Environment

Orbital Paparazzi Captures a Sneaky Picture of the ISS

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

A view of the ISS in orbit as seen by a satellite.Image: HEO Robotics The International Space Station (ISS) was caught looking ...

Viruses are doing mysterious things everywhere – AI can help researchers understand what they’re up to in the oceans and in your gut

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Viruses are a mysterious and poorly understood force in microbial ecosystems. Researchers know they can infect, kill and manipulate human and bacterial ...

Here’s the Tech That Got Hit by This Weekend’s Solar Storm

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

On Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, ...

Seasonal allergies are getting worse: What to do

Health
Rachel Carter

When is pollen season over? What to know about seasonal allergies Seasonal allergies got you down? Here’s when pollen season ends and ...

A Planet Just 41 Light-Years From Earth Has an Atmosphere and Is Covered in a Magma Ocean

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Scientists have spotted a rocky exoplanet with a possible atmosphere, which they believe may be burbling out from a magma ocean on ...

Reality of what would happen if Earth lost all oxygen for five seconds is leaving people terrified

Health
Rachel Carter

Featured Image Credit: Roberto Machado Noa/Getty/TikTok/@mulligan.tv A viral TikTok video is freaking people out online Published 17:25 4 May 2024 GMT+1 The ...

Orangutan seen healing face wound with medicinal plant for first time

World
David Turner

A Sumatran orangutan was seen using a medicinal plant to heal a facial wound at an Indonesian research site in a first ...

Plastic Is Polluting Our Oceans. Will We Get a Treaty to Cut Plastic Waste?

World
David Turner

Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some ...

Scientists predict when ‘triple whammy’ extinction event will wipe out humans and most life on Earth

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Humanity won’t last forever, the experts warn Published 10:52 30 Apr 2024 GMT+1 Experts have given their verdict on when humanity will ...

What It’ll Take to Create 21st-Century Mammoths, Dodos, and Thylacines

Science
Dr. Sarah Adams

Colossal Biosciences has generated a flurry of headlines in recent years, as the ‘de-extinction’ company announced plans to resurrect the woolly mammoth, ...