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Cow recovering after Wiltshire river rescue -- , -- Cow recovering after Wiltshire river rescue

BBC News - 18 hours ago

Razer BlackShark V3 Pro Review: The Sweatiest Gamers Will Love This Headset

Gizmodo - 18 hours ago

Why was the tsunami smaller than expected? A geologist explains

Independent UK - 18 hours ago

Archeologists scan 2,000-year-old ice mummy sporting tattoos

CTV News - 19 hours ago

Lammermuir Hills solar farm gets the all-clear -- , -- Lammermuir Hills solar farm gets the all-clear

BBC News - 19 hours ago

AIs gave scarily specific self-harm advice to users expressing suicidal intent, researchers find

Los Angeles Times - 19 hours ago

Physics & Mathematics

Live Science - 19 hours ago

Fracking site clear-up extensions anger neighbour -- , -- Fracking site clear-up extensions anger neighbour

BBC News - 20 hours ago

'Pigeons are not vermin, they're very intelligent' -- , -- 'Pigeons are not vermin, they're very intelligent'

BBC News - 20 hours ago

'Sleeping giant' fault beneath Canada could unleash a major earthquake, research suggests - By - Stephanie Pappas - published - 31 July 25 - A new assessment of the enormous Tintina fault suggests it has been slowly accumulating strain over thousands of years.

Live Science - 20 hours ago

Tsunami waves hit US, Japan, Russia — and unleash a flood of online misinformation: DW has the facts.

Deutsche Welle - 20 hours ago

Heat waves, flooding and drought made worse by climate change are chipping away at roads, railway tracks and bridges.

Deutsche Welle - 20 hours ago

The tremor struck off the Kamchatka Peninsula, sparking alerts and evacuation orders across the Pacific.

Deutsche Welle - 21 hours ago

Lloyds Bank is back online following a 3-hour outage that left thousands of Brits unable to access their accounts on payday

Daily Mail - 21 hours ago

Zoo finds successors to swearing raven -- , -- Zoo finds successors to swearing raven

BBC News - 21 hours ago

Bird flu confirmed at commercial poultry farm -- , -- Bird flu confirmed at commercial poultry farm

BBC News - 21 hours ago

Tsunami alerts have sparked evacuations from Russia to Japan, including nearly two million in Japan alone.

Deutsche Welle - 22 hours ago

US to scrap landmark finding that sets limit on carbon emissions

BBC News - 22 hours ago

Strict rules in place as bird flu case confirmed -- , -- Strict rules in place as bird flu case confirmed

BBC News - 23 hours ago

Defense Department opts to not end satellite data for storm forecasts

UPI - 23 hours ago

Is AI Behind Tech Layoffs? CEOs Say Yes, But It's Not That Simple

Deccan Chronicle - 23 hours ago

Heritage boards honour Attenborough legacy to city -- , -- Heritage boards honour Attenborough legacy to city

BBC News - 1 day ago

Boy, 9, shares passion for farming at country show -- , -- Boy, 9, shares passion for farming at country show

BBC News - 1 day ago

'No land, no home, no future': Himalayan Lepchas fear new dam

Aljazeera - 1 day ago

Australia's First Orbital Rocket, Crashes After 14 Seconds of Flight

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Users left scrambling for a plan B as Dropbox drops Dropbox Passwords -- Read-only in weeks, deleted forever in months

First Australian-made rocket crashes after 14 seconds of flight in a failed attempt to reach orbit

CTV News - 1 day ago

Answers to how life on Earth began could be stuck on Mars -- Under the Radar -- Donald Trump plans to scrap Nasa's Mars Sample Return mission - stranding test tubes on the Red Planet and ceding potentially valuable information to China -- Harriet Marsden, The Week UK -- Published

The Week - 1 day ago

'Communities' of strange, extreme life seen for first time in deep ocean

BBC News - 1 day ago

Terror bird may have been killed by even bigger creature 13 million years ago, bite marks suggest

NBC News - 1 day ago

Scientists say they've solved the mystery of how clouds make lightning

Independent UK - 1 day ago

What makes a tsunami — and what to do if one comes

NPR - 1 day ago

2,300-year-old arm tats on mummified woman reveal new insights about tattooing technique in ancient Siberia - By - Kristina Killgrove - published - 30 July 25 - A new analysis used near-infrared photography to shed light on the methods and tools for creating tattoos in the Early Iron Age Pazyryk culture.

Live Science - 1 day ago

Oracle VirtualBox licensing tweak lies in wait for the unwary -- Java-like move could land those expecting free trial with a new bill

Scientists reveal exactly how many microplastic particles we inhale in our homes and cars every day - it's 100 times MORE than previous estimates

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Urgent recall after Celsius energy cans were accidentally spiked with alcohol

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Scientists Say New Government Climate Report Twists Their Work

Wired News - 1 day ago

NASA readying for crewed Artemis II moon flight

UPI - 1 day ago

Shocking video captures 'Bigfoot' sprinting through the woods in broad daylight

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Peacock feathers can emit laser beams

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

Joe Rogan stunned by Harvard scientist saying 'alien probe' could attack Earth

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

$15 billion in NIH funding frozen, then thawed Tuesday in ongoing power war

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

US, India launch satellite to track Earth's surface

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

US Navy won't torpedo hurricane forecast satellite feed after all -- Data stream from aging sensor to continue after public backlash and amateur workaround

Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 day ago

Researchers across country warn of uptick in deadly flu complication affecting young children

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

Ancient warning mysteriously appears on Hawaiian beach mere days before catastrophic megaquake

