Bacteria could fill cracks in bricks made from lunar soil on the Moon
We're going to be on the Moon a lot more often soon, and that means we'll need places to rest, conduct research, and work there. Building habitats and maintaining them
From blackening skies to barely casting a shadow – the Carnaby’s cockatoo faces a bleak future
Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystemsExplore the series – Last chance:
Endangered Carnaby’s black cockatoos, and the teenager building nests for them – video
Eva Czislowski, a student and activist, says Carnaby’s black cockatoos used to blacken the sky. ‘I can't believe that I won't be able to experience that,' she says. The endemic
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?Explore the series – Last
‘Even a freeway is redeemable’: world’s largest wildlife crossing takes shape in Los Angeles
A wildlife crossing across the 101 freeway will connect two parts of the Santa Monica mountains for animalsAbove the whirring of 300,000 cars each day on Los Angeles’s 101 freeway,
Weekly recap — 6 April 2025
Week highlights: GIMP team started planning v3.2 development, new releases of Inkscape, jc303, Qtractor, and KnobKraft-orm. GIMP When the team released v3.0, they said they’d try to make shorter release
‘Anti-cheating bra’ is real invention — but you can’t really buy it
Social media users claimed the bra only unlocks with a "boyfriend’s fingerprint." Read More
Realising we’re all made-up characters in a story world helps me understand people
Considering everyone is a protagonist in their own narrative brought clarity for Will StorrFor nearly 20 years, I’ve been researching and writing about the human brain as a storyteller. My
World Health Day: Focusing on women’s physical and mental health around the world
Monday’s World Health Day highlights a critical issue for global health: the particular vulnerabilities faced by women and girls.
UN rights chief urges probe into Russian attack that killed nine children in Ukraine
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Sunday for an investigation into the Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih which reportedly killed 18 people, including
Aid cuts threaten to roll back progress in ending maternal mortality
Unprecedented aid cuts are putting global progress to end maternal deaths at risk, three UN agencies warned in a new report that calls for greater investment in midwives and other
A Longer View
NASA, ESA, Erich Karkoschka (LPL) Uranus as seen by Hubble in visible light over the years. In 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft made a flyby of Uranus. It gave us