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Solar eclipse on Aug 12: biggest since 1999 visible across Europe and west

Solar eclipse on Aug 12: biggest since 1999 visible across Europe and west

Mark your calendars for August 12, 2026, as Europe prepares for a stunning total solar eclipse. Ideal locations such as Spain and Iceland will provide the best views, while the UK can anticipate a partial eclipse. NASA is set to conduct…

Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon at 8,690km/h

Defunct SpaceX rocket crashes into Moon at 8,690km/h

A stray piece of a rocket, the size of a school bus, has smashed into the Moon, likely creating a new crater.

NTU vice-president Kuan Jimmy Hsia leaves Singapore for new Chinese university

South China Morning Post

NTU vice-president Kuan Jimmy Hsia leaves Singapore for new Chinese university

The career of Kuan Jimmy Hsia, a prominent researcher in interdisciplinary mechanics, has long spanned two worlds – he is a laser-focused scientist and a skilled administrator who unites fields and stakeholders. A fellow of the American…

South China Morning Post

Austria breaks temperature record as heatwave sweeps across Europe

Austria breaks temperature record as heatwave sweeps across Europe

Europe has experienced extreme heatwaves and wildfires this summer, particularly in Mediterranean countries.

Britain seeks to bring in more scientists by expanding research visa route

Straits Times

Britain seeks to bring in more scientists by expanding research visa route

The government said this would help reindustrialise Britain.

Straits Times

Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’

Winner of Florida python hunting contest nabs 96 snakes: ‘I was on a mission’

Burmese pythons are an invasive species in the Everglades, and the challenge is part of initiative to remove them The winner of this year’s annual Florida Python Challenge hunted down and eliminated 96 invasive Burmese pythons from the…

Half of vaccines are binned - 'fridge-free' versions could change that

BBC

Half of vaccines are binned - 'fridge-free' versions could change that

Scientists have kept vaccines stable at room temperature for a year, which could transform global vaccination.

BBC

Ancient bone-crunching Territory thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs

Ancient bone-crunching Territory thylacine femur uncovered near Alice Springs

An 8-million-year-old intact femur from the bone-crunching Northern Territory tiger has been found for the first time at the Alcoota fossil beds north-east of Alice Springs.

Queensland builder fined over rust-coloured canal pollution

Queensland builder fined over rust-coloured canal pollution

An investigation by Gold Coast's council finds a builder mismanaged its dewatering program and allowed contaminated water to leak into Palm Beach's canals.

4 tonne piece of SpaceX rocket smashes into moon

4 tonne piece of SpaceX rocket smashes into moon

A hefty four-tonne piece from a SpaceX rocket has made its way to the moon, crashing after an eighteen-month journey in the cosmos. This second stage of the rocket hit the western limb at Einstein crater with considerable force. Currently…

Toronto Zoo announces birth of pygmy hippo calf, third for mother Kindia

Toronto Zoo announces birth of pygmy hippo calf, third for mother Kindia

The 20-year-old’s third calf is being monitored by officials as survival rates for the species are challenging, the zoo said The Toronto Zoo has announced the birth of a female pygmy hippo calf. Kindia, the zoo’s 20-year-old pygmy hippo…

School-bus-sized SpaceX rocket chunk crashes into Moon

School-bus-sized SpaceX rocket chunk crashes into Moon

Experts are concerned by an increase in lunar litter as the United States and China race to return humans to the moon.