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What makes a golden eagle chick called Beaky Junior so important?
A golden eagle chick has successfully fledged from a nest on a managed grouse moor in southern Scotland, marking the first such occurrence and a major milestone for a species restoration project.
Astronauts just gave the International Space Station a powerful upgrade
NASA and Canadian astronauts completed a 7-hour spacewalk to install a seventh solar array on the International Space Station, with an eighth and final array scheduled for installation later this week.
Australian researchers identify new subtype of depression linked to body clock disruptions
Australian researchers identified a new depression subtype linked to body clock disruptions, affecting nearly a quarter of severely depressed patients and showing poor response to standard antidepressants.
Weight loss in middle age can restore cardiovascular health, research suggests
Research indicates that losing 5% of body weight in middle age can reduce inflammation and restore cardiovascular health to levels comparable with those who maintained healthy weight throughout adulthood.
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The Gas Turbine Shortage Just Became AI’s Biggest Constraint
Gas turbine manufacturers face a severe production crunch as AI data center demand accelerates, with new orders not arriving until 2030 or 2031, creating a significant supply-demand mismatch.
Europe Dodges a Rhine Crisis for the Worst Possible Reason
Europe’s Rhine River has recovered slightly from record lows but remains too shallow for normal barge traffic, constraining chemical and fuel transport while masking deeper disruptions through reduced industrial demand.
‘It’s due to climate’: the people of Stourbridge on the town’s wildfires
Wildfires devastated Stourbridge on Thursday, destroying 19 homes and damaging 18 others during the UK’s fifth consecutive heatwave, with residents describing the fires as horrendous and terrifying.
US Army Corps approves a pipeline project it knows harms Indigenous lands
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved a permit for Enbridge Energy to replace a segment of the Line 5 pipeline under Michigan’s Straits of Mackinac, drawing objections from tribal nations citing harm to sacred waters and treaty rights.
Q&A: What is ‘long-duration energy storage’ – and why does the UK need it?
The UK is developing long-duration energy storage technologies to manage renewable energy supply gaps lasting days or weeks, with 16 projects now supported under a new regulatory scheme.
Firefighters sound alarm as US faces critical staffing shortage: ‘We don’t have enough people’
The U.S. Forest Service faces a critical firefighter shortage this summer despite leadership claims of full staffing, with experienced crews working unsustainable overtime as fires rage across the country.
How a new era of heatwaves could shake up the school calendar
Over 1,000 UK schools closed or sent pupils home early during extreme heat earlier this summer, prompting debate over whether the school calendar should be restructured to accommodate increasingly frequent and intense heatwaves.
Draft dark skies guidance drawn up for the Highlands
Highland Council has developed draft guidance to reduce light pollution in the region, supporting dark sky sites and offering environmental and economic benefits including lower carbon emissions and energy costs.
Physicists discover a hidden gluon structure inside protons that could rewrite textbooks
Physicists at RHIC discovered evidence that gluons, not quarks alone, may carry baryon number through a Y-shaped junction structure, potentially overturning decades of textbook assumptions about proton composition.
Scientists discover a natural Arctic cloud factory missing from climate models
Scientists have identified a previously unknown natural process in the Arctic that produces cloud-forming particles, with implications for climate models and Arctic warming.
Plantwatch: Cities make a surprising refuge for threatened UK wildflowers
UK cities are emerging as unexpected sanctuaries for threatened wildflowers, offering specialized habitats and low-fertility soils where native plants can flourish amid urban environments.
Tiny quantum engines reveal useful energy hiding in “waste heat”
Researchers at the University of Basel developed a theoretical framework reconciling quantum physics and thermodynamics to identify useful work hiding in light emissions from tiny quantum engines.