New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) Scientists have developed a sensor that registers energy changes smaller than one zeptojoule, a scale so minute it approaches the limits of what current instruments can reliably measure. The device relies on superconducting materials that ...
Rural women at increasing risk of human-wildlife conflict in Nepal – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) Bardiya, Nepal – A 17-year-old girl from a Dalit family was killed by a tiger while cutting grass for livestock in December 2025, one of several deaths that followed in quick succession around Bardiya National Park. ...
Heavy Rain and Floods in China Kill at Least 22 – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) China’s most intense storm of the year unleashed damaging flash floods across seven provinces. The sudden surge of water prompted authorities to move tens of thousands of residents to safety. The event underscores the immediate risks ...
Top Climate Scientists Accuse the Livestock Industry of Pushing Fuzzy Math to Downplay its Climate Warming Emissions – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Pixabay) A group of leading climate researchers has issued a direct warning to governments and the livestock sector. They argue that an alternative way of calculating methane emissions risks undermining ...
Blinding rainfall muddles afternoon commute in DC area – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) Washington-area drivers faced a difficult afternoon as severe thunderstorms swept across major highways and brought blinding rain to the region. The downpours followed three straight days of extreme heat that pushed temperatures into the mid-90s and broke long-standing ...
More than 17,000 under evacuation orders as Southern California wildfire threatens homes – Image for illustrative purposes only (Image credits: Unsplash) Southern California residents awoke Tuesday to urgent evacuation orders after a wind-driven blaze erupted in the hills above Simi Valley. The Sandy Fire, reported the previous day roughly 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles, ...
Across the windswept plains of Iowa, the brick-lined streets of Ohio college towns, and the snowy suburbs of Wisconsin, one quiet constant curls up on couches and sunlit window sills: cats. In a region better known for corn yields and lake-effect snow than feline fame, the Midwest has become an unexpected microcosm for how ...
Space science likes to project confidence: neat diagrams, crisp equations, clean answers. But peel back the glossy surface and you find something far more thrilling – a universe riddled with puzzles that refuse to behave, even under the sharpest telescopes and cleverest theories. Astronomers keep discovering phenomena that do not quite fit the script, ...
By the time today’s toddlers reach old age, the word “summer” may mean something very different from what you and I grew up with. Climate scientists now warn that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current path, summers in many parts of the world could stretch more than forty days longer by around ...
The deeper scientists probe into the human body, the less tidy the rulebook seems to be. For every elegant pathway mapped and every gene annotated, there are people whose biology quietly refuses to play along. From individuals who easily shrug off normally lethal infections to families who feel no pain, these living anomalies are ...
