California releases more than 3,000 endangered mountain frogs into the wild, restoring a species that has lost most of its home |
Mountain yellow-legged frog. Image Credit: US Fish & Wildlife Service More than 3,000 endangered mountain…
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In 1973, Nasa sent two fish and 50 eggs into space; the unusual experiment helped reveal what happens to living organisms without gravity |
When humans leave Earth, even something as basic as knowing which way is up can…
In 2020, 10-year-old Murphy Widdowson collected a spider on a remote Australian island that experts could not identify; scientists later declared it a new species and named it Artoriopsis murphyi after him
While on the remote island Murphy picked up a small spider that intrigued him, and…
Scientists turned plastic bottles and corn waste into protein-rich cookies; the food could help tackle hunger problem and also feed space crews
The technology could also potentially be used in places such as submarines and future human…
In 1926, a 10-ft rocket flew 41 ft; 35 years later, NASA honored its creator in space |
Goddard physicist Henry Plotkin inspects the retroreflector array destined for the 1964 Beacon Explorer A…
For 30 years, the “Kerry cow” bones were seen as proof of early farming in Ireland; scientists now say they belonged to a bear and wild boar
Representative Image (AI-generated) For more than three decades, a collection of animal bones from Ireland’s…
Reusable Rockets: Why everyone wants a rocket that comes back
India also wants to build a new reusable rocket (representative image) For decades, launching a…
In 1965, a mountaineer found a dead seabird high in New Zealand’s mountains. Then, spent next 50 years to save its species from extinction |
PC: New Zealand’s Forest and Bird In 1965, Geoff Harrow walked into the Kaikōura mountains…
In 1929, Benjamin and Estella Loomis gave Lassen Volcanic National Park 40 acres, a museum and a seismograph building; they kept only a tiny lifetime lease, while their museum became the first privately built one donated to a US national park
In 1929, local homesteader and photographer Benjamin Loomis and his wife, Estella, formally gave 40…
Scientists turn undersea internet cables into giant whale detectors that can track even silent whales through tiny changes in water movement |
Subsea fibre-optic cables. Image Credit: AI Generated Fibre-optic cables spread across the seafloor have long…