2024-06-25 Wild Cat Is Back from Near Extinction
A species of wild cat in Europe that was almost extinct, or about to disappear, over 20 years ago has returned. Last week, the International Union for Conservation of Nature…
2024-06-25 Chinese Spacecraft Brings Moon Samples Back to Earth
A Chinese spacecraft has returned to Earth with rock and soil samples recently collected from the moon. A parachute Tuesday floated the unmanned Chang’e-6 capsule back to earth in China’s…
2024-06-24 Brazil Aims to Become Major Rare Earths Supplier
Brazil aims to become a major producer of rare earth metals as Western countries push to gain supplies needed to manufacture high technology devices. Rare earth metals are 17 elements…
2024-06-23 NASA: Nova Explosion to Be ‘Once-in-Lifetime’ Event in Night Sky
The American space agency NASA says a huge star explosion is expected to light up the night sky later this year. NASA describes it as a “once-in-a-lifetime” event. The event…
2024-06-20 Remains of a Rare Flying Reptile Dug Up in Australia
Millions of years ago, a huge and powerful hunter flew in the skies above a former sea in what is now Australia. Its large mouth and long, pointed teeth captured…
2024-06-19 Apple Partners with OpenAI to Bring AI Tools to iOS Devices
Apple is preparing to release a series of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools on iPhones and other personal devices. Company officials have described the new offerings as a newly developed…
2024-06-17 Research Explores How Space Travel Affects Human Body
Childhood cancer survivor Hayley Arceneaux and three other American civilians went to space in 2021. They travelled in a mission called Inspiration4 for the private company SpaceX. The four-member crew…
2024-06-16 Chinese Company Develops Robots with Facial Expressions
Engineers at the Chinese company Ex-Robots are developing human-like robots at a factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian. Their goal is to increase the ability of the company’s…
2024-06-16 Small Stars Might Offer Best Environment for Earth-like Planets
Stars about the size of our sun are not the most common ones in the Milky Way Galaxy. Much smaller stars are far more common. Of all the stars in…
2024-06-15 African Elephants Call, Answer to Individual Names
African elephants call each other by and answer to individual names, a new study finds. Such communication is rare in the animal world. African elephants are among the largest animals…
2024-06-14 Researchers: Climate Change Made Brazil’s Floods Twice as Likely
A team of international researchers says that climate change made recent flooding in southern Brazil twice as likely to happen. It also said that the El Niño Pacific Ocean current…
2024-06-14 Modern Horse Traces Origin to 4200 Years Ago
The horse changed human history. And now scientists have a clearer idea of when humans began to change the horse. Around 4,200 years ago, one particular lineage of horse quickly…
2024-06-12 Olympic Athletes Bring Cooling Technology to Paris Games
The 2024 Olympic Games open in Paris late next month and experts say especially hot summer weather is likely to return. Temperatures set record highs in Europe last summer and…
2024-06-12 Will AI Systems Run Out of Publicly Available Data on the Internet?
A research group says artificial intelligence companies (AI) could run out of publicly available data for their systems in less than eight years. Training data includes writing and information publicly…
2024-06-09 World’s Largest Camera for Astronomy Reaches Chilean Mountaintop
The largest digital camera ever built for space scientists is ready to be put in place under the clear skies of northern Chile. The camera can produce images above 3.2…