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Science headlines, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

223 items. Times are UTC.

23:00 UTC 8

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    Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died The New York Times by Trip Gabriel story
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    RFK Jr. Plans Vaccine Injury Initiative, Drawing Wary Eye From Experts The New York Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg story
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    Cost of Canadian wildfires could top $2 trillion over the 21st century, study shows Phys.org
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    Tiny photosynthetic organisms help transport carbon to the depths of the Baltic Sea Phys.org
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    Artemis II crew moon photo annotations Phys.org story
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    How a harmful bacterium senses iron—and why it matters for fighting infections Phys.org
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    International experience gives business leaders an edge, study finds Phys.org
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    Superbug P. aeruginosa uses two protein plugs to seal channels against antibiotics Phys.org

22:00 UTC 6

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    Chain reaction that begins when tumor suppression gene is switched off offers clues to how cancer develops Phys.org
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    Nobel physics winner's pride at pioneering AI role Phys.org story
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    Offshore wind turbine foundations may cool ocean surface by mixing seawater Phys.org
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    Survey finds K-12 educators self-censor to avoid controversy over book selections Phys.org
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    NYC congestion pricing policy linked to cleaner air in lower Manhattan Phys.org
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    First-in-kind data set reveals insights across the world's national and regional economies Phys.org

21:00 UTC 10

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    Long Island measurements reveal household products and buildings as major summer pollution sources Phys.org
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    Hawaiian hot spot study uncovers evidence of true polar wander Phys.org
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    Eight-year analysis reveals how sunlight and nutrients shape sustainable urban farming Phys.org
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    'Self-blinking dyes' simplify nanoscale imaging without sacrificing precision Phys.org
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    Undergraduate student may have solved puzzle regarding isolated galaxies that have stopped producing stars Phys.org
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    New approach to plant stress studies could yield hardier crops and medical insights Phys.org
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    New polystyrene uses 50% plant-based material and breaks into fragments for potential recycling Phys.org
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    Ultrashort laser pulses let new microscope map electron interactions across thin materials Phys.org
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    Ebola creates new hot spots in Congo as responders describe 'chaotic' response Phys.org story
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    First global genome atlas reveals overlooked microscopic life in hundreds of lakes and reservoirs Phys.org

20:00 UTC 11

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    Tiny plasma-grown particles enable easier magnetization reversal in materials for high-frequency electronics Phys.org
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    Giant tortoises outnumber people in Seychelles, with nearly 183,000 on Aldabra Phys.org story
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    Limits of Satellite Detection of Extreme Carbon Cycle Events Eos by Xi Zhang
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    Acoustic experiments confirm topology can persist at gapless critical points Phys.org story
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    Vulnerability to heat waves varies greatly from one area to another within cities Phys.org
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    New display technology combines record brightness with pixels that stretch like rubber Phys.org
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    Use of natural gas or propane in commercial kitchens exposes workers to air pollution and dangerous heat Phys.org story
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    Using AI for feedback, not ready-made answers, may help students earn higher grades Phys.org story
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    Coach training leaves gaps in addressing girls' and women's needs in sport Phys.org
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    Flexible tails could boost ancient sea predators' ambush speeds, fossil-based models suggest Phys.org
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    Cutting unnecessary tasks shows surprising links to greater employee exhaustion Phys.org

19:00 UTC 8

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    Polymer coating tackles MXene's water stability challenge, boosting CO₂-to-methane production Phys.org
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    Radio galaxy from 12.5 billion years ago may be most powerful ever found Phys.org
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    Enzymes could unlock biological recycling of difficult plastic waste Phys.org
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    Small Michigan communities feel early voting strain Phys.org
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    Mysterious Papua New Guinea rock reveals unexpected cooling as it descended deeper underground Phys.org
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    Boosting seawater alkalinity could help communities tackle local carbon emissions, researchers argue Phys.org
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    Australia's wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change Phys.org story
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    A suspected case of pneumonic plague is raising fears of an outbreak. Should you be worried? Scientific American story

