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Importance of space exploration according to ‘The Eureka Manifesto’
The human species has always had an insatiable need to explore the unknown and learn more about the undiscovered. We have always stimulated our ambition by pushing our limits in the pursuit of knowledge and working hard to gain a better grasp of our environment and...
Can Dogs Sense PTSD?
It’s safe to say that dogs are pretty incredible. According to a survey done by the American Veterinary Medical Association, there were around seventy-seven million dogs in American households at the end of 2016. To quote a cliché, dogs are “man’s best friend” and for...
Recent Deadly Crash Halts Uber’s Progress with Autonomous Vehicles
Following several car crashes and one recent fatality in its testing of autonomous vehicles, Uber has temporarily stopped testing of these self-driving cars. In the most recent incident involving a self-driving vehicle driving in Tempe, Arizona, a Volvo SUV hit and...
Scientists in Sweden has made a material that challenges spider silk as the strongest bio-based material
The challenge of producing a bio-based material that can compete with the strength spider dragline silk has since long been pursued, primarily by trying to make fibers synthetically from silk. Now, by using nanocellulose, the component that makes trees and plants...
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Watch a ‘Potentially hazardous asteroid’ the size of a skyscraper close in on Earth live online tonight
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Inset: Gianluca Masi, Virtual Telescope Project. Background: NASA, ESA and AURA/Caltech. Created in Canva by Anthony Wood.[embedded content]A giant asteroid...
Neon green auroras from space will take your breath away | Space photo of the day for June 26, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Auroras from space dazzle in this image captured from the International Space Station by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot. | Credit: ESA/NASA/S. AdenotIf you've ever seen...
AI helps decode new secrets from scrolls burned by Mount Vesuvius
A University of Kentucky project using artificial intelligence to help decode an ancient Roman mystery has led to a major discovery, researchers announced Thursday.In 79 A.D., the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried the Roman city of Pompeii and the nearby town of...
Papyrus scroll burnt to a crisp during Vesuvius eruption deciphered with help of AI
A papyrus scroll that was burned and carbonized when Mount Vesuvius erupted almost 2,000 years ago has been virtually unrolled and partially deciphered with the help of artificial intelligence.The scroll — named PHerc. 1667 — is one of hundreds from the ancient Roman...
Watch live: Rocket Lab launching ‘Ten Owl of Ten’ mission for Synspective today
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.Credit: Rocket Lab[embedded content]Rocket Lab is scheduled to launch another Strix satellite for Japanese company Synspective's imaging constellation, in orbit above...
Suitcase-sized satellites are scanning for Greek wildfires in a global first
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — In the searing Mediterranean summer, wildfires turn dangerous in minutes.Greece has learned that at a terrible cost. In 2018, a blaze east of Athens moved with ferocious speed, killing more than 100 people. Five years later, a massive fire tore...
Europe’s heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change, scientists say
By Kate AbnettBRUSSELS, June 26 (Reuters) - The record-breaking heatwave engulfing Western Europe would have been "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change, which has made this week's soaring night-time temperatures 100 times more likely than they...
Europe’s extreme heat would be impossible without climate change, scientists say
The record-breaking heat that's scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study.The World Weather Attribution rapid study released Friday found that the heat would have been virtually impossible...
Europe’s record-shattering heat wave would have been ‘virtually impossible’ just a few decades ago. Here’s why
The record-shattering June heat that’s baked Europe this week would have been “virtually impossible” just a few decades ago, according to a new analysis, which says the human-driven climate crisis is “unequivocally to blame.”The ongoing heat wave is the region’s “most...
Delayed rains bring water shortages to cities and uncertainty to farms across India
BENGALURU, India (AP) — The late arrival of India's monsoon season and below-average rainfall have caused problems ranging from planting delays for farmers to water restrictions for construction sites in its largest business hub, Mumbai.Water shortages have been...
Are deadly heat waves driving Europeans to embrace air conditioning?
London — Many Europeans have long seen air conditioning as an unnecessary, costly, carbon emissions-heavy indulgence. But as the continent's summers get hotter, claiming more lives as they do, that appears to be changing.Over the last week, 40 people died in France...
TotalEnergies must address climate risks linked to its products, French court rules
By America Hernandez PARIS, June 25 (Reuters) - French oil major TotalEnergies must disclose the climate risks linked to emissions from its oil and gas products and set out plans to mitigate them, a Paris court ruled on Thursday. The ruling is a partial victory for...