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Environment 1 hour ago

Denser housing can be greener, too: How NZ can build better for biodiversity

Cities across Aotearoa New Zealand are trying to solve a housing crisis, with increasing residential density a key solution. But not everyone is happy about the resulting loss of natural habitats and biodiversity.

Social Sciences 18 hours ago

Proposed sex education guidance in England goes against evidence and may well lead to harm

The UK government has released new plans for relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in primary and secondary schools in England. This would see age parameters introduced for key issues in sex education, with no education ...

Space Exploration May 18, 2024

'Dad's going up in a rocket!' French businessman set for launch

He arrived in Texas, tried on his flight suit for the first time, and is now preparing to live out his childhood dream.

Space Exploration May 18, 2024

First crewed flight of Boeing Starliner postponed again

The first crewed launch of Boeing's Starliner to the International Space Station has been delayed again due to a technical issue, NASA said Friday.

Space Exploration May 18, 2024

'Danger behind the beauty': More solar storms could be heading our way

Tourists normally have to pay big money and brave cold climates for a chance to see an aurora, but last weekend many people around the world simply had to look up to see these colorful displays dance across the sky.

Earth Sciences May 17, 2024

Canada's wildfire season begins

Wildfire season has arrived in full force in Canada, prompting evacuation orders and alerts in several towns in British Columbia and Alberta due to the danger of uncontrolled blazes.

Planetary Sciences May 17, 2024

Earth from space: New Zealand's North Island

Captured on 7 May 2024, this Copernicus Sentinel-2 image shows part of New Zealand's North Island.

Space Exploration May 17, 2024

Ariane 6 launches Replicator for 3D printing in open space

Europe's newest rocket soon launches, taking with it many space missions each with a unique objective, destination and team at home, cheering them on. Whether into Earth orbit to look back and study Earth, peer out to deep ...

Condensed Matter May 17, 2024

Researchers suppress non-Hermitian effects via 'fake' magnetic fields

Due to the presence of non-Hermitian components, wave intensities tend to localize at the system boundary, namely the non-Hermitian skin effect. The skin behavior is protected by topology, making it insensitive to minor changes. ...

Astronomy May 17, 2024

Hubble views cosmic dust lanes

Featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is a nearly edge-on view of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4753. Lenticular galaxies have an elliptical shape and ill-defined spiral arms.

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