18:00 UTC 16

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    A Public Health-Minded Senator Asks: What Comes After Trump and Kennedy? The New York Times by Sheryl Gay Stolberg story
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    As voters weigh incumbents, research complicates case for congressional term limits Phys.org
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    Compact CRISPR alternative uses bacterial proteins to insert large DNA segments Phys.org story
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    The internal chemistry of phytoplankton changes as oceans become more acidic Phys.org
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    A honey trap: Female-baited beetle traps reveal habitat variation in Japanese forests Phys.org
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    Scientists uncover how the world's smallest flowering plant became so tiny Phys.org
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    First observation of quantum spins shifting a centimeter-scale object in the lab Phys.org
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    194-year-old tortoise reveals stable gene switches that may help resist aging Phys.org story
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    Ancient spotted bat samples help researchers understand present-day population dynamics Phys.org
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    Public health strategies used against cigarettes could help reduce appeal of firearms, paper argues Phys.org
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    'Classic example' of sexual dimorphism in fossil record actually shows nuance between males and females Phys.org
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    Dogs and owners disturb each other in the night, but still get pretty good sleep Phys.org
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    Jonathan the Giant Tortoise Is 194 Years Old. He Just Had His Genome Sequenced. The New York Times by Monique Brouillette story
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    Scientists unlock the longevity secrets of 194-year-old Jonathan the giant tortoise Scientific American story
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    194-year-old tortoise has exceptional DNA repair systems that fight off ageing New Scientist by James Woodford story
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    Neanderthal Europe was as much a wooden age as a stone age New Scientist by James Woodford story

17:00 UTC 16

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    Can picking up a book really improve your brain? Phys.org
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    Seafloor sediments reveal how East Antarctic ice temporarily halted its retreat and advanced 40 miles Phys.org story
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    Deep-sea clams adjust bacterial partnerships to cope with dwindling chemical energy Phys.org
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    Coolcations: Tourism boom is taking a toll on chillier destinations Phys.org
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    A new hope for dogs with dementia: Researchers explore gene therapy Phys.org
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    One quantum material, two superconducting states: Stretching helps explain conflicting experiments Phys.org
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    If you want to know how to think about healthy eating, read this book New Scientist by Graham Lawton
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    Why do people look better in a mirror than in a photograph? New Scientist by Connie Murray
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    What forces act on fluid moving through a pipe to make it spiral? New Scientist by Connie Murray
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    Do olfactory illusions exist, similar to optical and audio illusions? part 3 New Scientist by Connie Murray
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    This week’s new questions New Scientist by Connie Murray
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    Have we found the world’s nichest science-themed tourist attraction? New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Why gatekeeping is needed in the age of AI New Scientist by New Scientist
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    Don’t know where to start with AI? Kevin Roose’s new book has answers New Scientist by Jacob Aron story
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    Tom Gauld on the real risks of AI New Scientist by Connie Murray
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    Twisteddoodles: ‘I made an AI version of you’ New Scientist by Connie Murray

16:00 UTC 9

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    The Atlantic hurricane season has been eerily quiet—Tropical Storm Isaias could change that Scientific American story
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    Levitating glass sphere becomes entangled with light at room temperature Phys.org
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    Poor sleep can cause employees to clash with superiors, research finds Phys.org
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    OpenAI has dumped 722 maths papers – now it must clean up the mess New Scientist by Jacob Aron story
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    Top climate scientists set out five steps to help the world prepare for super El Niño Phys.org story
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    Soil evidence suggests early farming in Maya region 6,000 years ago Phys.org
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    Blue Planet III ventures into darkest depths of ocean BBC story
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    Study finds brighter street lighting reduces violent crime Phys.org
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    Orangutan mothers seek out playmates for their young Phys.org

15:00 UTC 16

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    Tortoise beetles use pigmentation protein to shield bacteria that help digest plants Phys.org
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    New climate connectivity taxonomy reveals how different communities talk about climate risk Phys.org
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    Combining science and community knowledge could shape coral reef conservation in Indonesia Phys.org
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    Quantum simulations suggest lithium isotopes could affect biological reactions differently Phys.org
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    As AI Closed In on ‘Unique Games’ Proof, Researchers Raced to Beat the Machines Quanta Magazine by Ben Brubaker story
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    Gut bacteria reveal ancient ties to human migrations across continents, genetic analysis suggests Phys.org story
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    Mars' oddest cloud may be even odder than previously thought Phys.org
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    The first stand-alone nuclear clock is ticking in Vienna Phys.org story
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    Why your boss matters more than remote or hybrid work when it comes to burnout and job satisfaction Phys.org
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    World's largest penguin colony hit by 'alarming' decline in numbers BBC story
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    Uranium compound known since the 1960s reveals hidden spiral structure with unusual magnetic properties Phys.org
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    'Top predator' from the Jurassic measures just half a meter Phys.org
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    In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick The New York Times by Dan Garisto story
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    Why rediscovering extinct species can actually be a bad thing New Scientist by Penny Sarchet story
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    Colonisation of Australia led to big increase in wildfire danger New Scientist by James Woodford story
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    Stunning early mammal fossil sheds light on the evolution of suckling New Scientist by James Woodford story

