Dracula parrot: The goth bird whose piercing screams echo through New Guinea forests
Pesquet’s parrot, also known as a Dracula parrot, resembles a vulture and has a distinct scream — but its favorite food is figs.
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It’s time to clean up space junk before orbits become ‘unusable,’ according to new ESA report
A new report released April 1 by the European Space Agency sheds light on space pollution surrounding our planet — how bad the problem is
Record-breaking ‘dead’ galaxy discovered by JWST lived fast and died young in the early universe
The most distant and earliest “dead” massive galaxy ever seen shows some galaxies lived fast and died young shortly after the Big Bang.
‘Major’ ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti’s daughter
A settlement dating back around 3,400 years has been discovered near the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.
Science news this week: Controversy around the dire wolf ‘de-extinctions’ and a 3D hologram breakthrough
April 12, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over
US company to use giant spinning cannon to blast hundreds of pancake-like ‘microsatellites’ into space
Rocket start-up SpinLaunch wants to catapult hundreds of flattened “microsatellites” into space at once, using a cannon-like machine that accelerates objects by spinning them. The
New urinal designs could prevent up to 265,000 gallons of urine from spilling onto the floor each day
Researchers have invented two new urinal designs that could significantly reduce the amount of urine splashback, keeping public restrooms cleaner.
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world’s oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely. (Image
Pig kidney transplant fails after patient rejection
Surgeons at NYU Langone Health in New York City had to remove a genetically modified pig kidney from Towana Looney, 53, of Gadsden, Ala., because
Apollo 13 Launch: 55 Years Ago
NASA astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert launch aboard the Apollo 13 spacecraft from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 11
‘Paraparticles’ Would Be a Third Kingdom of Quantum Particle
On a quiet pandemic afternoon in 2021, Zhiyuan Wang, then a graduate student at Rice University, was alleviating his boredom by working on a weird
La Niña is dead after just a few months. What happened?
The La Niña weather pattern ended last month as Pacific Ocean temperatures rose and the El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle entered a neutral state, according
What are mRNA vaccines, and how do they work?
mRNA vaccines train the immune system in a similar way to traditional vaccines, but they use a different strategy to get there.
Oldest-known North American woolly mammoth revealed in ‘long-lost’ ancient DNA
Scientists have unveiled the oldest woolly mammoth specimen ever discovered in North America as part of a major DNA study spanning a million years of