16:4625 Sept
BBC climate thriller The Rapture isn’t so far-fetched
We are not wired to deal with the complexity of climate change – but we can tune into relatable stories that emphasise common experiences and values.
Science
Research, space and the natural world · Page 3
15:1525 Sept
What is trauma-informed care – and how do schools do it?
Trauma informed care shifts approaches from ‘what is wrong with this person’ to ‘what does this person need?’
04:1925 Sept
“We found something never seen before” – A dead star is producing a shock wave that shouldn’t exist
A dead white dwarf with no detectable disk has somehow produced a powerful shock wave that appears to have persisted for at least 1,000 years. Its magnetic field may be partly responsible, but astronomers say an…
03:4525 Sept
Ancient meteorites reveal a powerful force that helped build the Solar System
Ancient grains inside one of the oldest known meteorites reveal that a surprisingly strong magnetic field existed during the solar system’s first 200,000 years. The discovery suggests magnetism worked alongside gravity…
12:1924 Sept
“We just need to go back” – Uranus’ moon Ariel may have hidden a 100-mile-deep ocean
Ariel, one of Uranus’ moons, may once have contained a subsurface ocean more than 100 miles deep beneath its fractured icy shell. The finding, combined with similar evidence from Miranda, suggests the distant Uranian…
11:4224 Sept
These massive stars could explain Webb’s strangest galaxies
Hubble observations of massive stars in metal-poor dwarf galaxies are revealing clues to why the early universe looks so unusual. Researchers found that stellar winds weaken sharply at extremely low metallicities…
12:2323 Sept
First stellar stream beyond the Milky Way could reveal dark matter
Astronomers have discovered the first globular cluster stellar stream beyond the Milky Way, opening a new way to study dark matter in distant galaxies. These faint trails of stars trace a galaxy’s gravitational…
04:0623 Sept
The Solar System chose fire over ice from the very beginning
Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The finding pushes this…
11:4322 Sept
A strange circle on satellite maps turned out to be a 390-million-year-old impact crater
An amateur astronomer searching satellite maps for a Quebec camping spot accidentally discovered a massive ancient impact crater. Scientists later found shatter cones that confirmed the 25-kilometer-wide structure was…
05:5622 Sept
The LHC just ruled out another hiding place for quantum black holes
Physicists searching through Large Hadron Collider data found no evidence that the machine has been producing microscopic quantum black holes, but the result sharply narrows where such exotic physics could still be…
14:2321 Sept
Black holes of every size follow the same surprising rule
Scientists have found evidence that black holes of vastly different sizes may launch powerful jets according to the same universal rule. Supermassive black holes can produce jets soon after tearing apart a star, then…
13:1021 Sept
NASA just powered up Roman’s massive 300-megapixel camera
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has successfully activated its 300-megapixel infrared camera, which will capture enormous stretches of the cosmos with Hubble-like sharpness. Its planet-hunting coronagraph is also working…
02:2121 Sept
Measles vaccine push urged in Americas after World Cup
The Americas reports record levels of measles as vaccination coverage declines and football World Cup fuels transmission.
11:3020 Sept
Scientists opened a sealed envelope after 10 years. Gravity still didn’t make sense
A decade-long NIST experiment has produced a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant that differs unexpectedly from another leading result, deepening a 225-year-old physics puzzle. The discrepancy is…
13:1219 Sept
A giant crater may reveal the origin of Mars’ doomed moon
A massive crater on Mars’ moon Phobos may hide a dense region of compressed material that could reveal whether the moon is a captured asteroid or debris from an ancient impact on Mars. Japan’s upcoming MMX sample return…
12:5618 Sept
Maldives meets UN goal to cut deaths from chronic diseases
Maldives digital health push reduces premature deaths from non-communicable diseases such as cancer.
12:3118 Sept
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could last more than twice as long as planned
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope may now have enough fuel for at least 22 years of science, more than double its original 10 year design life. An extremely precise course correction, extra fuel at launch, and additional…
12:0718 Sept
Scientists are about to test Einstein’s gravity with exotic matter
Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time whether gravity acts on…
11:1818 Sept
NASA’s Moon orbiter finds a 728-foot crater that wasn’t there before
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed a 728-foot-wide crater that formed on the Moon in 2024, making it the largest newly formed crater ever identified in the solar system. The impact disturbed the surface…
14:0017 Sept
Astronomers just found the youngest known planet ever
Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet and giving scientists a rare look at a world still being born. Its surprisingly rapid…
13:4014 Sept
Ebola outbreak is DRC’s worst. Where is the vaccine?
Vaccine development to fight Bundibugyo Ebola virus advances while the outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo moves at unprecedented speed.
04:058 Sept
The long wait for fistula surgery in Liberia
Some Liberian women with obstetric fistula spend years seeking treatment as specialist care remains limited.
11:262 Sept
Nepal flood disaster exposes cascading threats in Himalayas
Ice and rock collapse likely triggered catastrophic flood in Nepal, highlighting need for high-tech monitoring of multiple threats.
02:2127 Aug
Science training helps Tanzanian banana farmers curb virus
Tanzanian researchers team up with journalists to protect banana farmers from the destructive banana bunchy top virus.
03:4525 Aug
El Niño exposes need to back pastoralist climate action
As El Niño grips. scaling rangeland data tools is critical to protect pastoralist livelihoods and food security, writes Guyo Roba.