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How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour
International timekeepers voted to replace the leap second with a leap hour starting next year, aiming to reduce technical disruptions from software unable to handle minutes with 61 or 59 seconds.
Fuel leak which killed fish in River Taff stopped
Natural Resources Wales confirmed a fuel leak in the River Taff has been stopped after kerosene spread downstream since mid-October, killing fewer than ten fish.
Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract
Palantir and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have withdrawn their legal claims against each other over a blocked £50m Metropolitan Police contract, canceling a scheduled January high court trial.
The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster
A Welsh politician’s use of smart glasses in parliamentary debate has sparked calls from lawmakers to ban the technology at Westminster, citing privacy and security concerns.
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New research shows the world isn’t doing nearly enough to fix its food problem
A new report finds that global progress toward sustainable food systems is advancing too slowly to meet 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with emissions from agriculture trending upward despite urgent targets.
The rush to power data centers is weakening the Clean Air Act
Data center power demands are driving proposals for independent fossil fuel plants, but EPA guidance exempting these facilities from Clean Air Act requirements raises environmental concerns.
Nevada preached peace on the Colorado River. Now it’s suing to protect its water.
Nevada sued the federal government over a new Colorado River management plan, marking a surprise move from the state that typically positions itself as a peacemaker in water disputes.
West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change
West Point’s only climate scientist was terminated after refusing to stop teaching about human causes of climate change, according to a lawsuit filed by the professor.
Explainer: The CMIP7 emissions scenarios – and how they explore future climate change
Climate modelling groups have released new emissions scenarios for CMIP7 that will guide future climate projections. The scenarios represent a significant departure from previous models, with revised assumptions about population, economic growth, and climate policy implications.
Guest post: Why tough methane cuts are crucial for keeping warming ‘well-below’ 2C
New research shows that achieving climate goals requires ambitious methane cuts alongside CO2 reductions, with methane needing to fall 63-69% by 2050 to limit warming to 1.7C.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is ready to hunt thousands of alien worlds
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been enclosed in its Falcon Heavy rocket fairing at Kennedy Space Center, with launch targeted for late August. The observatory will search for thousands of exoplanets and investigate dark matter and dark energy.
NASA just used satellites and debris to navigate without GPS
NASA’s Starling mission has demonstrated FALCON, a navigation system that allows satellites to determine their orbital position using other space objects as reference points instead of relying on GPS signals.
Scientists may have finally caught “empty” space changing light
Scientists may have detected vacuum birefringence, a 90-year-old quantum prediction, by observing a magnetar’s extreme magnetic field using radio and X-ray measurements.
324-million-year-old fossil reveals how insects conquered land
Researchers identify a 324-million-year-old fossil that reveals early insects lived semi-aquatic lives before becoming fully terrestrial, filling a major gap in the fossil record of insect evolution.
Chimpanzees have been hurling rocks at the same trees for more than a decade
Western chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau have been repeatedly throwing rocks at specific trees for over a decade, a rare behavior researchers are studying to understand communication and tool use evolution.
New Jersey is a fossil hotspot, with answers about the day the dinosaurs died
A New Jersey quarry behind a strip mall has become a world-class paleontological site studying fossils from the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.