A decade ago humanity launched around 200 objects into space per year. Now we launch more than 2,600, with no prospects for slowing down. This rapid expansion of human activity in outer space has filled Earth orbit with space trash,…
Donald Trump holding an executive order announcing the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images A cheer went up from the crowd in a Washington DC stadium on 20 January as US president Donald Trump signed an order…
January 21, 2025 4 min read Why the Paris Climate Agreement Matters in 5 Graphics One of President Trump’s first executive orders withdraws the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement. These graphics show why the pact is crucial to curbing…
“President Trump is trying to downsize the WHO, and the question is whether other high-income nations like those in Europe, Australia, Japan, and elsewhere, pick up some of the slack,” says Vermund. “Will the Gates Foundation, which has been a…
Public health programmes around the world could be cut due to the US leaving the WHO John Moore/ Getty Images In one of his first executive orders as president, Donald Trump has begun the process of withdrawing the US from…
January 21, 2025 3 min read February 2025: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Ant talk; vegetation on Mars By Mark Fischetti 1975, Daily Micromigration: “The diatoms Hantzschia virgata reside about a millimeter below the surface of…
A ridge in south-east Sicily that was eroded by the megaflood Kevin Sciberras and Neil Petroni Jumbled deposits of rock found on the top of hills in south-east Sicily were left by the megaflood that refilled the Mediterranean sea 5…
January 21, 2025 4 min read Trump Declares Energy ‘Emergency’ to Justify More Oil and Gas Drilling Though largely symbolic, President Trump’s declaration of an “energy emergency” could throw a wrench in renewable energy development and will cut into the…
Starship flight test 7 goes through “rapid unscheduled disassembly” James Temple Photography These eerie images of a fiery sky show the moment when SpaceX’s Starship rocket dramatically returned to Earth in pieces last week. They were captured by photographer James…
In 1960 no one had ever traveled beyond Earth. Now more than 700 people have flown past the 50-mile-high mark that was considered the boundary of space when spaceflight first got started. At that time, the Soviet Union and the…
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