Articles for category: News

A Rare Planetary Spectacle and Triple Full Moons Are Coming, Here’s When to Watch

Winter Skies Promise Triple Full Moons and Stunning Planetary Alignments in 2026

Sumi

As the new year unfolds, stargazers around the world prepare for a series of captivating astronomical events that will light up the night sky. The Allure of Triple Full Moons One of the most anticipated highlights involves three full moons occurring in close succession during the early months of 2026, creating a rare visual treat ...

The race to mine the moon is on – and it urgently needs some clear international rules

Lunar Gold Rush: The Pressing Need for International Space Mining Regulations

Sumi

The Surge in Lunar Ambitions (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) As humanity’s gaze turns skyward, private enterprises and national agencies alike have accelerated efforts to harvest the Moon’s untapped resources, sparking debates over governance in this emerging frontier. The Surge in Lunar Ambitions Private companies worldwide signaled their intent to extract valuable materials from the lunar surface ...

Generative Models Enable Novel Compound Creation for Drug Discovery, Reducing Resource Intensity

Quantum Boost for Drug Development: Generative Models Pioneer Efficient Compound Design

Sumi

The Power of Generative AI in Molecular Innovation (Image Credits: Unsplash) Researchers have turned to advanced computational tools to accelerate the search for new medications, blending artificial intelligence with principles from quantum physics to generate promising drug candidates more swiftly and economically. The Power of Generative AI in Molecular Innovation Generative models have emerged as ...

Large Vision-Language Models Demonstrate Copyright Recognition with Comprehensive Evaluation of Content

Cracks in AI Vision: Latest Vision-Language Models Falter on Copyright Detection

Sumi

Exposing the Recognition Gap in Cutting-Edge AI (Image Credits: Pixabay) Advanced artificial intelligence systems, designed to process vast amounts of visual and textual data, often fail to reliably detect embedded copyright notices, complicating their integration into everyday applications. Exposing the Recognition Gap in Cutting-Edge AI A recent evaluation has highlighted a critical shortfall in how ...

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NASA Newly Discovered Cleanroom Microbes Could Survive Space and Revolutionize Earth

Jan Otte

Far in NASA’s super-sterile cleanrooms where spacecraft are assembled carefully to not infect other planets, researchers have made a staggering discovery: 26 new, undiscovered species of bacteria flourishing where nearly everything should perish. The microbes, impervious to extreme forms of sterilization, hold genetic information that might re-engineer biotechnology, medicine, and even our definition of life ...

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The Shifting Poles: How Magnetic Fossils Reveal Earth’s Hidden Flips

Suhail Ahmed

Every so often, Earth’s magnetic field wobbles, falters, and – on rare occasions – flips. We don’t feel it in our bones, but rocks, sediments, and even ancient microbes quietly record the drama. In the last decade, scientists have learned to read those records at astonishingly fine scales, uncovering episodes of chaos that standard measurements ...

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8 Ways Earth Has Already Been Shaped by Space Events

Suhail Ahmed

Space doesn’t just loom above us – it has stamped its fingerprints into our rocks, oceans, climate, and even the length of our day. Scientists now read those marks like a case file, tracing cataclysms and quiet nudges that steered Earth’s story long before we arrived. What emerges is part thriller, part user’s manual for ...

Experience the Drama of Migrating Birds

Millions of Bird Sightings Unlock Precision Conservation

April Joy Jovita

A groundbreaking study has revealed that North American bird populations are declining most severely in areas where they should be thriving. Researchers analyzed 36 million bird observations submitted by birdwatchers to the Cornell Lab’s eBird program, alongside environmental data from high-resolution satellite imagery. How Scientists Mapped Bird Declines   Using zoomable maps, scientists tracked population trends ...

A graceful flight of seagulls over the vibrant turquoise waters of the Maldives, showcasing nature's beauty.

5 Creatures That Shouldn’t Have Been Able to Fly – But Did

Suhail Ahmed

Every rule of flight has an exception, and nature seems to collect them like trophies. For more than a century, scientists have puzzled over animals that look ill-suited for the sky, only to find they rode the wind with ease. Today, new imaging, biomechanics, and aerodynamics are rewriting what we thought was possible, revealing clever ...

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Could a Species Go Extinct Without Realizing It’s Happening?

Suhail Ahmed

On a warming night near a coastal marsh, the chorus of insects swells and a heron glides past like nothing’s wrong. Yet underneath the everyday noise, a population might be collapsing, one missed breeding season at a time. The mystery isn’t just whether we notice; it’s whether the animals themselves sense the cliff’s edge before ...