A massive interstellar object is racing through our solar system at breakneck speed, and scientists are scrambling to understand what might be the largest cosmic visitor ever detected. Comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered back in July of this year, is the third known object from deep space, outside of our solar system.  The comet poses no threat...

Long before the advent of Chat GPT and other AI technology began stirring fears of job obsolescence, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates proposed a radical idea that, in retrospect, makes sense: taxing robots.  Back in 2017, he suggested taxing robots that replace human workers, just like governments tax human wages. At the time, artificial intelligence was...

There are many orange animals on Earth. Some are famous, like the Bengal tiger, and some are more obscure, like the recently discovered Myotis nimbaensis, a species of orange bats. However, most well-known animals are decidedly not that color, nor are any of their genetic variations. For a long time, people assumed snowy owls fall...

Across the United States, many cities are facing an unprecedented homelessness crisis. With America experiencing the highest levels of unemployment in decades and unaffordable housing costs, the economy seems to be collapsing. The homeless lose more than shelter; they lose human dignity, and without upward mobility, can fall into a life of substance abuse and...

In the waters close to the southern Californian coast, companies had been dumping their toxic chemicals for decades. Across 14 different sites, barrels containing chemicals such as DDT can be found in great numbers, some of which appear to have hazardous material leaking from them. Many of these barrels are now surrounded by glowing rings,...

Researchers have discovered that glaciers across the United States, Switzerland and Canada are melting at astonishing rates. This is far faster than scientists previously projected. Glaciers in western Canada, the mainland United States, and Switzerland just had their worst year and worst 4-year period on record for ice loss. This rapid ice melt has severe...

What comes to mind when you think of the Sahara Desert? Today, the Sahara is a harsh environment where survival can be extremely challenging. However, it was not always this way, and once it was flourishing with life, including ancient human populations, such as the Takarkori. Recently, two 7,000-year-old Takarkori mummies were found to be...

Three countries came together to preserve the Mayan jungle, including its wildlife and cultural heritage. Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize have formed a Tri-National Reserve spanning over their borders. It includes over 14 million acres (approximately 5.7 million hectares), making it one of the largest nature reserves in Latin America, second only to the Amazon rainforest....

When the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System opened in California’s Mojave Desert in 2014, it was hailed as a monumental achievement – the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) facility of its kind in the world. Backed by a $1.6 billion federal loan guarantee and involving tech giants like Google, the $2.2 billion project was meant...

Crabs are more diverse than most people think. The most well-known ones include the red king crab, brown crab, Dungeness crab, and Mud crab because they appear in popular seafood cuisine. However, crabs can come in a wide variety of colors, sizes, and shapes. The largest is the Japanese spider crab, with claws measuring up...

There was a time when man could only dream of walking on the moon. However, that all changed on the 16th of July, 1969, when Apollo 11 first took humans to the moon. Now, Elon Musk wants humans to take their first steps on Mars in the next decade. He is not alone in this...

On the far south-eastern edge of Western Australia, a group of partners is planning to build something massive: the Western Green Energy Hub (WGEH). Picture a huge clean-energy estate on the world’s largest single exposure of limestone bedrock, called the Nullarbor. There, the constant wind and hot sun are harnessed to create “green” hydrogen and...