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Asteroid 2024 YR4 could result in the largest impact on the moon for the past 5000 years MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images The asteroid 2024 YR4, which was once thought to be on a collision course with Earth, may still pose a threat to the planet. There is still a chance the space rock could Continue Reading
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Rubin Observatory/NSF/AURA/A. Pizarro D I have never been to a watch party, unless you count me and two of my friends getting together to watch Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (complete with themed snacks). But now, it seems, I will have my chance – as watch parties are no longer Continue Reading
Hot weather during UK summers is likely here to stay HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images The UK should urgently prepare for summer temperatures in excess of 40°C (104°F), according to the Met Office, the country’s national weather service, which warns the likelihood of extremely high summer temperatures is increasing rapidly as the climate warms. Temperatures Continue Reading
Artistic reconstruction of Bolg amondol Cullen Townsend An extinct monstersaur discovered in North America is shedding new light on life in the area around 75 million years ago. The creature looks “like a goblin that sprang from the rocks”, says Hank Woolley at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The species is a Continue Reading
Heatwaves, mold, and plastic pollution pose new risks to businesses and insurance companies, a new report by reinsurer Swiss Re warns. What do these things have in common? Fossil fuels make matters worse. They release the greenhouse gases warming our planet and are the primary ingredients for plastics, of course. Swiss Re’s annual report flags Continue Reading
Rockets could carry cooling aerosols to high altitudes Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Reusable rockets that deliver sun-reflecting aerosols to the top of the stratosphere could cool the planet – with fewer negative side effects than lower-altitude solar geoengineering. But a fleet of climate-cooling rockets would come with its own downsides. The rise in global average temperatures Continue Reading
Basecamp researchers gathering genetic data in Malta Greg Funnell A British biotech firm called Basecamp Research has spent the past few years collecting troves of genetic data from microbes living in extreme environments around the world, identifying more than a million species and nearly 10 billion genes new to science. It claims that this mblockive Continue Reading
Giant pink sea star larvae resumed their development after being frozen at -200°C Patrick Webster For the first time, scientists have successfully cryopreserved sea star larvae and reactivated them – an important milestone that could help re-establish a critically endangered keystone species. Beginning in 2013, sea star wasting syndrome spread along the west coast of Continue Reading
Neural activity gets fired up in different parts of the brain when we recall a memory Nopparit/Getty Images Even memories that we have forgotten seem to guide our actions, which could tell us more about how they are stored in the brain. “People intuitively think of memory as something we can recall and wax poetic Continue Reading
