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Average spectrum of J1023 normalized to the emission of the continuum. The emission lines studied in this work are highlighted. Credit: Messa et al., 2024. Using the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), astronomers from Italy and Spain have carried out high-temporal-resolution optical spectroscopic observations of a transitional millisecond pulsar designated PSR J1023+0038. Results of the observational … Read more

Large swathes of eastern and central Nepal have been inundated since Friday with flash floods reported in several rivers and extensive damage to the country’s highways. Residents of Nepal’s flood-hit capital returned to their mud-caked homes on Sunday to survey the wreckage of devastating floods that have killed at least 104 people across the Himalayan … Read more

This photo provided by The Peregrine Fund and the Bureau of Land Management shows California condors inside a pen before being released on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024 from Vermillion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Credit: The Peregrine Fund and the Bureau of Land Management … Read more

Beach chairs are piled up after Hurricane Helene hit Treasure Island with high surge waters. Michael Ward—who has lived on Treasure Island, off Florida’s Gulf coast, for 33 years—decided to ride out Hurricane Helene despite an order to evacuate. It was a decision he quickly regretted. Instead of going with his wife to a friend’s … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Young people in Britain could be forgiven for despairing at the financial pressures they face—and feeling that previous generations enjoyed a much fairer economic environment. Then just to add to their worries about home ownership and a precarious jobs market, along comes the gloomy announcement that the UK’s public debt is … Read more

by Sarah Legge, Braedan Taylor, Jaana Dielenberg, Pius Gregory and Rachel Paltridge, The Conversation Bustard tracks across a dune on Anangu Country. Bustards, or bush turkeys, are a culturally significant game species. Credit: Jaana Dielenberg / Biodiversity Council As animals move across the desert, they leave tracks, diggings and droppings. For skilled trackers, reading these … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The World Health Organization (WHO) has just published alarming statistics showing that employee mental health issues result in a US$1 trillion (£747 billion) loss in productivity each year. The WHO has called on employers to take urgent action by introducing comprehensive well-being programs to tackle the escalating mental health crisis in … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The upcoming release of Disney’s live action remake of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” currently scheduled for March 2025, has been surrounded by controversy—so much so that the film’s trailer has received over 1 million dislikes on YouTube. In particular, many fans have taken umbrage with the fact that computer-generated … Read more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution lifts the veil on what happens when octopuses and fish hunt together. As it turns out, this cross-species relationship is more complex than anyone expected. Animals of the same species often cooperate—work together to reach some kind of goal. But it’s relatively … Read more

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Growing up in Aberdeen, Scotland, the shadow of the Piper Alpha disaster loomed large over our community. The tragic explosion of the oil rig platform in 1988 claimed the lives of 167 people. Back then, I was blissfully unaware of the ecological ramifications of that disaster. But the spill of 670 … Read more