Space
A Distant Star Explodes While Swallowing Its Black Hole Companion
Interactions between supernovae and black holes must be exceedingly rare. But that's the only explanation for a very strange explosion found with the Zwicky Transient Facility. In July 2023, the ZTF...
Science
NASA Tests Tools to Assess Drone Safety Over Cities – NASA
A future with advanced air mobility aircraft populating the skies will require the U.S. to implement enhanced preflight planning that can mitigate potential risks well before takeoff – and NASA is working to develop the tools to make that...
Space
NASA Shares Final Contenders for Artemis II Moon Mascot Design Contest – NASA
Lee esta historia en español aquí.NASA is down to 25 finalists for the Artemis II zero gravity indicator set to fly with the mission’s crew around the Moon and back next year.Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch...
Life
Sussex families feel ‘ignored’ over Brighton maternity review
Michael BuchananSocial Affairs CorrespondentBBCShortly before the meeting, the families were told that Kathryn Whitehill, a former inspector with the Care Quality Commission, had been appointed as an investigator on the review, causing anger among several families who had suffered...
Life
Baby food firms told to cut sugar and stop promoting snacks for under-ones
Catrin Nye and Adam EleyBBC NewsGetty ImagesBaby food manufacturers must cut levels of salt and sugar in their products and stop promoting snacks for babies under the age of one, the government has said.The new guidance would also restrict...
Life
The Pixel 10 Has an AI-Powered ‘Camera Coach’ That I Actually Liked
Google debuted a bunch of new camera features that add AI to your photos during its Made by Google event yesterday, including one...
Science
NASA’s SpaceX 33rd Commercial Resupply Mission Overview – NASA
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 2:45 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 24, for the next launch to deliver scientific investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station.
Filled with more than 5,000 pounds of supplies, the...
Science
Around the world, birds sing longer in light-polluted areas
Light pollution makes birds work overtime.A behavioral analysis of nearly 600 bird species suggests that light pollution from human development can lengthen the time birds spend singing by nearly an hour per day, researchers report August 21 in Science.The...
Environment
Wildfire disasters are increasingly in the news, yet less land is burning globally – here’s why
Worldwide, an estimated 440 million people were exposed to a wildfire encroaching on their home at some point between 2002 and 2021, new research shows. That’s roughly equivalent to the entire population of the European...
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Inside Donetsk as residents flee attacks on Ukrainian region Putin wants to control
Quentin SommervilleBBC News, reporting from Donetsk, UkraineOn the drive out that afternoon, between fields of corn and sunflowers, miles...