Forecasters Predict La Niña Conditions This Fall: What to Expect
Atlantic hurricanes like Hurricane Erin (pictured) are more likely to occur during La Niña. (Image credit: Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 20
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New mission to Pluto could reveal dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if 'queen of the underworld' can get airborne
A close-up of Pluto's surface. (Image credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute) In 2015, NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto and revealed a fascinating world of ice and atmospheric haze shaped by multiple geological processes. These…
In world's first experiment, brain-dead man receives pig lung transplant for 9 days
Scientists at the First Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University have performed a unique operation to transplant pig lungs into humans. (Photo: He et al., Nature Medicine) This pioneering study in China involved transplanting a genetically modified pig lung into a…
NASA's Perseverance Rover Discovers Mysterious 'Helmet' on Mars (Photo)
NASA's Perseverance rover captured this image of a strange rock on August 5, 20
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered 300 mysteriously glowing objects. Are they galaxies or something else?
Hundreds of incredibly bright candidates for ancient galaxies have been found in deep images from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. (Photo: Bangren “Tom” Sun) Hundreds of astonishingly active sources have been identified in distant regions of space, potentially indicating more…
China Submerges Data Centers in the Ocean to Keep Them Cool
The underwater data centre off the coast of Hainan was a pilot project before a more advanced centre is now being built off the coast of Shanghai. (Image courtesy of Shanghai Hailanyun Technology) China is betting on artificial intelligence, cloud…