Chinese Rocket Will Crash to Earth on November 5: Here’s What We Know
The core stage of yet another Chinese Long March 5B rocket is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth this week after delivering the third and final module to China’s…
The World Isn’t Adapting to Climate Change Quickly Enough, U.N. Says
The world is doing far too little to prepare for the impacts of a warming planet, even as climate-fueled storms, floods, heat waves and drought become more extreme. That’s the…
What to Do if You’re Trapped in a Surging Crowd
A Halloween festival in Seoul, South Korea, resulted in a deadly crush on October 29. That Saturday night, tens of thousands of people converged on Itaewon—a district of the city…
China’s Space Station Is Almost Complete—How Will Scientists Use It?
China’s space station Tiangong is almost complete. The third and final module is scheduled to launch into low Earth orbit on Monday. The station, only the second laboratory in orbit,…
A weird dead star may have a solid-like surface made of iron crystals
X-ray observations show that a distant magnetar may have a surface made of a strange material somewhere between a solid and a fluid instead of a gaseous one like most…
Tonga eruption’s volcanic plume reached above the stratosphere twice
The plume ejected by the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in January entered the mesosphere, the layer of atmosphere above the stratosphere, twice during the eruption Earth 3 November 2022 By…
Neutrinos have been spotted coming from a strange, shrouded galaxy
Cosmic neutrinos are tough to track – it has only been done once before – but researchers from the IceCube observatory in Antarctica have tracked 79 of them back to…
Cane toads fling their tongues so hard the recoil slaps their heart
The first X-ray footage of a toad gulping down a meal reveals that its tongue recoils into its body further than it stretches out to grab prey Life 3 November…
The truth about the foods said to boost your immune system
Many foods thought to enhance our natural defences, such as orange juice and turmeric, don’t live up to the hype. Instead, the key to a healthy immune system lies in…
Climate warnings highlight the urgent need for action ahead of COP27
By Madeleine Cuff COP27 will begin on 6 November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Sayed Sheasha/REUTERS In the holiday resort of Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, the stage is being…