Environment

Protecting Oceans: Coral Adoption Through Bracelet Purchases Initiative

Marine conservation is helped by the coral adoption scheme linked to bracelet sales. Buying a band directly helps protect and restore reefs around the world. Adopting coral means support for these vital water ecosystems. The program sponsored by 4ocean shows care for the earth by ensuring that these reefs will be around for future generations. ...

Viena Abdon

The coral adoption program.

MH370 Disappearance 10 Years On: Can We Still Find It?

It has been 10 years since Malaysia Airlines passenger flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014. To this day, it remains one of the biggest aviation mysteries globally. It’s unthinkable that a modern Boeing 777-200ER jetliner with 239 people on board can simply vanish without any explanation. Yet multiple searches in the past decade have ...

Troy Oakes

Malaysian Airlines plane taking off.

Why Does a Leap Year Have 366 Days?

You may be used to hearing that it takes the Earth 365 days to make a full lap, but that journey actually lasts about 365 and a quarter days. Leap years help keep the 12-month calendar matched with Earth’s movement around the Sun. After four years, those leftover hours add up to a whole day. ...

Troy Oakes

A leap year calendar.

We Found Spectacular Australian Plant Fossils From 30 Million Years Ago

The Australian continent is now geologically stable. But volcanic rocks, lava flows, and a contemporary landscape dotted with extinct volcanoes show this wasn’t always the case. Between 40 and 20 million years ago — during the Eocene to Miocene epochs — there was widespread volcano activity across eastern Australia. In places such as western Victoria ...

Troy Oakes

A silicified fern fossil.

NASA Expedition 71 Astronauts to Conduct Research Aboard Space Station

Studies of neurological organoids, plant growth, and shifts in body fluids aboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 71 are among the scientific investigations that NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick, Michael Barratt, Jeanette Epps, and Tracy C. Dyson will help support. The crew members are targeting launch to the space station in February and March. Work ...

Troy Oakes

The International Space Station.