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Aquaculture sustainability claims are greatly exaggeratedVIKEN KANTARCI/AFP via Getty Images It has been argued that fish farming is a sustainable food source that helps feed the…
Excitement is building among Moongazers for the spectacle tonight. If you’ve ever wanted to witness the moon in all its glory, tonight is the night. This…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have created a unique time-lapse of R Aquari's dynamic behavior from observations spanning 2014 to 2023. The two stars…
Male rats have techniques for escaping aggressive encountersEdward Berthelot/Getty Images In male-male rat fights, the victim of the attack will often hide behind the female rat…
The 2 meter long Aesculapian snake lives in warmer regions of Europe.Simon Bartosz/Alamy There are only three native snakes in the UK, but a fourth species,…
Our planet’s new small satellite, 2024 PT5, arrived in Earth’s orbit on September 29, 2024. 2024 PT5 is scheduled to capture a temporary flyby from September…
ESA astronomers have published a 208 gigapixel mosaic of images taken by. EuclidA mission launched in 2023 to study why the universe is expanding at an…
objective: Investigate the relationship between the size of a meteorite and the size of the crater formed upon impact. scientific field: Astronomy difficulty: For beginners Time…
accelerate: Can experience a change in speed (velocity). amber: Fossilized tree resin (not tree sap). Most likely comes from coniferous trees, or evergreen trees that produce…
Some airlines have stopped serving peanuts on board due to allergy concerns. Cheryl Chan/Getty Images People with a peanut allergy are at risk of serious reactions…
Future mobile networks may be able to transmit data faster by using a wider range of frequencies.Frank Herman/Getty Images Wireless data will be transmitted at 938…
gum 39 is one of several nebulae in a vast stellar nursery called the Running Chicken Nebula (IC 2944), located about 6,500 light-years away in the…
Interaction between two distant galaxies captured by EuclidESA A mosaic of images from the European Space Agency's Euclid Space Telescope captures more than 14 million galaxies,…
Quantum theory pokes holes in our understanding of entropy Victor de Schwamberg/Science Photo Library Measuring disorder in the quantum realm is a bit confusing. Mathematical research…
Marine biologists identify new species of skate Leucolaja It lurks in the deep waters of the southwestern Indian Ocean. brown long nose skates (Leucolaya longirostris), holotype…
Named after the otherworldly sounds these tree frogs make, Boufis The rainforests of Madagascar are expanses, some of which remind us of the sounds of technological…
Mariana Castel/Millennium Images, UK When I think about the members of my social network, I am almost filled with feelings of pure love and warmth. I…
How can AI scientists compare to human scientists? Imaginima/Getty Images Human scientists and engineers can outperform agents based on advanced artificial intelligence models in games that…
Marine biologists have discovered adult tubeworms and other extrusive animals beneath the ocean floor of the East Pacific Ridge, a volcanically active and rapidly spreading ridge…
A bright comet from the Oort cloud named C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is passing close to Earth and will be visible until late October 2024. This image,…
Boophis pikei, a new species of frog from MadagascarMiguel Vances (CC-BY-SA 4.0) Deep in the forests of Madagascar, researchers have discovered seven new species of frogs…
Have you heard of Jazz Hand? The toes of these bats glow. When ultraviolet (UV) light hits the hairy toes of the Mexican free flying fox,…
The excavation at Asum suggests that the Vikings were not necessarily warriors. Bole Lund speculates that the site could have been a “standard settlement” like an…
There is a common belief that animals can smell fear, but can humans do the same? Can you detect someone’s fear just by their scent or…
Save the Shark Ruthless predators, mindless killers, cannibals…sharks have a terrifying reputation that has little to do with reality. But without them, Earth’s oceans would be…
Holly is a staff writer for BBC Science Focus, where she manages the popular Q&A section. She has an MSc (Special Award) in Earth Sciences (Space…
Life in the deep sea is challenging. The dark, cold environment with immense water pressure makes survival tough for deep-sea creatures. Adding to their difficulties is…
There is currently much discussion about processed foods, particularly “ultra-processed” products, in the field of nutrition. It seems that most people, regardless of their background in…
Europa Clipper launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on October 14, 2024 at 12:06 pm EDT, beginning a six-year journey to Jupiter's icy moon…
A recent discovery by a National Geographic documentary team suggests they may have uncovered part of the footprints of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine, the renowned climber who…
Tibetan PlateauNicolas Marino/Mauritius Images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is causing winter temperatures to rise faster than summer temperatures, especially in high-altitude regions. This “asymmetric” warming could change…
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope detected Jupiter’s most distinctive feature, the Great Red Spot, on eight dates over a single 90-day oscillation period from…
Joy (Bel Powley) and William (Nick Robinson) after “discovering” sexMichael Tybulski/San Sebastian Film Festival turn me onmichael tybulski Truant Pictures (on digital platforms from November 4th)…
There are many ways computers store numbersAndrew Ostrovsky/Panther Media GmbH/Alamy Changing the way numbers are stored on computers could improve the accuracy of calculations without increasing…
Archaeological research has helped us understand the complex story of our species’ past, from early humans to the dawn of civilization and beyond. But some are…
Saturn photographed with an amateur telescopeGray Zone / Alamy Stock Photo When I was a teenager, I joined my school's urban astronomy club. It wasn’t popular.…
Illustration of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraftNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology The largest spacecraft ever developed by NASA for an interplanetary mission will launch today to determine whether…
Using the ESPRESSO instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and the HARPS instrument on ESO’s La Silla 3.6-meter telescope, astronomers discovered the hot Saturn-sized gas giant…
Reading time: 7 minutes As space agencies around the world set their sights on deep space missions, it is becoming increasingly important for scientists to understand…
Anemone: Soft gelatinous invertebrates, known as sea anemones, have a tubular body and poisonous tentacles surrounding the mouth. These carnivores live attached to rocks on the…
