World’s first color images of black holes are on their way
Simulated image of the supermassive black hole in M87 seen at multiple frequencies. (Image credit: EHT, D. Pesce, A. Chael,…
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The extremes of imagination reveal how our brains perceive reality
Because we live our lives entirely in our own heads, understanding the contents of someone else’s — and how radically…
One Big Beautiful Bill Act Called a Clean Energy ‘Nightmare Scenario’
CLIMATEWIRE | The clean energy transition may soon be on its own. The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” passed last…
The WHO penned the world’s first pandemic agreement — but the US isn’t signing
On March 20, 2025, members of the World Health Organization adopted the world’s first pandemic agreement, following three years of…
Humans were crafting tools from whale bones 20,000 years ago
A projectile point, made from the bone of a grey whale, from the Duruthy rock shelter in Landes, France Alexandre…
Africa is being torn apart by a ‘superplume’ of hot rock from deep within Earth, study suggests
Researchers have found new evidence that a gigantic superplume of hot rock is rising beneath Africa, causing intense volcanic activity…
US east coast faces rising seas as crucial Atlantic current slows
The AMOC is a system of ocean currents that circulates water within the Atlantic Ocean NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific…
Ram in the Thicket: A 4,500-year-old gold statue from the royal cemetery at Ur representing an ancient sunrise ritual
Name: Ram in the Thicket What it is: A gold and lapis lazuli statuette Where it is from: The Royal…
Is the COP30 climate summit already in crisis, with six months to go?
COP30 will be held in Belém, Brazil, this November Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images via ZUMA Press Wire/Alamy It is now less…
‘The Martian’ predicts human colonies on Mars by 2035. How close are we?
Andy Weir’s bestselling story “The Martian” predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected…