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Astronomy Aug 30, 2026

NASA's newest space telescope launches on a quest to explore the hidden universe

NASA's newest crown jewel blasted off Sunday to hunt for planets around other stars, explore secret dark energy and survey the cosmos like never before.

Archaeology Aug 30, 2026

Aboriginal artists painted giant ancestral beings as colonization arrived, study finds

Slithering across the ceiling of an Australian rock shelter is a giant snake with a crocodile-like head, razor-sharp teeth and a long tongue. It's more than 6 meters (20 feet) long, making it one of the largest Rainbow Serpent ...

Plants & Animals Aug 28, 2026

The discovery of the Great Barrier Reef's whale maternity ward

It started with a simple message: "This is the year to do something small for something huge." Now, 17 years later, the Whitsundays region has some of the best protection in the world for migrating humpback whales.

Bio & Medicine Aug 28, 2026

Nano-antennas make living cells light up brighter and faster

Researchers at Delft University of Technology have demonstrated for the first time that nano-antennas can enhance the fluorescence of proteins in living human and other mammalian cells. Scientists already use smart fluorescent ...

Plants & Animals Aug 28, 2026

Once a legend, humpback whales make a comeback in Brazil

Female humpback whales off the coast of Brazil now have their pick of mates, who slap the water with their tails and jostle for attention—a scene that would have been unthinkable a few decades ago.

Biotechnology Aug 28, 2026

Self-blinking 'fairy lights' allow DNA to be imaged at almost double-helix-width resolution

Researchers have developed fluorescent molecules that permit imaging of how DNA is packaged inside living cells at unprecedented resolution and, in preserved cells, at a resolution close to the width of the double helix itself.

Astronomy Aug 28, 2026

Will new telescope Roman help reveal long-kept secrets of the universe? Q&A with an expert

On Sunday, Aug. 30, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The observatory will join the Hubble Space Telescope, launched in 1990, and the James Webb Space ...

Plants & Animals Aug 27, 2026

Videos capture humpback whales stopping to snack as they migrate along Australia's coast

The southern humpback whale migration is in full swing. Tens of thousands of whales are now making their journey from warm Australian waters in the north to their cold feeding grounds in Antarctica.

Environment Aug 27, 2026

Vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system detects methane in real time

Researchers have developed a vehicle-mounted spectroscopy system that can reliably detect methane in real time while driving. Using a moving vehicle to detect methane could make it easier to locate hidden methane emissions ...

Astronomy Aug 27, 2026

NASA's Webb telescope rules out two new Dyson sphere candidates

The latest Swedish-led search for technosignatures in the form of Dyson spheres has again come up empty-handed. The two latest stellar candidates in the hunt for such hypothetical extraterrestrial technology have been eliminated ...

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