NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is depicted in this artist’s concept traveling through interstellar space, or the space between stars, which it entered in 2012. Traveling on a different trajectory, its…
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Juno completes its closest flyby of Io yet
Not since the Galileo mission ended 20 years ago have we seen such great images of Io. NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image with its JunoCam instrument on October 15th…
Amazon rainforest hides over 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks |
Archaeologists have used cutting-edge remote sensing technology, combined with statistical modelling, to estimate that there are more than 10,000 pre-Columbian earthworks hidden beneath the canopy of the Amazon rainforest. The…
Small islands struggle to get help from the Green Climate Fund
While small islands still say the Green Climate Fund is better than the rest, they are facing problems getting money from it Government officials from small island developing states (Sids)…
Does chicken soup really help when you’re sick? A nutrition specialist explains what’s behind the beloved comfort food
Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they’re sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture swear…
On nutrition: Why kids love sweets
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain My nine-year-old grandson recently told me the bits of spinach in my tortellini soup were his “worst nightmare.” A bit over-dramatic, don’t you think? This same…
the Frenchman taking on US big tech
Thierry Breton’s star is in the ascendant as the EU’s powerful legal weaponry against tech titans comes into force. The European Union’s self-styled digital enforcer, Thierry Breton, doesn’t mince his…
Intense Jet Stream in Jupiter’s Atmosphere Discovered by Webb
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has discovered a fast-moving jet stream in Jupiter’s atmosphere blowing twice as fast as the visible cloud layers below it, creating wind shears that far…