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

You can watch the 'best meteor shower of the year' in Canada. Here's how

CTV News - 1 day ago

Climate Change -- Heatstroke and Extreme Heat can Hurt Health in the Long-Term, Too

Scientific American - 1 day ago

Making Roman concrete produces as much CO - 2 - as modern concrete

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

Harvard scientist believes interstellar comet could be alien craft: 'We should put all possibilities on the table'

CTV News - 1 day ago

Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech's help

CTV News - 1 day ago

Australia's first orbital-class rocket stalled seconds after liftoff

Ars Technica - 1 day ago

FDA vaccine chief leaving agency after less than 3 months

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

'It was so unexpected': 90 billion liters of meltwater punched its way through Greenland ice sheet in never-before-seen melting event - By - Ben Turner - published - 30 July 25 - A previously-undetected flood over Greenland's ice sheet has confounded model predictions about how the region's meltwater should leak.

Live Science - 1 day ago

Natural Disasters -- Why the Russian Earthquake Didn't Cause a Huge Tsunami

Scientific American - 1 day ago

Why did Russian mega earthquake not cause more tsunami damage?

BBC News - 1 day ago

Underwater voyage reveals network of creatures in deep-sea trenches

Independent UK - 1 day ago

Psychology -- Why Dungeons and Dragons Is Good for Your Brain

Scientific American - 1 day ago

A mega-earthquake could strike the Pacific Northwest any day — and we're not prepared

Business Insider - 1 day ago

NASA awards Firefly Aerospace $177M to drop more bots on the Moon -- If at first you succeed, have some more money

Geology -- Russia's 8.8 Earthquake Is One of the Strongest Ever Recorded

Scientific American - 1 day ago

Opinion -- U.S. Nuclear Energy Plans Could Proliferate Weapons

Scientific American - 1 day ago

Harvard scientist warns mysterious interstellar object could be 'hostile' alien craft set to visit Earth in just months

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Not a Hypothesis: Boycott Against Israeli Science Spreads 'Like a Virus'

Haaretz - 1 day ago

GSLV-F16 Rocket Carrying NISAR Satellite Lifts Off

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Amid Gaza war, Israeli academia faces an unprecedented global boycott

Haaretz - 1 day ago

Researchers concerned over rise in teens using AI for friendship -- In a new survey, 31% of teens said their conversations with AI companions were "as satisfying or more satisfying" than talking with real friends. -- Jul 23

CBS News - 1 day ago

Prehistoric matriarchy in Turkey revealed by DNA analysis

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

'A hidden threat': Bay Area lawmaker warns of rising groundwater risks, seeks study funding

The Mercury News - 1 day ago

What Your Nighttime Breathing Says About Your Health

Wired News - 1 day ago

Porky pooches: Study reveals the dog breeds most prone to being OVERWEIGHT - so, is your pup on the list?

Daily Mail - 1 day ago

Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID, study says

Los Angeles Times - 1 day ago

The Hyperflexible People Who May Help Unlock Better Sleep Apnea Treatments

Wired News - 1 day ago

Researchers find that songbirds sometimes get 'divorced'

NPR - 1 day ago

8.8-magnitude earthquake sends tsunami into coasts of Russia, Japan and Alaska

NPR - 1 day ago

Why plane turbulence is becoming more frequent - and more severe

BBC News - 1 day ago

Dancing is a fun workout – and trains your memory. Find out why neurologists say tango does wonders for the brain.

Deutsche Welle - 1 day ago

Optical illusions are a brain feature, not a bug. Here's the science behind them

NPR - 1 day ago

Russia's far east rocked by 8.8 mega-quake: Where it ranks in history

Independent UK - 1 day ago

Key Facts About Tsunamis, and Destruction They Inflict

Deccan Chronicle - 1 day ago

Clouds and submarine cables report no impact from sixth-largest earthquake in recorded history, subsequent tsunami -- Russian rumbler has authorities across the Pacific warning of possible problems

Australia's attempt to join the space race lasts just 14 seconds -- 'I would have liked more flight time but happy with this' says CEO of private rocket outfit

Scientists release thousands of hatchery-raised halibut in Mission Bay, boosting population

The San Diego Union-Tribune - 2 days ago

The Manhattan gunman believed he had CTE. What does that mean?

NPR - 2 days ago

Ex-NASA engineer claims trillions of shape-shifting, cloaked devices are hidden across Earth

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

UK gets first female Astronomer Royal in 350 years

BBC News - 2 days ago

Why the US is collecting DNA from migrants

Aljazeera - 2 days ago

Australia adds YouTube to social media ban for children

CTV News - 2 days ago

July is the worst month for drug overdose deaths. Is heat to blame?

Los Angeles Times - 2 days ago

New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns

BBC News - 2 days ago

Look up! Tonight is the best night for stargazing all summer - with TWO meteor showers, a crescent moon and Mars all visible in the night sky

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

I've spent years searching for Atlantis. Now I'm certain I've found it... here's why it's a 'perfect match'

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

New forecast reveals abnormal temperature shift across the US ... and the states worst hit

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

The deadliest extreme weather event isn't what you think it is

NBC News - 2 days ago

EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Airborne threat linked to surge in US dementia rates, experts warn

Daily Mail - 2 days ago

The case for memes as a new form of comics

Ars Technica - 2 days ago

Trump's EPA wants to eliminate regulation for greenhouse gases

NPR - 2 days ago

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 Could Be the Best Laptop to Replace Your Desktop Yet

Gizmodo - 2 days ago