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The 'Musk effect' reaches Lerma: SpaceX books historic Burgos parador to watch eclipse

The aerospace company booked the Parador de Lerma 18 months ago to host 140 specialists tracking the eclipse, but despite rumours sweeping the town, it seems Elon Musk will not attend.

Musk effect reaches Lerma: SpaceX books historic parador in Burgos to watch solar eclipse

The aerospace company booked the Parador de Lerma 18 months ago to host 140 experts tracking the eclipse. Despite rumours in the town, it seems Elon Musk will not attend.

Musk's SpaceX booked a 17th-century palace to watch Spain's eclipse

The aerospace company reserved a 17th-century palace hotel in northern Spain more than a year in advance, fuelling rumours that Musk would attend the eclipse in person.

In 1922, Olaus Murie entered Alaska to study caribou and wildlife ecosystems

Olaus Murie began studying Alaskan caribou in 1922, which influenced ecological wildlife understanding. His brother Adolph later investigated wolves and Dall sheep, challenging predator control assumptions. Adolph's research examined…

Skywatchers gather in Europe to see total solar eclipse

This will be mainland Europe's first total eclipse since 2006, and the first in mainland Spain since 1900.

Palm oil to cool data centres? Malaysia explores option as water demand surges

Malaysia is taking palm oil from the frying pan to server racks, as it banks on its biggest agricultural commodity to crack a code plaguing its data centre boom – keeping servers cool. Researchers at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) are…

Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?

The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist The anticipation is palpable onboard the Boaventura II as…

Could the rise of left-wing Democrats reshape America’s policy on China?

The Democratic Party’s ascendant left wing is likely to push American foreign policy further “inward” and away from big-power rivalry, according to a Chinese political scientist. Meng Weizhan, an assistant research professor at Fudan…

Live Updates: In Europe, the Total Solar Eclipse Is Only Hours Away

From Iceland to Spain, people have flocked to places where, briefly, the moon will completely block the sun.

E-scooters ‘public health challenge’ as number of injuries involving kids soared 15 times in UK

477 children have been injured by e-scooters between 2019 and 2024, according to a new study from three major trauma centres in the United Kingdom.

Heat, algae and AI: proposed datacenter could damage Everglades, experts warn

Plans for hyperscale datacenter in Palm Beach county prompt concerns over water and electricity demands About 16 miles (26km) south-west of Donald Trump ’s Mar-a-Largo estate, near the northern edge of the Florida Everglades, developers…

Here’s how to stay safe watching the solar eclipse.