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A herd of elephants used to raid crops in Thailand until they planted coffee, and then the unthinkable happened
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (543+ words) For years, the pattern was always the same. Farmers would wake up to destroyed fields. Crops flattened overnight. Entire harvests gone in hours. The cause wasn't a mystery. Drawn by the smell and taste of certain crops, they kept returning'again…...
Solar panels were known to attract birds, but they are now drawing in species never seen in these areas before
18+ hour, 13+ min ago (570+ words) Solar panels are redrawing the map of the countryside, but not in the way you might think. A quiet revolution is unfolding across England's rolling hills, where miles of green fields are now transformed by fields of solar panels. They…...
A planet is being pulled into a wildly distorted orbit by a gas structure 11 times larger than Earth
22+ hour, 13+ min ago (602+ words) Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA) Something is playing tug-of-war with a whole planet, and it's winning. Gravity is a violent space force. It can warp space and time in ways we are yet to understand fully....
A microwave weapon could shut down satellites like Starlink from the ground, firing up to 300, 000 shots in a single burst
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (602+ words) A new weapon may be about to wreak havoc on satellites in Earth's orbit. Right now, the invisible architecture of our modern world'the high-speed internet and communication grids we rely on every second'is facing an unprecedented threat. This isn't a…...
It's "empty" out there but what's forming beneath these offshore wind turbines is turning the sea into something no one expected
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (599+ words) The Pulse Internal edition Something strange is happening far from shore. It's quiet, slow, and easy to overlook unless you know where to look. For a long time, this place was treated as empty space " useful, strong, but lifeless. Now,…...
Cygnus X-1, the first black hole ever confirmed, has jets that shine with the energy of 10, 000 suns
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (765+ words) More than 60 years after astronomers first detected its X-ray glow, Cygnus X-1 " the first black hole ever confirmed " is still revealing secrets. Researchers have now measured something that long eluded observation: the raw power and speed of the plasma jets this…...
Solar panels struggle in rainy places like Seattle and Hawaii, but this new cell turns every raindrop into energy and can power a home for 20 years
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (578+ words) An unfriendly sky is the enemy of solar panels. But it doesn't have to be. There's nothing we can do about the weather, but a group of scientists is changing the rules." Storms are about to become energy's best friend'at…...
Beneath Earth's surface, the mantle may be sinking in giant droplets, as if lava were flowing backward
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (612+ words) The Earth beneath our feet is shifting in ways we've never seen before." Giant droplets of the mantle are sinking as if lava is flowing backwards. This new phenomenon points to a changing planet, and we're not sure what the…...
Astronomers detected a strange object blinking toward Earth every 44 minutes and are now closer to understanding what it really is
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (596+ words) A strange object is reaching out from the darkness of the Milky Way. A powerful signal is blinking at the Earth every 44 minutes with perfect precision. It lasts for two minutes, and then vanishes again." Like a ghostly heartbeat, the…...
Seals flee offshore wind farms during construction, but when they return, they form a migration pattern never seen before
2+ day, 14+ min ago (589+ words) Seals are behaving strangely around wind farms, and it's a pattern never recorded before. Offshore wind farms are affecting our ocean wildlife. The noise from construction alone creates a 12-mile dead zone. Seals that flee the hammering for their lives…...