NASA is once again looking at the lunar calendar, as May 2026 prepares for a Blue Moon that won’t be blue, but will break the routine
A Blue Moon is coming our way in 2026. May will feature two full Moons: the first on May 1st...
Wistman’s Wood survives as a living relic, while mass tourism and climate change threaten one of Europe’s last remaining rainforests
Thanks to the gnarled oak trees and heavy fog, Wistman’s Wood looks like a fantasy setting left over from the...
The Tibetan Plateau begins to shed its skin as mega solar parks cool the desert and reshape life beneath the panels
A local shepherd from Gonghe County in Northwest China’s Qinghai Province, steers his herd not toward a typical grassy field,...
Tim Coulson imagines an Earth without humans, where extinction makes room and evolution once again decides who occupies the center
As Ray Bradbury described in his short story There will come soft rains, Earth will move on if humankind ever...
University of Maryland discovers a scar from the early Earth beneath the Pacific Ocean, and deep geology ceases to be a quick and orderly system
The surface of our world has been in a constant state of flux for millions of years. Continents have wandered,...
Ohio State University turns shiitake mushrooms into living memory and opens an unexpected gap between biology and the future of microchips
When people think about shiitake mushrooms, they imagine them as part of their ramen bowl or as complement for some...
Without a brain and with hundreds of feet acting simultaneously, starfish display a mechanical intelligence that surprises even the engineers who study them
Starfish look so inconspicuous that is difficult to even imagine they can actively move. If it weren't for time-lapse recordings...
China successfully explores the Gakkel Ridge under the Arctic ice for the first time with the Fendouzhe submersible
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported that China successfully finished 43 piloted dives during its 2025 trip to the Arctic,...
NASA is once again looking to the Moon with nuclear power, while the Department of Energy is pushing a plan that promises to change human permanence outside Earth
The US space program has faced some tough times lately. You can practically feel the low spirits at the agency,...
Realbotix’s hyperrealistic robots arrive at Ericsson in Texas, marking a turning point in the adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace
Many of the "humanoid" robots you see these days don't actually look human, like the one that recently played one-on-one...