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The Ghan is one of the longest train journeys in the world, spanning 1,851 miles and multiple climate zones, from tropical Darwin in Australia’s “top end” to the lush hills of Adelaide on the southern Indian Ocean. Here’s what it’s like to experience it.
“This is a nice reminder that in biology there is still so much to discover by just looking.”
A rare but powerful combination of an immense Pacific Ocean heatwave and a "super El Niño" will have profound effects on US weather this autumn. Here are five changes to expect.
<p> by <a href=\"https://libertarianinstitute.org/author/jbovard/\">Jim Bovard</a> | Sep 1, 2026</p><p>September 1 is the anniversary of the start of World War II in Europe.
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The in-service evaluation of newborn screening for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) launched across Scotland in March and is the first of its kind in the UK.
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its journey from Gale Crater on Mars up the slope of Mount Sharp.
Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission, at the time of launch, Curiosity was the largest and most capable rover ever sent to Mars at that time.
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They may look like spiders, but daddy longlegs belong to a different group of arachnids entirely. Here's why they're more remarkable than you think.
Six-year-old Harry Jackson is believed to be one of only around 10 children worldwide to undergo the procedure.
The extended international effort to probe the history of the universe of which the Roman telescope is a part conflicts directly with the continued existence of the profit motive and the nation-state system.
According to Pew’s latest ‘Religious Composition by Country’ data, the first such compilation of data in a decade, New Zealand and Uruguay are the only countries where the largest religious group changed between 2010 and 2020. But with Christianity already below 50% in the UK, Australia and France, future updates could add more countries to
Beijing has hit out at Tokyo’s moves to arm submarine drones with long-range missiles and test hypersonic weapons in Australia.
IFLScience met L. R. Fox of NEXT Life Sciences to learn about their latest promising clinical trial results.
Grace, 14, feels doctors were dismissive of her pain. She wants others to know the symptoms.
Chinese automakers’ ambitions to shave even more time off their breakneck development speeds are facing a reality check as regulators ramp up scrutiny of the industry’s safety and testing.
India’s biggest oil explorer, Oil and Natural Gas Corp., plans to build strategic crude reserves as the country seeks to strengthen its buffers against supply disruptions.