There are currently more than 50 issued nationwide 404 permits—some of which still require pre-construction notifications—which are renewed once every five years. Many of those exemptions are for agricultural activities, like cranberry harvesting and constructing ponds for farms, or…
The X-37B, the US Space Force’s secretive space plane, will soon take flight again.
On Monday, the Space Force announced that it will fly the small, Space Shuttle–shaped vehicle on the program’s eighth mission next month. The launch of the vehicle, on a Falcon 9 rocket, is scheduled to…
Sun, sand, waves, and relaxation. No responsibilities and little to do but enjoy yourself. Yet somehow, after a whole day of…
Scientists have discovered a giant snail species living at a depth of around 6km in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, marking the deepest-known…
From sapphire waterfalls and lava rain to orbits around dead stars, these distant worlds push the limits of what’s possible. We look at 10 exoplanets that rip up the cosmic rulebook.
Healing a wound without leaving a scar is something we could all do while in…
Holly is the Staff Writer for BBC Science Focus and looks after the popular Q&A section. She holds an MSc (distinction) in Geoscience (Space and Climate Physics) from UCL, and specialises in astronomy and earth sciences. Before joining Our Media, she worked as a geoenvironmental consultant and…
The decapitated remains of an infant discovered at the Gran Dolina archaeological site in Burgos, Spain, may be the earliest evidence of
Fast walking for just 15 minutes a day could significantly reduce the risk of early death – especially for low-income and Black individuals – according to a major new study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
Drawing on data from nearly 80,000 participants, researchers…
