Recycling isn’t a distraction, but it won’t stop climate change either

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In the United States, Google’s (now Alphabet) Debug initiative has asked the federal government for permission to release up to 32 million sterilised male mosquitoes in California and Florida. Male mosquitoes don’t bite or carry disease. The hope is these millions of male mosquitoes will mate with disease-carrying females, the eggs won’t hatch and mosquito…

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There is no approved drug to help the medical teams scrabbling to save lives in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – but there are hopes that could change within months as the first patients are enrolled in a treatment trial. It is a record pace to set up and start…

Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, a weird and wonderful comet breaks up. Over three days in 2000, the Hubble Space Telescope watched Comet LINEAR blow off a piece of its crust. The explosion generated a lot of dust, which in turn reflected a lot of light, increasing its brightness. Credit:…

Rocket Lab has completed a major qualification test for its formidable Archimedes engine, which will power the company’s next-gen Neutron launch vehicle. As Rocket Lab continues with regular launches of its workhorse small-lift Electron rocket, development of Neutron has carried on in the background, progressing toward a possible debut later this year. The company recently…