Scientists expected these Galápagos sea turtles to wander. They stayed put

Related stories

BBC Science·1h ago

Lives 'will be lost' unless UK does more to combat wildfires, committee chairwoman says

Baroness Brown says there must be better training and planning, after a record year for wildfires in England and Wales.

Science Daily·2h ago

The ice blasting from Saturn's moon Enceladus is stranger than scientists realized

Enceladus may naturally separate and concentrate chemicals from its hidden ocean as droplets slowly freeze and shatter on their way into space. The process could explain Cassini’s puzzling ice-grain chemistry while giving future spacecraft a powerful advantage in searching for organic compounds and clues to life.

Science Daily·7h ago

Earth’s day isn’t exactly 24 hours. The reason may lie deep inside the planet

Scientists may have solved why the length of Earth’s day changes by a few milliseconds over decades. Subtle shifts in the inner core appear to tug on the mantle, revealing a surprisingly dynamic world thousands of kilometers beneath our feet.

BBC Science·7h ago

Former farmland to be restored to boost wildlife

The 30-year project aims to enhance existing grassland with specialist wildflower and herb mixes.

Science Daily·7h ago

NASA’s Crew-13 could go from Florida to the ISS in under 9 hours

NASA and SpaceX could launch four astronauts to the International Space Station on October 1, with the Dragon spacecraft reaching orbiting outpost less than nine hours after liftoff. Crew-13 will join Expedition 75 after teams complete a final round of intensive launch-readiness checks.

Science Daily·8h ago

This suitcase-sized spacecraft could hear the universe before stars existed

CosmoCube will use the far side of the Moon as a shield from Earth’s radio noise to search for a faint signal from the universe before the first stars existed. The suitcase-sized satellite could reveal how the cosmic dark ages ended and how dark matter helped build the first galaxies.