NOAA’s 2023–24 winter outlook placed a strong El Niño at the center of seasonal weather expectations. The agency expected the Pacific pattern to influence temperatures, precipitation, storms, and snowfall across…
A compact robot built for two environments Scientists have unveiled a frog-like robot that hops across wet ground and propels itself through water. The prototype combines two difficult movement modes…
Why disposable soil sensors matter Farmers make daily decisions about irrigation, fertilizer, planting, and harvest while soil conditions change across short distances. Conventional probes provide useful measurements, but their price…
South Korea expands its orbital launch capability South Korea’s latest Nuri mission placed 15 satellites into low Earth orbit, advancing the country’s independent launch program. The rocket departed from Naro…
Scientists unveiled an exceptionally preserved fossil that challenged familiar ideas about mammals living alongside dinosaurs. The creature, Castorocauda lutrasimilis, lived about 164 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic Period.…
Nevada’s vast federal estate has become a testing ground for America’s expanding artificial intelligence infrastructure. Officials and developers see open land, strong solar resources, and access to growing western technology…
Satellite measurements have transformed scientists’ understanding of Earth’s two great ice sheets. Repeated observations reveal shrinking margins, faster glaciers, and sustained mass loss across many regions. Greenland and Antarctica contain…
A notably small winter maximum Antarctic sea ice reached its 2025 winter maximum on September 17, covering about 17.81 million square kilometers. The National Snow and Ice Data Center ranked…
A brief radio flash crossed roughly eight billion light-years before reaching telescopes on Earth. Astronomers cataloged the signal as FRB 20220610A. It belongs to a mysterious class called fast radio…
A microscopic exception to biology’s familiar rules Scientists discovered an extraordinary genetic system while studying Blastocrithidia nonstop, a single-celled parasite of insects. This microscopic organism belongs to the trypanosomatids, a…
