Salt can turn frozen water into a weak power source
Experiments reveal that when slabs of salty ice are strained, electricity is generated, though practical uses are still a long way off.
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Melting glaciers mean an uncertain future for Europe’s rivers
Europe is warming faster than any continent. That’s speeding up glacial melt, which is already threatening Europe’s largest rivers. (Image credit: Rob Schmitz)
Is it the magnesium or the massage? The facts about magnesium lotion for sleep
Social media influencers claim that using lotion with magnesium promotes sleep. But there’s little evidence magnesium taken in this way is effective.
Australia approves vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia
Chlamydia in koalas can cause blindness, infertility and even death. (Image credit: David Gray)
Suunto Run fitness tracker review — Light, feature-packed and reasonably priced
A budget-friendly, feature-rich fitness tracker good for sports and running if heart rate tracking isn’t your priority.
Potentially habitable, Earth-size exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have an atmosphere, James Webb telescope hints
Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an important step toward finding a habitable
New EV battery tech could power 500-mile road trips on a 12-minute charge
An EV battery breakthrough from Korea could help give lithium-metal tech the green light.
Sunrise on Crew-11 Launch Attempt
A NASA photographer captured the sunrise on July 31, 2025, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 launch attempt. The Crew-11 mission will send NASA astronauts Zena
Coming Soon To An Atlas Near You: A Fifth Ocean
How many oceans are there? It’s National Geographic official now: There are five.; Credit: Alexander Gerst/ESA via Getty Images Karen Zamora, Justine Kenin, and Emma
AI could use online images as a backdoor into your computer, alarming new study suggests
Artificial-intelligence agents — touted as AI’s next wave — could be vulnerable to malicious code hidden in innocent-looking images on your computer screen
‘Your fear is well-founded’: How human activities have raised the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme
Changes to forests, and how close people and their livestock live to them, have changed tick habitats and the risks humans face of Lyme disease
Chinese scientists hunt for alien radio signals in ‘potentially habitable’ TRAPPIST-1 system
Researchers in China have conducted the most thorough search yet for alien radio signals in the nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, which may harbor potentially Earth-like planets.
Looking Forward to the Moon
NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems’ Program Manager Shawn Quinn captured this image of the Hadley–Apennine region of the moon including the Apollo 15 landing site (very
The First ‘Murder Hornet’ Of 2021 Has Been Discovered In Washington State
Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney displays a dead Asian giant hornet, a sample sent from Japan and brought in for research last