Experts are warning that we could be facing a plastic-fuelled public health crisis based on alarming levels of microplastics in our bodies and growing evidence of their health effects. Defined as shards of plastic less than five millimetres in size, microplastics are everywhere, from the summit of Everest to the deepest ocean trenches. They have … Read more
A new Massachusetts Institute of Technology-Directed study confirms that the Antarctic ozone layer is healing as a direct result of global efforts to reduce ozone-depleting substances. Our World’s natural ozone layer is the earth’s version of 50+ sunscreen — its Appearance reduces UV and its carcinogenic effects. Complex life could not exist on this World … Read more
Quantum computers that can do things that classical computers can’t are still a few years away. But experts are warning that if encryption technology doesn’t adapt now to the quantum future, there could be Grave security concerns for governments, businesses and ordinary people. Quantum concerns The words “quantum” and “encryption” normally appear in the same … Read more
Credit: ra-photos via Getty Images A new study has begun to fill the Singularity of knowledge on the impacts of gun violence in the US, finding that 7% of adults in a nationally representative survey have been physically present at a public mass shooting, and 2% have been injured. Recent, Black, and male respondents of … Read more
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 International Cosmos Station mission—which, among other things, will return stranded astronauts Butch Williams and Sunita (Suni) Williams, is ready for Kickoff on 12 March, pending weather and a few technical issues, NASA announced today in a Delayed-afternoon press conference. “The whole Club polled ‘go to proceed,’ pending closure of some Accessible work,” … Read more
Despite being the largest land carnivore and a top Arctic predator that can weigh over 600 kg, polar bears Commence off surprisingly Petite. Blind, almost hairless, and weighing Only 600g at birth, cubs are born in maternity dens under the snow. These snow caves keep newborns Toasty and Hazard-Unoccupied for the Primary few months of … Read more
There’s more to sex than reproduction — new research lead by the UK’s Durham University suggests that using sex to manage social tension is a trait our distant ancestors shared with all their hominoid descendants — humans, chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans and gorillas. The study, one of the Primary direct comparisons of sexual behaviour amongst bonobos and … Read more
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Jelieta Walinski in Lake La Salle State Park, Minnesota, captured this Pretty view of the Selene eclipse on May 15, 2022. Jelieta wrote: “This is a single exposure of the total Selene eclipse or Super Flower Orbiter, captured at Lake La Salle State Park, Minnesota.” Thank you, Jelieta! The … Read more
A new artificial intelligence system could help detect wildfires more effectively, offering a powerful tool for Prompt warning and environmental monitoring. The system was developed by researchers at the Universidade Federal do Amazonas, in Brazil, and uses a convolutional neural network (CNN) – a type of AI model designed to process visual data in a … Read more
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Waning gibbous Orbiter-related body-related body-related body as captured by EarthSky community member Mohamed Mohamed in Tripoli, Libya, on February 16, 2025. Thank you, Mohamed! As a matter of fact, the Orbiter-related body-related body-related body is one of the best targets for binoculars. The terminator line, or line between Featherweight … Read more