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Curiosity Blog, Sols 4968-4974: Rock Climbing Towards the Discontinuity
Written by Lucy Lim, Planetary Scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth planning date: Friday, July 31, 2026 As mentioned in the previous blog, Curiosity has been exploring a large-scale ...
Lion Nebula Roars in Webb’s Sights
Observing across the starry “plains” of space, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has taken new images of NGC 2392, nicknamed the Lion Nebula. The nebula’s “mane” is clear and detaile...
How birdwatching has become an unexpected hit with Gen Z
<p>A new wave of young birders is helping to turn one of Britain’s oldest pastimes into one of its fastest-growing hobbies</p> <p>The post <a href="https://www.positive.news/environment/conservation/b...
New Treatment Shows Remarkable Motor Improvements in Boys With Muscular Dystrophy—in Just 12 Weeks
<p>Scientists studying one of the world’s most serious inherited muscle diseases have found encouraging evidence that treating children much earlier—potentially before obvious symptoms develop—c...
When Zoo Elephants Are Rewilded in Africa, Here’s How Good Their Coping Skills Are
<p>New research shows that elephants develop successful coping mechanisms when returning to the wild from human captivity. In fact, the team found that “rewilded” elephants can fit quite well within w...
Great Barrier Reef’s Recovery From Bleaching is Aided by Monsoon
<p>The world’s largest coral system, the Great Barrier Reef, suffered six mass ‘bleaching events’ between 2016 and 2025, due in part to warming oceans. Before the 1990s, any bleaching events were “exc...
Scientists Develop Revolutionary Solar Panel That Works at Night
Researchers at Stanford have created a photovoltaic cell that generates electricity from radiative cooling, producing power even after sunset.