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California’s toxic yellow weed covered 2.34 million acres until beetles fought back

California and Arizona turned old tyres into reefs and found 20 times more fish

Meet Prakhar Purohit, who found a way to make tiny batteries from dirty water

13-year-old turned his grandmother’s fall into a $25,000 invention

Centuries-old plaque on eight people’s teeth preserved a surprisingly detailed menu of what they ate in Osaka

A floating wind turbine off Spain became an underwater farm for four species

How 3,000 giant tortoises are rebuilding Española after near extinction

Northern spotted owl once became a symbol of America’s logging wars; now scientists say it is already functionally extinct

Chicago physicist’s 20-year-old quantum imaging theory gets experimental proof using superconductors

NASA tests GPS-free navigation using other satellites and space debris as landmarks

How a diamond hit at hypersonic speed can turn into graphite in microseconds

Three forgotten kings may change the accepted timeline of ancient Assyria

Scientists spent 100 years discovering animals, reshaping where we see Earth’s biodiversity hotspots

The Dead Sea has been building a salt floor for years; scientists reveal how it happens

Scientists turn wood waste into foam that replaces plastic and decomposes in soil within months

After 45 months of observation, capuchins increasingly hunted small animals when fruit became scarce

In 2022, MIT researchers built a 4-inch cooler that kept food fresh without electricity

MIT scientists watched electrons rebuild in a quantum material like ice crystals

Yale researchers find a new way to make PFAS easier to remove and destroy

In 2002, a NASA intern stole Moon rocks for love then his online deal became a trap

In 1973, NASA sent fish and eggs into space to study life without gravity

In 1929, Benjamin and Estella Loomis gave Lassen Volcanic National Park 40 acres, a museum and a...

In 1965, a mountaineer found a dead seabird and spent 50 years saving it

Meet Edward Kang, 17, who trained AI to screen for autism and ADHD

Cashew shells once discarded are now being tested aboard commercial ships

Nasa maps Moon's south pole regions where Earth microbes could survive for more than a day

Brazil orange juice plant to turn citrus wastewater into renewable biogas

Tuvalu’s rat removal is bringing birds and coconut crabs back to six islets

'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

Five leopard cats were found breeding in Changi forest before Terminal 5 changed their future

New Zealand removed 200,000 mice from an island; native bird populations more than doubled

From Thumba to tomorrow: Indian space programme is preparing for its biggest leap yet

Delhi-NCR twins turn okra, fenugreek and rice husk into a Rs 100 electricity-free water filter

New snake species named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash; here’s why scientists chose him

Asia’s high-mountain ‘water tower’ is losing 24 billion tonnes of groundwater annually, new research finds

Astronomers find evidence of a galaxy merger 12 billion years ago shaping the Milky Way

Sophie Adenot becomes first French woman to walk in space as ISS job continues

Florida Atlantic University gets $600,379 grant for algal bloom solution

Tasmania spent 28 years removing invasive carp from two lakes; after 49,301 fish were...

Japan moved 10 cane toads to Ishigaki. Decades later, they evolved to 20,000

Annapurni Subramaniam wins 2026 COSPAR Vikram Sarabhai Medal; marks milestone for India

Diabetes, BP & smoking tied to dementia: Study

In 1968, Montana began stocking tiny shrimp to feed kokanee salmon; after they reached...

African honeyguides recognise honey hunters' calls to help find hidden bee nests

Coffee beans found in Civet poop makes one of the world’s most expensive Kopi Luwak

Meet Arya Gurumukhi, the Texas student turning sunlight into fuel

In the 1990s, a predatory flatworm was released in Samoa to control giant African snails

Meet Astrid Eeuwes: The Dutch amateur astronomer who studies tiny space dust

NASA-backed aerobots could explore caves on Saturn's moon Titan

Meet Alfred: Trainee lawyer who fills his bedroom with dung to film fungi