to Probe Extreme Universe - NASA Science — The Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO) is a NASA Astrophysics Pioneers Program mission designed to detect the most energetic particles in the universe.
NASA’s Webb Pinpoints Millions of Stars Within Cigar Galaxy - NASA Science — M82's intense star formation, thought to be the result of a galaxy merger, will be a short-lived event in astronomical terms, which makes this a one-of-a-kind environment to study. M82 is also known as…
Chalkdust: Read Issue 23 now — A magazine for the mathematically curious. Issue 23 now available: Sleep, coffee and cheating at Tetris feature in our SS26 issue! Plus all your favourite puzzles & columns.
What to know about the Canadian and US wildfires and their impact — Wildfires in Ontario have blanketed US and Canadian cities with dangerous smoke.
SpaceX's first-ever earnings show a loss and huge spending — Elon Musk's company has struggled to maintain investor enthusiasm that greeted its stock market debut.
Most people prefer AI-written stories – and can’t tell when they are made by humans — People appear to prefer short stories created by AI over those written by humans. They are also no better than chance at telling which is which
Hosepipe ban in force for millions of households - is your area affected? — More than eight million households have been placed under hosepipe bans - which has raised questions about how effectively water resources are being managed.
Mathigon – The Mathematical Playground — Discover Mathigon, the Mathematical Playground. Learning mathematics has never been so interactive and fun!
Vaping after quitting smoking is linked to lung cancer — A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes
Experience the Launch of NASA's Roman Space Telescope - NASA — Are you ready for a new view of the universe? The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will reveal distant worlds, dark energy, and the structure of the cosmos,
"Beyond the limit": one million satellites and mirrors in space pose grave threat to the night sky — A new European Southern Observatory (ESO) study has found that current proposals to launch over 1.7 million satellites into orbit, including extremely bright ones, would have…
A Museum of American Music—Headlined by Bruce Springsteen—Opened in New Jersey With Instruments, Lyrics and Clothes From Rock Stars and Pop Legends — The Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music at Monmouth University, which houses the archives of its namesake Rock & Roll Hall
This memoir is a personal and moving journey through the quantum world — New Scientist reporter Karmela Padavic-Callaghan combines memoir and science writing to great effect in their first book, Entangled States
Kosovo finds third wartime mass grave site as officials widen search — Excavation work continues as officials believe that there could be people buried dating back to the Kosovo war.
An encyclopedia formed from AI hallucinations – what could go wrong? — Feedback discovers Halupedia, an online encyclopedia that is 100 per cent generated by AI, offering such delights as the 19nd century and The Society for the Prevention of Unnecessary Tuesdays
How I saved my overflowing NAS without buying a single new hard drive — I almost bought new hard drives for my full NAS until I tried this software trick
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NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Returns to Earth - NASA — NASA astronaut Chris Williams is all smiles in this July 26, 2026, photo taken shortly after he landed with Expedition 74 Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey
Last Word: How many known elements could we delete without ill effect? Part 2 | New Scientist — How many of the 118 known elements in the periodic table could we permanently delete without any ill effect on our lives? (continued) Guy Cox Sydney,
Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template — Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews - NASA — NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June 22, to discuss his upcoming mission to the
Less than 2.5% of Taylor Farms' recalled lettuce went to Taco Bells — FDA report reveals where Taylor Farms sent its lettuce—and it raises questions.
Trump vows to investigate EU over fining of US tech companies — The US president says fines against Google, as well as Apple, Meta and Amazon, should be "entirely reversed."
The James Webb Telescope Is Changing Astronomers’ Understanding of the Ancient Cosmos — From how galaxies form to the beginnings of the universe, the images from the space telescope are giving cosmologists new data to explore—and theories to build out.
Who am I? Guess Premier League star No 25 — Work out the identity of today's player in as few attempts as possible.
FBI says cybercriminals are hacking into victims' online accounts to steal their intimate pictures | TechCrunch — In a new alert, the FBI said cybercriminals are targeting adults and minors in an attempt to steal their personal and intimate pictures in extortion campaigns.