The ‘Hollywood Cat’ eked out a living in a surprising place and has residents rethinking their relationship with nature. How a mountain lion made a home in a L.A. neighbourhood The ‘Hollywood Cat’ eked out a living in a surprising place and has residents rethinking their relationship with nature. Watch …
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Conservation of endangered right whales faces ‘serious setback’ as U.S. drops proposed rule
The U.S. government recently dropped a proposed rule aimed at protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale, a decision that one conservation group says is, ‘incredibly disappointing.’ ‘This is a serious setback to preventing the extinction of this critically endangered species.’ A recent decision by the U.S. government to drop …
Read More »Scallop fishers scoop invasive sea vomit from Bay of Fundy in aid of science
Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are keeping an eye out for a creamy-white species that grows on the seafloor and would be described by some as gross. 50 fishers are assisting Huntsman Marine Science Centre as it studies rubbery species. Scallop fishers in the Bay of Fundy are …
Read More »There’s a planetary parade tonight, and here’s how you can see it
Stargazers are in for a celestial treat this week! Six planets will align in the night sky in what’s called a planetary parade. 6 planets will align in the night sky this week. Stargazers can expect a show in the night sky this week — a planetary parade when six …
Read More »Starship explosion raises questions about risk to public, environment
The most powerful rocket ever made had a partial disintegration, causing a spectacular display caught on cameras. But what is the environmental impact of such failures over the ocean? SpaceX’s latest disintegration spread debris over Caribbean Sea. Fiery debris from SpaceX rocket streaks across sky A SpaceX Starship rocket broke …
Read More »Lavish 2,000-year-old bathhouse revealed in new Pompeii excavation
Pompeii, the ancient Roman city buried by ash and lava in AD 79, has unearthed a new treasure — a private bathhouse built 2,000 years ago, decorated with sumptuous mosaics and equipped with a series of hot, warm and cold rooms in the manner of a spa. Private thermal complex …
Read More »Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin reaches orbit in 1st New Glenn launch, misses booster landing
Thirty storeys tall with a reusable first stage filled with liquid oxygen and methane, New Glenn launched around 2 a.m. ET from Blue Origin’s launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Rocket booster was due to land on barge in Atlantic Ocean but failed to make that …
Read More »What TikTok could look like for users in the U.S. — and around the world — if it goes dark
With just days to go until the U.S. Supreme Court votes to uphold a ban on TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media platform is preparing to go dark on Sunday — and the 170 million Americans who use the app can expect some changes. App will likely be removed from app …
Read More »Japan, U.S. lunar landers go separate ways after being launched together from SpaceX rocket
In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business on Earth’s dusty sidekick. Japan heads to moon again with uncrewed craft after lunar lander crash 2 years ago. In a two-for-one moonshot, SpaceX launched a pair of …
Read More »Kissing moons may explain why Earth’s moon is so large
The larger moons of Pluto and Earth likely formed through a collisional process with Charon and our moon, respectively, rather than by gravitationally capturing them. Due to Pluto and Charon’s rocky, icy nature, their collision was more of a gentle short-lived kiss. Scientists think the larger moons of Pluto and …
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