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Your support helps us tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is breaking new ground as the story unfolds. Whether it’s investigating the finances of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest film, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on American women fighting for reproductive rights, … Read more
A little more than an hour before sunset on Florida’s Space Coast, up to 400,000 beachgoers and boarders will look to the skies Wednesday to see a fiery wonder that hasn’t been seen in nearly 54 years: a complete NASA rocket returning to the moon. The launch of Artemis II, scheduled for 6.24pm ET if … Read more
Governments across Asia are increasing their use of coal, the dirtiest fuel, as they try to cover the huge energy deficit caused by the US-Israel war against Iran. This process has produced warnings from climate experts who point to the negative environmental impact of coal, and they say that the energy crisis should be an … Read more
Inland Northwest investors are in for a treat this May when a photo of Washington’s iconic Coeur d’Alene eagle family arrives at a post office near you. Photographed by Craig Goodwin, the photo titled “Twin Bald Eagles” depicts two eagles (or eagles) poking their gray heads above the cover of their nest as one parent … Read more
A landmark decision in the NSW Land and Environment Court could change the way cultural owners across the country are compensated after cultural harm. The NSW Forestry Corporation was sentenced in March for illegal logging of large old growth trees in the Wild Cattle Creek State Forest, north of Dorrigo on the state’s north coast. … Read more
The annual level of solar energy waste produced in Australia is expected to grow by 30,000 tonnes by 2030, according to predictions from the government department working to develop a national recycling plan. In January, a three-year, $24.7 million, three-year pilot aimed at creating a national plan to deal with solar waste was announced by … Read more
Researchers who have analyzed dozens of spontaneous performances of a captive male chimpanzee called Ayumu say the animal’s steady rhythms and ‘facial play’ suggest how ancient humans might have turned vocal sensations into musical sounds. Ayumu made his own long multi-piece instruments by drumming, pulling and throwing. Analysis of the transitions and rhythms revealed a … Read more
If anyone can offer advice to the four NASA astronauts scheduled to launch Wednesday on a mission to orbit the moon, it’s Harrison Schmitt. Subscribe to read this story without ads Get ad-free articles and exclusive content. Schmitt, 90, left his shoes on the lunar surface in 1972, as part of Apollo 17 – the … Read more
SALEM, Ore. (KATU) Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has issued her first drought declaration of the year. READ MORE | Oregon is now 85% dry, Washington 65%, with a hot and dry spring forecast. Drought has been declared in Baker, Umatilla, and Deschutes Counties by Executive Order 26-05. This is the first drought emergency declared since … Read more
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has created a 35.6 tesla supermagnet, which is more than 700,000 times stronger than the Earth’s magnetic field, capable of working for more than 200 hours while using less energy, and the system has been installed in Beijing as a shared research tool for quantum materials, superconductors, nuclear molecules. China … Read more