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Global warming accelerating at 'unprecedented' pace: study
Global warming has accelerated at an "unprecedented" pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set targets closes, over 50 leading scientists warned in a study published...
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Australia's fearsome 'dinosaur bird' stares down extinction
With legs like a velociraptor and a striking neon blue neck, the southern cassowary cuts a fearsome figure in the rainforests of northeast Australia.It is best to admire these human-sized birdies --...
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Hubble trouble: Veteran space telescope forced to take it easy
The venerable Hubble Space Telescope, which has revolutionized astronomical discovery since its launch in 1990, will ease into retirement with a scaled-back observing schedule, NASA officials said...
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Liftoff, finally: Boeing Starliner launches first crew to space station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Boeing on Wednesday launched its very first astronauts bound for the International Space Station aboard a Starliner capsule, which joins a select club of spacecraft to carry...
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Solar investment outstrips all other power forms: IEA
More money is pouring into solar power than all other electricity sources combined, with investments set to reach half a trillion dollars this year, the world's top energy research body said...
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Apple faces pressure to deliver on AI at developer conference
Apple is expected to make the case next week that it is not being left behind as tech world rivals blaze ahead with artificial intelligence.AI and perhaps even a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI...
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AI tool creates deceptive Biden, Trump images, tests show
Tests on a leading AI tool allowed the creation of deceptive and incriminating images of President Joe Biden and Donald Trump, a watchdog said Wednesday, despite pledges to block fake photos of the...
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Boeing Starliner spacecraft springs more leaks on way to ISS
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule, which is making its way to the International Space Station on its first mission carrying astronauts, has developed two helium leaks since entering orbit but remains...
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Can Alzheimer’s really be reversed, as a new documentary claims?
Two people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s claim to have conquered the disease through simple lifestyle changes.Dementia and Alzheimer’s have been the leading killers in the UK for the last ten years,...
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A strange intermittent radio signal from space has astronomers puzzled
When astronomers turn our radio telescopes out towards space, we sometimes detect sporadic bursts of radio waves originating from across the vast expanse of the universe. We call them “radio...
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A shocking 79% of female scientists have negative experiences during polar...
Every day, women are working on frontier science in Earth’s unforgiving polar environments. Our study, published today in PLOS Climate, investigated what their experiences are actually like. Fieldwork...
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Boeing Starliner crew aboard ISS after challenging docking
A Boeing Starliner capsule carrying its first ever astronauts docked with the International Space Station on Thursday after overcoming unexpected challenges arising from thruster malfunctions and...
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Chinese robot developers hope for road out of 'uncanny valley'
A disembodied woman's head mugged and grimaced, aping the facial expressions of a user on a nearby laptop as visitors to the China Humanoid Robot Developer Conference watched in fascinated unease.The...
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Extreme early-summer heatwave peaks in western U.S.
An extreme early-summer heatwave was expected to peak Thursday across much of the western United States, where millions were scrambling to cope with the sudden sharp rise in temperatures.Las Vegas was...
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Scientists and Indigenous leaders team up to conserve seals
Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice, stalking seals near Sít...
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Virgin Galactic set for final spaceflight before two-year pause
Virgin Galactic is poised on Saturday for its last spaceflight before heading into a two-year pause on commercial operations to upgrade its fleet, as the company seeks to finally turn a profit.The...
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Apollo 8 astronaut dies in small plane crash at age 90
William Anders, the former US astronaut who took the historic "Earthrise" photo from space over 55 years ago, died in a plane crash on Friday at the age of 90, his family said.Anders had been piloting...
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Records of Pompeii’s survivors discovered
On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities of...
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Deadly heat: Record scorching temperatures kill the vulnerable and worsen...
Deadly heat. As we enter the month of June, scorching temperatures are already gripping parts of Arizona, California, Nevada, as well as countries around the world. In Arizona, extreme heat sent 11...
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Inside the global orange juice crisis
Oranges – and all the things we can make from them – are big business. But the industry is facing a severe crisis. About 50 million tonnes of oranges are grown each year, 34% of them in Brazil. Brazil...
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