14:00 UTC 7

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    AI adoption linked to increase in employment globally Phys.org story
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    Alcohol in space: Exotic methanol discovered in planet-building zones Phys.org
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    Nuclear traces in whales' teeth help scientists reconstruct their life stories Phys.org
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    New framework developed for moving endangered species to safer locations Phys.org
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    PFAS may raise blood pressure during pregnancy. Who is at risk? Phys.org
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    Techno-optimistic scientists take fewer climate actions, study finds Phys.org story
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    Why does weed cause anxiety? A new brain study investigates cannabis paranoia Scientific American

13:00 UTC 8

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    Why some people are good at math while others struggle Phys.org
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    Hidden 'uranium hotspot' offers new clues to Scotland's ancient past Phys.org
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    A Snow Machine Traverse Connects Arctic Coastal Communities Eos by Benjamin Jones, Phillip Wilson, Jan Olson, Bill Tracey Sr.
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    Tropical Storm Isaias forecast to become first Atlantic hurricane of 2026 BBC story
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    Cricket's day-night pink ball not always so pretty Phys.org
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    Penguin poop is melting Antarctic snow by keeping algae green Phys.org
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    What makes a product 'Cool'? Phys.org
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    Extreme drought and heat from the last El Niño signal a 'new normal' for tropical forests Phys.org story

12:00 UTC 6

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    When U.S. embassies stopped reporting air quality, pollution rose Phys.org
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    World’s once-largest penguin colony is in perilous decline Science by Erik Stokstad story
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    Conservationists are discovering 'bright spots' around the globe. Here's why they matter Phys.org
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    Yorkshire Water admits sewage scheme falls short BBC
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    Children in improved homes face lower hospitalization risk, analysis finds Phys.org
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    Quantum computing shortcut makes particle collisions easier to simulate Phys.org

11:00 UTC 5

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    'Real opportunity' to boost low-carbon European holidays Phys.org
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    Plants, people and progress for native prairie seeds Phys.org
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    Was this odd animal the world’s first milk suckler? Science by Rodrigo Pérez Ortega story
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    The mind of money: Mental accounting theory checks out Phys.org
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    What is AI model distillation, and why is it so hard to stop? Scientific American story

10:00 UTC 5

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    OpenAI announces 722 mathematical discoveries in one go New Scientist by Matthew Sparkes story
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    Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai The New York Times by Cassandra Vinograd story
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    Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for developing 'spectacular' chemical reactions Phys.org story
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    Chemistry Nobel awarded for solving mystery of life's asymmetry BBC story
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    Rogue AI or human error? The real story behind the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident Scientific American story

09:00 UTC 4

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    Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror molecules New Scientist by Carissa Wong story
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    2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry is award to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for their work in 'mirror' chemistry Scientific American story
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    The Start-Up That Wants to Build ‘Microrobots’ With A.I. The New York Times by Cade Metz
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    Amazon wildfires are generating ozone that weakens surviving trees' carbon uptake Phys.org

07:00 UTC 6

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    Petal 'windows' affect the abundance of microbes within flowers Phys.org
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    Biodegradable nanoparticle technology may improve agricultural production Phys.org
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    Ridesharing services may offer public safety benefits beyond transportation Phys.org
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    Rainmakers: The drones used to seed clouds BBC
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    Landslides triggered by the 29 July to 1 August 2023 rainfall event associated with Typhoon Doksuri in northern China Eos by Dave Petley
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    Sleep, appetite, gene-editing experts contend for Nobel chemistry prize Phys.org story

06:00 UTC 3

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    Fierce lobbying in EU over 'forever chemicals' Phys.org
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    Watch: What’s the deal with OpenAI’s massive dump of math papers? Science by Tom Howarth story
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    Nobel Prize honors researchers who solved chemistry's asymmetry mystery Science by Martin Enserink story

05:00 UTC 3

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    ‘The anti-Fauci’? Lab-leak proponent listed in NIH directory but denies being hired Science by Jon Cohen
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    Puffin island on cusp of closure as it runs out of water BBC
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    Tests carried out on seabirds after nurdle spill BBC

04:00 UTC 1

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    The world's oyster reefs could add $12 trillion to planetary health each year—if they were better managed Phys.org

02:00 UTC 1

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    Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals Science by Andrew Curry

01:00 UTC 2

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    As AI triggers a tsunami of submissions, computer science conferences impose caps Science by Jeffrey Brainard
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    Nobel winner Halzen says years of October 'misery' finally over Phys.org story

00:00 UTC 72

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    Computer scientist tracks satellites with automated observatory built from off-the-shelf technology Phys.org
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    Study highlights the European waters at greatest risk of harmful light pollution Phys.org
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    High-performance charge balanced double p-layer double lateral gate vertical power MOSFET Scientific Reports by M. Ejaz Aslam Lodhi
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    The science of superintelligence and why AI is still a useful word Nature by Jenna Ahart story
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    NASA releases trove of Moon data from historic Artemis II flight Nature by Alexandra Witze
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    Role of calcineurin B homologous protein 3 in C2C12 myogenic differentiation Scientific Reports by Soushi Kobayashi
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    Correction: Machine learning for the early prediction of 28-day mortality in patients with sepsis in the ICU based on MIMIC-Ⅳ database Scientific Reports by Yi Sun story
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    Combined reinforcement mechanism of TEOS-barium oxalate-phosphate composite on weathered sandstone Scientific Reports by Dan Huang
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    Deep learning framework for weather aware spatiotemporal traffic speed forecasting on mountainous tourist roads Scientific Reports by Shahriar Afandizadeh
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    HEA-GAN for high-fidelity low-light image enhancement and degradation-aware image augmentation using a hybrid deep learning and GAN framework Scientific Reports by Kapil Bhardwaj
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    DriftDroid: temporal behavioral drift analysis for android malware detection Scientific Reports by Muhammet Tan
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    Correction: A novel transformer architecture for EEG decoding and neuroscientific analysis Scientific Reports by Hong Gi Yeom
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    First-arrival time detection based on data-driven enhanced Akaike information criterion Scientific Reports by Qiang Feng
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    A cytidine deaminase biodegrader sensitises multiple cancer types to deoxycytidine analogue-based chemotherapies Nature Communications by Marie Sorbara
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    Divergent interfaces and convergent outcome in the structural basis of HIV-2 Vif antagonism of APOBEC3H Nature Communications by Katarzyna A. Skorupka
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    Game theory driven multi-agent framework mitigates language model hallucination Nature Communications by Runzhe Liu
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    The Wnt co-receptor Arrow-LRP5/6 is required for planar cell polarity establishment in Drosophila Nature Communications by Ursula Weber
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    Sub-stoichiometric degradation is dispensable for potent PROTACs as demonstrated by irreversible covalent BTK degraders Nature Communications by Ran Cheng
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    The WorkReach model for urban work location choices through economic complexity and informality Nature Communications by Ollin D. Langle-Chimal
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    High-resolution binding data of TFIID and cofactors show promoter-specific differences Nature Communications by Sergio G-M Alcantara
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    Nobel Prizes 2026: brain switches, ‘ghost’ particle hunter, and 'the chemistry of life' Nature by Benjamin Thompson story
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    OpenAI posts 700 maths preprints online: mathematicians are up in arms Nature by Davide Castelvecchi story
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    5-oxoETE links redox control of epithelial damage detection and resilience Nature by Yanan Ma
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    Observation of critical topological phase transition Nature by Zheyu Cheng story
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    A gut microbial odd-chain fatty acid alleviates atherosclerosis in mice Nature by Chao Yin
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    Human lung organoid modelling of tissue-resident antiviral T cell responses Nature by Joseph K. Rathkey
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    A Jurassic mammaliaform swimmer and transformation of the mammalian pharynx Nature by Y. Li story
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    Cryo-EM structure of a methanogen nitrogenase–PII protein supercomplex Nature by Rajnandani Kashyap
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    A split attractor design for rapidly writing a navigational goal Nature by Aaron J. Lanz
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    Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux Nature by Jeongwon Park
