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The Guardian view on Ordnance Survey maps: still a superior way to navigate the landscape | Editorial
The 225th anniversary of the organisation’s first publication is an opportunity to celebrate its unique contribution to our sense of placeIn his one-paragraph short story, On Exac…
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100 buses long: Scientists map one of the world's largest known coral colonies
A huge coral colony stretching more than 1.5 kilometers (0.93 miles) along the outer reef of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands has been identified by researchers, making it one of the l…
Nasa seeks next generation of astronauts to live and work on the moon
Applications due on 3 December for new generation of explorers who can ‘shape humanity’s future in space’Nasa has launched a callout for a new generation of astronauts as it searc…
New species of ground-dwelling bird, the largest of its kind, identified in same cave as Homo floresiensis
In 2009, researchers working in the Liang Bua cave on Flores Island came across a leg bone. The 190,000–120,000-year-old fossil was identified as a bird bone and set aside. Like m…
Legendary sci-fi magazine 'Starlog' returns as a yearly release, just in time for its 50th anniversary
Before the rise of online entertainment sites, this is where genre fans got their news
Game theory helps SETI search for alien civilizations
The search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) is mostly concerned with where to look for technosignatures from another civilization. Between 2012 and 2015, SETI's Project Ph…
NASA Announces $1 Million to Students for Moon Base Challenge
On Sunday, NASA announced the opening of its $1 million Moon Base Student Challenge during a MAX POWER event at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida. As part of a Golde…
On this day in space! Nov. 8, 2005: Europe launches Venus Express, its first mission to Venus
On Nov. 8, 2005, Europe launched its first mission to Venus. Here's why Venus Express mattered.
'Stupendously large' primordial black holes ruled out as a dark matter source
Primordial black holes are hypothetical objects that could have formed directly from dense clumps of matter in the very early universe. If they exist, their dramatic origins would…
New drug could be cure for common cause of high blood pressure
Benefits of baxdrostat are unexpectedly found to remain up to two years after patients stop taking itMillions of people with high blood pressure stand to benefit from a new drug t…
SS United States, a historic ship will be sunk to create an artificial reef
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Alex Fogg, Natural Resources Chief of Okaloosa County, Florida, about efforts to deliberately sink the SS United States and create an artificial reef …
Cop31 must deliver climate progress that people can see is real, host says
High-stakes talks involving 190 countries begin on Monday as world grapples with El Niño supercharged by fossil fuelsThe Cop31 summit must produce progress, “a tangible outcome ..…
Trump administration moves to lift ban on roadbuilding and logging in national forests
The Trump administration is working to rescind the "Roadless Rule," which blocks road construction in some national forests. This could affect Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
Who is King Ghidorah? The cosmic connections of Godzilla Minus Zero's foe
Godzilla will go toe-to-toe with long-time foe King Ghidorah in Godzilla Minus Zero. This three-headed Kaiju's origins aren't just space-based; one of the largest structures in th…
Want to fly to the moon? NASA is looking for new astronauts to help grow its Artemis program
Want to fly to the moon and help build a permanent lunar base? NASA is accepting applications for a new astronaut class that will help grow the Artemis program.
Chimp sanctuary delivers an ape's food by drone amid Florida floods
A Florida chimpanzee sanctuary had to deliver food to one of its 200 apes by drone this week because the property was swamped by heavy rain. But the animals stayed safe, and the w…
Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?
Delegates from more than 190 countries are gathering in Turkey for climate talks, but the US will be absentAs the planet faces unprecedented human-caused global heating, heads of …
Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks
What are the relationships and dominant interests in play, as the summit kicks off after a bitter row over its hosting?Hosting Cop was a key pledge from Australia’s prime minister…
Scientists simulate an Earth without life to help hunt for aliens and inhabited worlds
By modeling how a planet without life develops its atmosphere, astronomers hope to be able to better distinguish rocky planets without life from those that are inhabited.
The Unrelenting Ordeal of Wildfire Recovery
Second of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the long, hard aftermath. Read the first story, about the Maui Wildfire Exposure Study, here. L…
The Scientists Fighting to Help Wildfire Survivors Heal
First of two stories about the effort to support Lahaina fire survivors’ health in the disaster’s long, hard aftermath. LAHAINA, Hawaiʻi—Early on a Saturday morning in May, Ruben …
Banana producers in Latin America want better pay to cope with effects of climate crisis
Farmers face big drop in production from extreme weather during this year’s super El Niño eventBanana producers in Latin America are calling for better pay to help cope with the i…
APOD: 2026 November 8 – Major Fireball Meteor
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 8 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosm…