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Devon heathland plan to support two rare species of ant
Devon Wildlife Trust has launched a three-year conservation project to protect two of the UK’s rarest ant species, including the narrow-headed and erratic ants, with £212,000 in government funding.
NASA’s Swift telescope is back, but time is running out
NASA’s Swift Observatory has resumed operations with two of three instruments after shelving plans for an orbital boost, though the spacecraft’s time in orbit is increasingly limited.
Earth may have lost the Sun’s protective shield millions of years ago
NASA-funded research suggests the Sun’s protective bubble may have contracted around Earth millions of years ago, and powerful solar eruptions in the early solar system may have kept the young planet warm.
A search for one exotic particle uncovered two strange new structures
Physicists at Jefferson Lab discovered two unexpected particle structures while searching for an exotic state called Y(2175), potentially advancing understanding of fundamental forces and matter formation.
Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site
Archaeologists discovered a 5,000-year-old wooden post structure near Stonehenge that aligns with solar solstices, predating the famous stone monument by 500 years.
Antarctica’s first ever dinosaur bone discovered in a drawer
Researchers have confirmed that a fossil discovered in Antarctica in 1985 and stored away for 40 years is the continent’s first-ever dinosaur bone, identified as a tail vertebra from a Titanosaur.
World’s oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows
Global ocean surface temperatures reached a record 21.1°C, surpassing the previous peak from March 2024, driven by human-caused climate change and the developing El Niño weather system.
Sand overextraction weakening riverbanks as concrete demand soars
Surging concrete demand has driven sand and gravel extraction from riverbeds at unsustainable rates, weakening riverbanks and degrading water quality across Asia and Africa.
Why scientists asked 1,000 people to bury their underwear
Swiss researchers enlisted 1,000 volunteers to bury cotton underwear in soils across the country, using decomposition rates as an indicator of soil organism activity and ecosystem health.
Japanese scientists use tiny silver particles to make DNA assembly up to 5x more efficient
Japanese researchers developed a method using silver nanoparticles to improve DNA assembly efficiency by two to five times compared to conventional methods, with potential applications in gene therapy and synthetic biology.
16 mummies and a dog reveal a hidden order inside an ancient Egyptian tomb
Researchers studying an ancient Egyptian tomb found 16 mummified humans and a dog arranged in a spatially organized manner, revealing how burial practices evolved over centuries rather than deteriorating into chaos.
This 23-foot crocodylian may have ruled South America’s food chain
A 23-foot crocodylian called Purussaurus neivensis dominated South America’s ecosystem over 10 million years ago, serving as the region’s most significant predator based on fossil evidence.
‘A mouse can’t tell us what works’: UK scientists to grow miniature human organs for drug testing
UK scientists will grow miniature human organs from patient cells to test drugs more accurately and reduce animal testing in medicine development.
A 236-million-year-old fossil could rewrite the story of mammalian birth
A 236-million-year-old cynodont fossil shows evidence of live birth, pushing the origin of viviparity in mammalian ancestors back 90-95 million years earlier than previously documented.
JWST spots a bizarre “black hole star” 100 billion times brighter than a star
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered an exceptionally bright red object in the early universe that appears to be a new type of astrophysical source combining a black hole with an enormous stellar envelope.
Solar eclipse glasses recycling: What to do with them now
Following mainland Europe’s total solar eclipse, millions of people have eclipse glasses to dispose of. Experts recommend keeping them for future eclipses, donating to schools or astronomy groups, or repurposing the solar filter material.
The Atlantic Ocean can handle more warming than expected — with one big catch
Research suggests the Atlantic Ocean circulation system’s stability depends not just on how warm it gets, but also on how fast the planet warms, with slower warming allowing greater temperature tolerance.
Artemis II: The 40 minutes when the astronauts lose contact with Earth
Artemis II astronauts will lose radio contact with Earth for approximately 40 minutes as their spacecraft passes behind the Moon, a profound moment of isolation reminiscent of Apollo missions decades earlier.
NASA’s Perseverance rover watches Earth vanish from the surface of Mars
NASA’s Perseverance rover captured Earth vanishing behind Phobos in the Martian sky on July 2, marking the first time humanity recorded Earth disappearing behind another object from a different planet’s surface.
A massive new cosmic map is revealing black holes, rare stars, and hidden gas
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey V released Data Release 20, containing over three million spectra of stars and galaxies from both hemispheres, revealing black holes, rare stars, and interstellar gas across the cosmos.
Neptune’s tiny moons may be the wreckage of shattered ancient worlds
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detected unexpected clay minerals on Neptune’s inner moons, suggesting they may be remnants of larger celestial bodies destroyed by the capture of the moon Triton.
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