Environment & Sustainability

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Drax to stop burning controversial Canadian wood within next year

Yorkshire plant has been criticised for taking material from some of British Columbia’s most environmentally important forests The owner of Drax power plant has started reducing the amount of Canadian wood pellets it burns, and will stop burning trees from…

Inside Project Hail Mary

NASA/Dan Goods NASA astronaut and deputy director of the Flight Operations Directorate Kjell Lindgren takes a selfie with panelists and the audience at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory on Feb. 25, 2026. Actors Ryan Gosling and Sandra Huller, screenwriter Drew…

Science-Packed Dragon Departs Station, Heads for Splashdown

A SpaceX Dragon (center) backs away from the International Space Station after undocking from the Harmony module’s forward port. NASA+ At 12:05 p.m. EST, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward-facing port of the International Space Station’s Harmony…

Ocean Equity Index aims to measure justice at sea

Ocean projects and governance systems abound globally— everything from offshore energy to coastal aquaculture and fishing treaties — yet there is no standardized way to measure how equitable they are. Now researchers have developed an Ocean Equity Index that seeks…

BBC Inside Science

Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins

Cargo-Filled Dragon Departs Station Soon on NASA+

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft carrying over 5,000 pounds of science, supplies, and hardware approaches the International Space Station for an automated docking on Aug. 25, 2025. NASA NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure of the agency’s SpaceX 33rd…