Efforts to reintroduce bilbies in the far south-west of New South Wales are showing signs of success, with numbers climbing to almost 2,000, seven years after the first breeding trial at Mallee Cliffs national park. Fifty “founder” bilbies, including 30 from Thistle Island off the coast of South Australia, were released in a fenced breeding…
April 4, 2026 3 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm NASA’s Artemis II moon mission is gearing up for its lunar flyby NASA officials and the crew are starting to prepare in earnest for Monday’s lunar flyby—while also trying to fix the toilet By Joseph Howlett edited by Claire Cameron Astronaut Christina Koch gazes…
HOUSTON — The Artemis II astronauts are now more than halfway to the moon and have caught their first glimpses of the lunar far side. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. In an interview with NBC News from space, NASA astronaut Christina Koch described seeing the…
The crew on board Nasa’s Artemis II spacecraft have described seeing the far side of the Moon for the first time. Nasa astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen have entered the third day of their mission that will carry them around the far side of the…
Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around the equator. Yet we still know surprisingly little about how these species will cope with rising temperatures driven by climate change. Source: Read Full Article
The new space movie Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling has gotten a rave review from more than halfway to the moon. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said on Saturday that he and his Artemis II crewmates got to watch the film with their families before launching on the lunar fly-around. He said it was “a…
The Artemis II astronauts, on track for a flight around the dark side of the moon Monday, faced a relatively quiet day aboard their Orion crew capsule Saturday while engineers on the ground worked to solve a toilet issue. Overnight, Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen reached…
Extreme heat kills more people in the U.S. each year than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. But how can we address a seemingly natural force? Heat can often seem solely weather-related, with policies trying to find a solution through temperature metrics, cooling technologies, and alerts. However, a new report from the Vanderbilt Cultural Contexts of…
The Raspberry Pi Pico, and its newer sibling, the Pico 2, isn’t designed to be a tiny mini PC like most of the Raspberry Pi family. Instead, it is designed for hardware projects and embedded applications. This is how to get started with one. Your first Pico project should be as simple as possible Learn…
HOUSTON (AP) — The new space movie “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling is getting rave reviews more than halfway to the moon. Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen said Saturday that he and his Artemis II crewmates got to watch the film with their families before launching on the lunar fly-around. He said it was “a…
