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Like many other young people, Amelie feels that the Covid-19 pandemic -- and its procession of lockdowns and restrictions -- marked a "turning point" for her mental health. "I came face to face with everything I had been repressing -- and it triggered ...

Marine fungi, thriving in ocean environments, account for 5% of total ocean biomass but most are microscopic. Researchers have limited understanding of their diversity and importance. There are species unique to marine environments and others that coul...

The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), United States, released an updated version of the World magnetic model (WMM2025), forecasting shifts in Earth's magnetic field over the next five years. This model, which will remain valid unti...

Scientists found 27 new species in Peru's Amazon rainforest. The expedition happened in 2022. New species include an amphibious mouse and a dwarf squirrel. Researchers also found 48 possible new species. The team recorded 2,046 species in total. So...

Five asteroids are approaching Earth in the coming days, with the largest, the airplane-sized 2024 XN1, passing by on December 24th at a safe distance of over 4.4 million miles. Several smaller asteroids will also make closer passes before then, all m...

Isro launched ESA's Proba-3 mission on December 5th, after a delay due to a propulsion system anomaly. The two satellites will study the Sun's corona by flying in precise formation, a key demonstration for future missions. This marks ESA's return to l...

German aerospace engineer, Rudiger Koch, is currently living 36 feet underwater off Panama's coast in a submersible capsule. He aims to spend 120 days submerged, breaking the current record. Koch's experiment explores the ocean's potential for human ha...

Russia successfully launched the Soyuz-2.1a rocket, placing the Kondor-FKA2 radar satellite into orbit from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. The satellite, with advanced radar technology, is capable of all-weather, round-the-clock Earth observation, and its m...

NASA has chosen SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket for the Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon, Titan. Scheduled for 2028, this $3.35 billion project will send a nuclear-powered octocopter to explore Titan's habitability. Dragonfly will autonomously examine t...

NASA has announced that asteroid 2019 JN2 will safely fly past Earth on November 30, 2024. Despite its proximity of 3.59 million kilometers, there’s no threat to the planet. The 80-foot asteroid’s rapid speed and notable size provide valuable research ...