Giant octopuses, up to 62 feet (19 meters) long, were among the top marine predators about 100 million years ago, according to a new study that discovered rare fossils hidden in solid rock. An extremely well-preserved specimen of the octopus’s powerful jaw shows signs of severe wear and tear from crushing hard prey such as … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most comprehensive studies of flood risk ever finds that more than 17 million people along the U.S. Atlantic and Gulf coasts are most at risk of being affected by flooding, especially New York and New Orleans. Researchers at the University of Alabama used 16 different factors, including geographic hazards, … Read more
This is just a small portion of the DESI map, which reveals the large-scale structure of the universe. Each dot represents a galaxy. Credit: DESI Collaboration and DESI Member Institutions/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. Proctor (image); M. Zamani/NSF NOIRLab (image processing) From a mountaintop in Arizona, an army of robotic eyes has been peering into the deep past of … Read more
On March 3, 1991, Lakehead Pipeline Company’s Line 3 ruptured near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. An estimated 1.7 million gallons of oil spilled into the nearby Prairie River and surrounding wetlands, making it the largest inland oil spill in U.S. history. Line 3 was built in the 1960s by the Lakehead Pipeline Company to transport oil … Read more
Cape Canaveral, Florida, April 19, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Sidus Space, Inc. (NASDAQ: SIDU) (“Sidus” or the “Company”), an innovative space and defense technology company, today announced a best-effort registered direct offering of 13,453,700 shares of its Class A common stock (or alternatively, pre-funded warrants (“Pre-funded Warrants”)) at a price of $4.35. Gross proceeds per share … Read more
Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission when you buy through links in our articles. Part of DESI’s 5th year large-scale structure map of the universe. |Credit: DESI Collaboration and DESI Member Institutions/DOE/KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/R. ProctorImage Processing: M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) simple facts What is it: Largest 3D map of the universe ever created Where … Read more
April 19, 2026 – 7:45 p.m. keep The maximum number of saved items has been reached. To add more, remove items from your saved list. Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list so you can go back to them at any time. Understood aaa Anousheh Ansari had the perfect excuse to … Read more
Scientists in the United States have been testing spin-polarized nuclear fuel in tokamaks operating at about 100 million degrees Celsius to explore a more efficient path to nuclear fusion through particle alignment. The project, led by a research team at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, aims to assess whether … Read more