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Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

The Guardian

Destroyed crops, riverbed cyclists and a ‘Rock of Starvation’: how drought has devastated the Danube

The Guardian travelled 100 miles along the EU’s longest river, where some residents are struggling to secure drinking water For centuries, the rock was seen as a warning. When it began to emerge from the Danube, beneath Gellért Hill in…

The Guardian

China’s ‘electric eel’ sensor allows robots to feel an object without touching it

China’s ‘electric eel’ sensor allows robots to feel an object without touching it

Electric eels hunt in pitch-black, murky waters by generating electric fields around their bodies. Now, Chinese scientists have mimicked this natural radar, giving robots the ability to “feel” objects without making physical contact. “We…

Vietnamese scientists explore universe through some of world's largest physics experiments

VnExpress

Vietnamese scientists explore universe through some of world's largest physics experiments

A research team from the Institute of Physics in Hanoi is collaborating with more than 1,000 scientists worldwide to investigate some of the biggest mysteries in physics, including the nature of matter and the origin and evolution of the…

VnExpress

Indonesia plans to allow dual citizenship for some in law change

Indonesia plans to allow dual citizenship for some in law change

Indonesia plans to amend its citizenship law to allow dual nationality for some of its people, President Prabowo Subianto said Friday. In a speech outlining the draft state budget for next year, Prabowo said, “I conveyed to the parliament…

Avalanche risk, bad weather disrupt climbing season in Gilgit-Baltistan

Dawn

Avalanche risk, bad weather disrupt climbing season in Gilgit-Baltistan

GILGIT: Climate change-induced shifts in weather patterns have worsened conditions on the peaks of the Karakoram Range in Gilgit-Baltistan, creating serious difficulties for mountaineers. No climber managed to summit the world’s…

Dawn

Japan aims for the moons of Mars

TANEGASHIMA SPACE CENTER, Japan — Japanese scientists are readying a mission to Mars’ moons to retrieve samples that may unlock the origins of the Solar System and life on Earth, although a rival Chinese mission aims to make it back first…

In 2024, a Google Maps user found a giant meteorite crater scientists had missed

Times of India

In 2024, a Google Maps user found a giant meteorite crater scientists had missed

Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe has unveiled a massive impact crater in Quebec known as the Uhackatik structure, formed by a meteorite 390 million years ago. Geologists have validated this discovery through the identification of shatter…

Times of India

Iran estimates environmental damage from Hormuz oil spill at trillions of dollars

TASS

Iran estimates environmental damage from Hormuz oil spill at trillions of dollars

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said that everyone involved in commercial shipping operations must bear legal and moral responsibility for clearing the aftermath in the region

TASS

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers

ABC News

Memory of late partner blooms in sharing wildflowers

Leonie Aspin shares her wonder of nature and honours the memory of her partner by travelling from New Zealand to rural WA each year as the wildflowers bloom.

ABC News

The Punch

Nigeria’s most urgent health issue

Malaria remains Nigeria’s most urgent health issue, with cases resurging due to climate change, funding cuts, and drug resistance. Learn why it’s critical. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerias-most-urgent-health-issue/

The Punch

ScienceAug 15, 2026 · 1 min

‘Massive’ strike hits space centre developing ‘Russian Starlink’

Stuff

‘Massive’ strike hits space centre developing ‘Russian Starlink’

A large-scale Ukrainian attack struck industrial infrastructure in the southwestern Samara region.

Stuff

China’s 1MW perovskite solar farm beats silicon system in industrial-scale test

ScienceAug 15, 2026 · 1 min

China’s 1MW perovskite solar farm beats silicon system in industrial-scale test

A China-led team has cleared the last major hurdle in the race to commercialise the most promising alternative to conventional silicon solar technology, paving the way for the next generation of low-cost, high-efficiency panels to be made…