Regenerative agriculture in Uganda changes how coffee gets grown in the face of climate change: covering the soil, protecting it from erosion, planting drought-resistant varieties, intercropping, integrated pest control, using shade trees, letting the ground hold onto water and organic matter again.

Most people think of the waterfront as the edge of the city. A team of MIT researchers sees it as a dynamic, Lego-like construction site. Their new system, called “FloatForm,” is a swarm of small square robotic boats that assemble themselves into larger structures on the water, break apart, and reassemble into something new, all…

K2-18b has become one of the most closely watched exoplanets in recent years. The planet lies about 124 light years away in the constellation Leo and orbits within the habitable zone of a red dwarf star. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed an atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide and methane, making K2-18b…

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment ensures the entire side of the Moon that faces us gleams under sunlight. Thanks to the Moon’s orbit around Earth, the angle of sunlight hitting the lunar surface and being reflected back to…

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Whenever big data center developers roll into town, their pitch ends up sounding something like this: hand over your land and your resources, throw in a decade of government subsidies, and we’ll give your ailing little burg some…

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SpaceX’s next Starship test flight aims to achieve a major milestone by deploying 20 upgraded Starlink satellites, marking the first Starlink Version 3s to deploy in space.. Liftoff for the spacecraft’s upcoming 13th test flight is scheduled for Wednesday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m. EDT (2245 GMT) from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas….