Once down to just 51 birds, the critically endangered kākāpō has reached a remarkable milestone. A record 90 chicks have joined the population, taking the total to 325 the highest level recorded since modern conservation efforts began
Ever had someone suddenly pop into your head after years of not thinking about them? It may not be random at all. Your brain can connect tiny triggers—a song, smell, place or feeling—to old memories, bringing people and moments from the past back to the surface.
A partial lunar eclipse will paint part of the Moon a striking reddish-orange as it passes through Earth’s shadow on August 28. Here’s the science behind the rare colour—and why skywatchers in India have only a few minutes to catch it.
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches on 30 August 2026 with the same mirror as Hubble and a view a hundred times wider. It was not built to photograph one beautiful thing. It was built to take a census — of rogue planets, wide-orbit worlds, and dark energy itself.
A NASA-led study in Science Advances found that human-associated microbes could stay viable in the Moon's permanently shadowed south polar craters. The risk isn't a lunar infection — it's that we begin overwriting a two-billion-year record at the exact moment we arrive to read it.
Anil Menon and Jessica Meir harvested kale and wasabi mustard aboard the ISS in August 2026. It looks like a hobby garden. It is actually a rehearsal for the moment a crew travels past the point where Earth can send them anything.
