Total solar eclipse 2027 vs 2028 — Which one should you choose, Egypt or Australia?
From six minutes of darkness in Egypt or totality over the Australian Outback, here are the pros and cons of the next tw...
'The first species we might be able to communicate with, interact with vocally, might be a bird': An animal researcher explains how she decoded birdsong
Julie Elie, an ethologist at the University of California, Berkeley, tells Live Science about using AI to decode the vo...
NASA's twin ESCAPADE Mars probes slingshot around Earth in unprecedented double 'gravity assist'
NASA's twin ESCAPADE spacecraft are wrapping up a year-long voyage to Mars, and are now ready to make a beeline to the R...
El Niño Is Hitting California Hard
Rising sea levels and violent weather are testing residents in some of the most picturesque cities along the Pacific Coa...
Could Alien Life Thrive in Sulfuric Acid Instead of Water?
Best known for dissolving bodies in bathtubs, sulfuric acid has the potential to be the elixir of life on other worlds.
Locals launch campaign to buy ancient wood
Image source, Anna BlickImage caption, A community committee has a year to raise £164,000 to purchase Ruscombe WoodBySop...
Highly active Russian volcano plays peek-a-boo with an astronaut
A 2019 astronaut photo shows the near-perfect cone of a highly active volcano poking its heavily scarred and partially s...
House martin artificial nests scheme set to expand
Image source, Steve LaycockImage caption, The artificial nests are made from woodcrete which is much stronger and more d...
The swan sanctuary wetland fighting climate change
Image caption, Swans and ducks have enjoyed the wetland reserve at Slimbridge for 80 yearsByDave HarveyWest of England b...
Iran war helps fuel global drop in fossil fuel emissions — but there’s a catch
In the run-up to the COP31 U.N. climate change conference, scientists have revealed that global carbon emissions from fo...
Iran War Unexpectedly Drove Down Carbon Emissions This Year
It’s the first drop in planet-warming pollution since the pandemic in 2020. But researchers cautioned that the decline c...
Nazca infant had rare, fatal birth defect that left her with one central eye 1,600 years ago
A DNA analysis has confirmed that a Nazca infant who lived in southern Peru 1,600 years ago had a rare congenital condit...