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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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EU invests in ocean monitoring as US cuts funding
BRUSSELS (AP) — With underwater drones and ocean-focused satellites, the EU is expanding its monitoring network of Earth’s seas as climate change fuels heat waves and stronger storms and the Trump administration plans severe cuts to a similar system in the United...
Fossil reveals bizarre gliding creature that hunted birds 120 million years ago
A 120 million-year-old fossil found in what’s now northwestern China is changing how scientists think about an unusual group of predatory dinosaurs known as microraptors.The location where the fossil was unearthed adds to the known geographical range of the smaller,...
August 2026 lunar eclipse: Everything you need to know about the 96% ‘blood moon’
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.A deep partial lunar eclipse on August 27-28, 2026, will be visible in North America and will be the best lunar eclipse anywhere on Earth until New Year's Eve 2028. |...
Sun erupts with 3 solar flares, raising chances of northern lights for U.S.
Three solar flares burst from the sun toward Earth this week, scientists said, and the enormous beams of energy, light and high-speed particles may increase the odds of seeing the northern lights for people across the United States as they travel closer to our...
Rare type of Lyme disease found for the first time in New York
There’s a new type of Lyme disease in New York state.Almost all cases of the tick-borne illness in the United States are caused by corkscrew-shaped bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi. But B. burgdorferi is actually one of two Lyme disease-causing species in the U.S....
NASA’s dead Mars orbiter MAVEN will crash into the Red Planet in the next 100 years. It’s not the only probe in the Mars morgue
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.This artist's concept shows NASA's MAVEN spacecraft in orbit around Mars, with a fanciful image of her home planet in the background. . | Credit: NASA/GSFCThe Mars...
A rainbow patchwork quilt shows agriculture from space | Space photo of the day for June 4, 2026
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission.This composite image uses NISAR data to show vegetation in the area around South Africa. | Credit: Image by Paul Siqueira (UMass Amherst) of the NISAR science team...
Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history
When an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, it ended the age of dinosaurs and transformed life across the planet. The effects of that catastrophe are visible in the fossil record on land, but scientists know far less about what happened to fishes in the...
Genome study shows what made the extinct Ice Age cave lion unique
By Will DunhamJune 4 (Reuters) - The cave lion was one of the biggest cats to ever live, prowling a huge swathe of territory from Western Europe across Siberia and into North America and hunting large prey - and perhaps even people - before going extinct around the...
Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in US
The New World screwworm fly has reached south Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Wednesday, the first time in decades that the parasite with flesh-eating larvae has threatened the nation's cattle industry and only the third time it's appeared in the...
A South Korean beekeeper counts the cost of climate change
By Hongji Kim and Minwoo ParkSANCHEONG COUNTY, South Korea, June 4 (Reuters) - Park Gyeong-je started tending beehives almost five decades ago, making it his livelihood because he liked spending time in nature. These days, however, the changing climate is making him...
Tools to fight hantavirus show promise despite limited funding. Now researchers hope to continue
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — When a rare but deadly rodent-borne virus struck passengers on a cruise ship and seemed to be spreading, there were no treatments for those who fell ill and no vaccines to protect others.That was the case even though it wasn't a novel germ that...