Earth & Environment
Danish data center turns waste heat into warmth for 11,000 homes
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 8, 2026
September 2026
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Earth & Environment
A cliff so steep that falling takes 26 seconds to hit bottom
By The Long View · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Barbra Streisand's $15 million estate gift raises questions about tax breaks and true motives
By Lab Report · Sep 7, 2026
Technology
Synthetic DNA letter reveals the molecular trade-off between accuracy and speed
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Golden mussels were first detected in California in 2024, and within a single year they had colonised the entire distribution system of the…
By The Long View · Sep 7, 2026
Life
Four hippos brought to Colombia in 1981 have multiplied into nearly 200 animals roaming the Magdalena River basin
By Daniel Moran · Sep 7, 2026
Life
Two pages of the York Gospels and a third bound in with it later carry the DNA of the virus that causes sheeppox, and the team that found…
By Lab Report · Sep 7, 2026
Space
Nearly 14 years into its Mars mission, NASA’s Curiosity rover photographed a valley called Valle Grande in June 2026 and found the ground…
By Lab Report · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
About a thousand people across Switzerland buried cotton underpants at sites of their own choosing for two months, and the pairs pulled out…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026
Life
Researchers put bright patterned sleeves on 94 hunting cats, and the birds they brought home fell by nearly two-thirds
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Microsoft’s power deal is helping bring Three Mile Island’s undamaged reactor back online, Meta has signed a 20-year agreement backing an…
By The Long View · Sep 7, 2026
Social Sciences
Archaeologists have dug at the Assyrian capital of Nimrud since 1845 almost entirely on its palace mound, and a new survey of the whole…
By The Long View · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
We’re travelling around Queensland and the water in this tiny outback town smells rather strange
By Jeanette Brown · Sep 7, 2026
Earth & Environment
Microplastics smaller than five millimetres, found from Arctic sea ice to the deepest ocean trenches, can disrupt the plankton that drive…
By The Long View · Sep 7, 2026