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ZIMBABWE will next week participate in the 17th United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP17), scheduled to take place in Yerevan, Armenia, from October 19 to 30, 2026.
Science & Climate · NewZimbabwe · Latest ·
A groundbreaking study suggests that 2.22 million Indigenous Australians lived on the continent before European colonization, far more than previously believed. Researchers estimate that 93% of this population was lost within 73 years, revealing a demographic catastrophe on a scale that…
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have been more dangerous to humans than a T. rex.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Oct. 20, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA will stream the event through a variety of platforms.
Science & Climate · NASA · News Releases ·
Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12 p.m. EDT Friday, Oct.
Science & Climate · NASA · News Releases ·
Northeast monsoon is expected to bring fairly widespread rainfall over the State till October 20, putting an end to the extended spell of soaring temperatures in interior districts
Science & Climate · The Hindu · National ·
Just four individuals of the endangered Jeypore ground gecko have been documented in the past year in Odisha’s Balda hills, the site of a proposed bauxite mine that resident Adivasis have also protested for two years, asserting it is their ancestral land
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
On October 11, the Upper Siang district administration issued an order prohibiting the assembly of five or more people amid intensifying protests against the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP).
Science & Climate · Mongabay India · Latest ·
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct shape strongly resembles the musical symbol.
Science & Climate · NASA · News Releases ·
Species File: Exploring India’s biodiversity, one species at a time. During the monsoon this year, sloth bears seemed to quite literally unearth an unusual prey in the forest floor of Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana: shield-tailed snakes.
Science & Climate · Mongabay India · Latest ·
If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. That’s why NASA researchers are working to develop a battery that could function in the brutal cold of the Moon’s South Pole, where nighttime…
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After a deadly tornado hit communities in rural southwest Michigan in March 2026, the state's request for federal disaster aid was denied. When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct.
Science & Climate · The Conversation · Environment ·
Ice baths, massages, compression garments, and recovery supplements promise faster muscle recovery, but research suggests their benefits are often overstated, and some techniques may even undermine long-term gains.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothers carried two altered copies of a gene linked to the rare connective tissue disorder, which can…
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
[Ghanaian Times] Ghana's artisanal fishing communities have called for the immediate revocation of offshore gold exploration licences granted to Gold Coast GRC Ghana Ltd, insisting that the government's suspension of the company's operations is insufficient to protect the country's fisheries…
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
[Daily Maverick] Climate change doesn't change the virus or make it more infectious or deadly. It changes the infrastructure and systems - such as roads, clinics and patient records - that hold HIV in check. Here's how the two connect, and how to report it.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
[Premium Times] The state governor ordered the fumigation of the crash site and supply of water in Igbokoda, the community where a military aircraft crashed last week.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
[New Zimbabwe] The High Court has stopped construction of 23 double-storey cluster houses in Borrowdale, Harare, after ruling that continued building at the centre of a pending legal challenge risked rendering the court proceedings meaningless.
Science & Climate · AllAfrica · Environment ·
Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heating from Earth's gravitational pull drove enormous flows of ancient magma, creating the…
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
Not everyone is convinced Microsoft learnt the bigger lesson from its experience with announcing the Majorana 1 chip. As University of Pittsburgh professor Sergey Frolov has said, Microsoft’s previous record has left him unwilling to treat the new work as resting on a well-understood foundation
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
Every year, World Students Day is celebrated in India on October 15, marking the birth of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Here is a quiz on the life and times of the Missile Man of India. Get started!
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it comparable to the legendary Titanoboa.
Science & Climate · ScienceDaily · Top Science ·
While governments, as the patrons, are entitled to establish broad priorities and expectations, they should not use science policy as an excuse to politically micromanage research
Science & Climate · The Hindu · Science ·
What a cosmic coincidence! In today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden.
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