Heat waves that spark damaging droughts are happening more frequently, study finds

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

WASHINGTON (AP) — Heat waves that lead to sudden and damaging drought are spreading across the globe at an accelerating rate, highlighting how climate change-fueled extremes can build dangerously off each other, a new study found.Researchers from South Korea and...

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was nudged into a slightly different route around the sun, findings that could help divert a future incoming killer space rock, scientists reported Friday.It’s the first time...

Japan’s 1st HTV-X cargo craft leaves the International Space Station (photo)

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Japan’s HTV-X1 cargo spacecraft departs the International Space Station after its release from the Canadarm2 robotic arm on March 6, 2026. | Credit:...

2 ‘Lazarus’ animals thought to be extinct for over 7,000 years found alive in New Guinea

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

Two marsupial species thought long extinct, until now known only from fossils, were found alive in New Guinea through a collaboration of scientists, indigenous communities and citizen scientists.The discovery of the pygmy long-fingered possum and the ring-tailed...

Did Earth life actually begin on Mars? Asteroid impacts could let microbes planet-hop, study suggests

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Billions of years ago, Mars hosted lakes, streams and perhaps even a huge ocean. | Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechA remarkably hardy bacterium can survive pressures similar...

Scientists are trying to solve the mystery of whether global warming is speeding up. A new study says it has the answer

by News Feed Editor | Mar 6, 2026 | Science

Is the world getting hotter, faster? It’s a big question which has been puzzling and dividing scientists for years. A new paper says it has the answer, and it’s not good news.Global warming has accelerated “significantly” over the past 10 years, meaning the world may...