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These images of asteroid Apophis were recorded in March 2021 by radio antennas at the Deep Space Network’s Goldstone complex in California and the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. The asteroid was 10.6 million miles (17 million kilometers) away, and each pixel has a resolution of 127 feet (38.75 meters). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and NSF/AUI/GBO … Read more
Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email I’m spending Christmas Day in a west London NHS hospital ward. I’m here with my dad, 91, and my two kids – Lola, seven, and Liberty, five. Like many other people in hospital … Read more
In a first-of-its-kind study of aardvarks, Oregon State University researchers spent months in sub-Saharan Africa collecting poop from the animal and concluded that aridification of the landscape is isolating them, which they say could have implications for their long-term survival. “Everyone had heard of aardvarks and they are considered very ecologically important but there has … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Much has been made of the increasing presence of the “bank of mum and dad” in the lives of Australians. We know financial support from parents to adult children is increasingly used for entering the housing market. But our new research shows parents are also helping their young adult children in … Read more
Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter Stay ahead of the trend in fashion and beyond with our free weekly Lifestyle Edit newsletter The King has called on people to protect each other, delivered a powerful message about the environment and praised volunteers serving communities across … Read more
In a new analysis of data spanning more than three decades in the eastern United States, a team of scientists found a concerning trend — an increasing number of wildfires across a large swath of America. “It’s a serious issue that people aren’t paying enough attention to: We have a rising incidence of wildfires across … Read more
Credit: Karolina Grabowska from Pexels Watching someone cry often evokes an emotional response—but according to a new study published Thursday, human tears themselves contain a chemical signal that reduces brain activity linked to aggression. The research was carried out by the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and appeared in PLOS Biology, a US science journal. … Read more
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email 2023 was the hottest year on global record — and that’s not the only reason this year made climate history. For instance, countries at the Cop28 climate summit struck a historic deal to fight the … Read more
A warmer environment could mean more mosquitoes as it becomes harder for their predators to control the population, according to a recent study led by Virginia Commonwealth University researchers. As the cover feature in Ecology, a journal published by the Ecological Society of America, the study — “Warming and Top-Down Control of Stage-Structured Prey: Linking … Read more
Side view of the crater Moltke taken from Apollo 10. Credit: Public Domain Japan’s SLIM space probe entered the moon’s orbit on Monday in a major step towards the country’s first successful lunar landing, expected next month. The Smart Lander for Investigating moon (SLIM) is nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” because it is designed to land … Read more
