PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sixteen critically endangered western Santa Cruz tortoises born to some very old parents got a slow walk and the red carpet treatment Wednesday at a…
“Punctum” may sound like type of punctuation, but to some scientists, it constitutes what may be a brand new type of cosmic object.
In a new interview with Gizmodo, Elena Shablovinskaya, a radio astronomer at Chile’s Universidad Diego Portales…
August 20, 2025
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Second U.S. Malaria Case Not Tied to Travel Raises Fears of Local Transmission
One-off cases of malaria in the U.S. may become more common as warming temperatures lead to booming mosquito populations
When wild pigs turn blue, it’s best to avoid them. That’s what the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has advised, anyway, now that the wild pigs in Monterey County have started becoming bright blue, thanks to their ingestion…
As carbon dioxide continues to rise in Earth’s upper atmosphere, the way solar storms interact with it may shift dramatically. New modeling suggests that future geomagnetic storms will occur in a colder, thinner atmosphere, causing a sharper…
Black mambas have always been stuck with a notorious reputation in Africa, but they can lend a hand (or rather, a scale) to help track pollution. That’s because these snakes accumulate heavy metals in their scales, and as a result, their bodies…
NASA’s Curiosity rover, after years of navigating the rugged terrain of Mars, has recently reached a rare and highly stable location in Gale Crater. This new position is considered one of the most secure and advantageous spots since the…
Before my morning jog at sunrise, I sketched a model for the dust outflow around the new interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, which appears as a…
A giant solar tornado and a massive plasma eruption were just raging on the surface of the sun at the same time — and a researcher has captured both in one spectacular image.
Although the solar events are unrelated, both are the result of…