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    Retrofitting language models to operate over bytes Nature by Benjamin Minixhofer
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    Australia’s current wildfire crisis linked to colonial land-use change Nature by Michael-Shawn Fletcher story
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    Dynamics of human cardiogenesis and its disruption in trisomy 21 Nature by James Cranley
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    A chiral superlattice route to spin-split topological antiferromagnetism Nature by Thao Dinh
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    tRNA dosage regulates lineage dependency and resistance in prostate cancer Nature by Yeon Soo Kim
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    Overcoming key challenges in the evolutionary transition to multicellularity Nature by G. Ozan Bozdag
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    A 7-eV bandgap semiconductor based on silicon-doped α-(Al x Ga 1− x ) 2 O 3 Nature by Jacob Steele
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    Mechanism of spliceosome termination Nature by Vytaute Boreikaite
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    A preinvasive regulatory T cell axis for lung cancer interception Nature by Samuel Gamble
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    Prehistoric global migration of vanishing gut microbes with humans Nature by Matthew M. Carter story
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    Experimental observation of critical topology Nature by Zhi-Kang Lin story
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    Alveolar stem cells transdifferentiate to drive bronchiolar regeneration Nature by Kuo Liu
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    Hydrogen bonding in water under extreme confinement Nature by Xintong Xu
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    A nuclear clock synchronized to 229 Th Nature by Beichen Huang story
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    Structural basis for regulating lipopolysaccharide transmembrane transport Nature by Rebecca J. Taylor
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    A thorium-229 optical nuclear clock with feedback loop Nature by L. Toscani De Col
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    RNA catalysis emerges from dynamic structural ensembles Nature by Maximilia F. S. Degenhardt story
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    Observation of relativistic bond weakening in seaborgium hexacarbonyl Nature by Alexander Yakushev
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    How to control where semiconductor crystals start growing Nature
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    Revealed: How this common gut microbe protects against heart disease Nature by Max Kozlov
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    Australia’s bush fires got worse after British colonization — this is why Nature by James Dinneen story
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    An early predecessor to mammals could swim, suckle and swallow Nature story
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    Gut microbes that trace ancient human journeys Nature by Carina M. Schlebusch story
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    Retrofitted LLM can count the letter ‘i’s in ‘artificial intelligence’ Nature by Zhao Zhang
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    Nuclear clocks tick for the first time Nature by Akio Kawasaki story
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    Genome accessibility reveals disease risk that gene expression misses Nature
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    Semiconductors pushed into insulator territory Nature by Hironori Okumura
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    Mapping genetic risk to regulatory networks at single-cell resolution Nature Reviews Genetics by Yunlong Ma
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    Histone acetylation finds its link to transcription Nature Reviews Genetics by Liling Wan
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    How we ditched presentations and embraced silence in our lab meetings Nature by Manuel Spitschan
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    Why we must advocate for proper care on the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak Nature by Melissa Hobson story
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    ‘When prevention disappears, infections rise’: can the world still end AIDS? Nature by Bianca Nogrady
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    Why sound, strong science alone isn’t enough in pandemic preparedness Nature by Melissa Hobson
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    A guide to Nature Index tables Nature
  65. science
    Blend Nature by E. J. Kavounas
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    Chemistry Nobel for solving mystery of how ‘handed’ organic molecules can emerge Nature by Elizabeth Gibney story
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    Can your brain grow new neurons? How researchers are solving a century-old puzzle Nature by Mariana Lenharo
  68. science
    Neonatal overfeeding accelerates age-related sarcopenia and metabolic disorders through lifelong gut mucosa and microbiota programming in mice Nature Communications by Yeyu Song
  69. science
    Author Correction: Ferroelectric ultraviolet photodetector material with ultrafast response speed Nature Communications by Xuexi Yan
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    Prenatal stress reprograms placental signaling and opposes maternal immune activation effects in the fetal brain Molecular Psychiatry by Branden G. Verosky
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    Correction: Digital mood phenotyping predicts short- and long-term suicidal ideation across a two-year timescale Molecular Psychiatry by Chang Lei story
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    Executive functions as a transdiagnostic endophenotype in developmental psychopathology Molecular Psychiatry by Eleanor K. Braithwaite