For the eighth year in a row, the world’s oceans absorbed a record-breaking amount of heat in 2025. Since 2018, a group of researchers from around the world has crunched the numbers on how much heat the world’s oceans are absorbing each year. In 2025, their measurements broke records…
Hunter-gatherers probably derived the poison from the milky bulb extract of a Boophone disticha plant. Poisoned arrows or darts have long been used by cultures all over the world for hunting or warfare. For example, there are recipes for poisoning projective weapons, and deploying them in battle, in Greek…
“The crew is highly trained, and they came to the aid of their colleague right away.” NASA officials said Thursday they have decided to bring home four of the seven crew members on the International Space Station after one of them experienced a “medical situation” earlier this week. The…
“Under the right conditions, some dogs present behaviors strikingly similar to those of young children.” When it comes to cognitive ability, not all dogs are created equal. Most dogs can learn simple action cues like “sit” or “down.” But so-called “gifted word learner” (GWL) dogs exhibit a remarkable ability…
US also pulling out of pacts promoting development, democracy, and human rights. Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the US from the world’s most important climate treaty, as well as from dozens of other international organizations, as the president intensifies efforts to upend decades of global cooperation tackling rising…
“The matter involved a single crew member who is stable,” NASA said in a statement. Someone on the International Space Station suffered an unspecified “medical situation” Wednesday, prompting the postponement of a planned spacewalk and raising the possibility of an early return for a portion of the lab’s seven-person…
Company staff were very selective about how they modeled earthquake dangers. On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at the Hamaoka plant after revelations that the plant’s chosen operator fabricated seismic hazard data. Japan has been slowly reactivating its…
Rather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons. Anyone paying attention to battery research sees sulfur come up frequently. That’s mostly because sulfur is a great storage material for lithium, and it could lead to lithium batteries with impressive power densities. But sulfur can…
A recent study suggests that North Africa may be a key place to look. A group of 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from Morocco may shed new light on when our species branched off from the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans. A team of anthropologists recently examined a collection of fossil…
A lot could happen in space next year, but let’s get real about what actually will. Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude of breakthroughs and setbacks. 2026 is shaping…
