A River of News

Science headlines, Friday, October 9, 2026

78 items. Times are UTC.

15:00 UTC 9

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    Some climate tipping points are being studied far more than others Phys.org
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    Data centers make heat all year long—here's how the ground can hold onto it until winter Phys.org
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    The oil market that sets today's gas prices was invented in western Pennsylvania Phys.org story
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    How plant enzymes learned to tell mirror-image molecules apart Phys.org
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    Global wildfires decreased during the COVID-19 lockdown, but some fires intensified without human intervention Phys.org
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    Q&A: Investor perspective prompts auditors to rate CEO misconduct as more significant Phys.org
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    Tiny marine microbe sheds new light on how little genetic machinery a cell needs to survive Phys.org
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    Light-responsive inks could make tattoos visible on demand, but safety remains unproven Phys.org story
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    Tattoos could be turned on and off with light New Scientist (limited free articles) by James Woodford story

14:00 UTC 9

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    Light reads electron spins inside porous crystals, opening path to quantum chemical sensors Phys.org
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    New auditing rules are curbing international money moves, study suggests Phys.org
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    Hurricane Isaias strengthens as it heads towards land BBC story
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    Broken bones in ancient homes shed new light on Viking violence Phys.org
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    From bogong moths to Christmas beetles—how to slow down and spot more insects Phys.org
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    Ultrafast core-level spectroscopy reveals elusive precursors of exciton condensation in quantum materials Phys.org
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    How Does Life Unfold? A Landscape Metaphor Comes Into Its Own. Quanta Magazine by Philip Ball
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    Canada's settlement services are going digital. AI should support workers, not replace them Phys.org story
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    Where does Earth's nitrogen go? Two atoms offer a clue Phys.org

13:00 UTC 9

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    Hoping for a 'new normal' climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt Phys.org
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    Physics model reveals fundamental trade-off between prediction and energy efficiency in intelligent systems Phys.org story
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    Reliable AI Sea Ice Forecasts Depend on Sustained Observations Eos by Clare Eayrs, Zachary Labe, François Massonnet, Tian Tian
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    Nearly 1 in 10 young adults could have fatty, narrow arteries New Scientist (limited free articles) by Christa Lesté-Lasserre
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    My son goes to the gym a lot. How can I tell if this is healthy or a sign something is wrong? Phys.org
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    SPHEREx spots menagerie of brown dwarfs with atmospheric water and methane Phys.org
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    'Tropical jungle' of wallabies, porcupines and parrots must move after neighbours complain BBC
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    AI turns bodycam footage into text. Can it keep the speakers straight? Phys.org
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    Rising water is creating inland ghost forests in the US New Scientist (limited free articles) by Chris Simms

12:00 UTC 5

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    Offering alcohol-free beer on tap boosts pub choices while keeping revenues intact, new study shows Phys.org
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    New research reveals surprising link in ocean carbon cycle: Swimming sea cucumbers Phys.org
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    Superconducting circuit links smaller photon groups into larger entangled states Phys.org
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    Is this the 'mathocalypse'? Why OpenAI's latest results dump has left mathematicians in shock Phys.org story
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    I gave Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots my passwords for a week Scientific American (limited free articles) story

11:00 UTC 4

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    YouTube overtakes TV as top source of political news, study finds Phys.org
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    How much noise should we put up with? London and Copenhagen have different answers Phys.org
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    Are autistic suspects likely to be disadvantaged in forensic interviews? Phys.org
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    Grief and tech collide in uneasily brilliant sci-fi film The Remotes New Scientist (limited free articles) by Karmela Padavic-Callaghan

10:00 UTC 4

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    Just how sunlike is the sun? Scientific American (limited free articles)
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    Walking through flames: Orangutans rescued in Indonesia fires Phys.org story
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    Feverish after a vaccine? The reason could be your gut microbiome Scientific American (limited free articles)
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    One doctor’s fight to make IUD placement better Scientific American (limited free articles)

09:00 UTC 6

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    Seals and sea lions get their hearing tested at Australia Zoo Phys.org
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    Malaysia closes schools in capital, parts of country due to haze Phys.org story
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    Cancer Vaccines Are the N.I.H’s Next ‘Big Bet’ The New York Times (limited free articles) by Gina Kolata
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    Fish may look fine in urban waters but their genes tell a different story Phys.org
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    'Molecular movie' finally reveals how penicillin is made Phys.org
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    3D genome 'entanglement' may explain how cephalopods evolved complex brains Phys.org

08:00 UTC 2

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    Hurricane Isaias strengthens en route to US Gulf Coast Phys.org story
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    Four astronauts return to Earth after eight months in space Phys.org story

06:00 UTC 1

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    Why Elon Musk is taking on India's richest man over Starlink BBC story

05:00 UTC 2

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    Data centre raises noise and wildlife impact fears BBC story
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    £15m spent cleaning illegal waste supersite in ancient woodland BBC

03:00 UTC 2

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    Scientists create new statewide surface geologic map of Nebraska Phys.org
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    Global analysis reveals how armed conflict erodes farmland and potential food production Phys.org

02:00 UTC 1

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    Research shows how AI and mixed reality can enhance police work Phys.org

01:00 UTC 2

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    Most trading card packs hide the odds of winning rare cards, study finds Phys.org
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    Introducing LGBT stories linked to more inclusive attitudes in primary schools Phys.org

00:00 UTC 22

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    Study documents beef industry group's early efforts to counter climate concerns Phys.org
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    Watch this invisible tattoo appear under UV light Nature by Rachel Fieldhouse story
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    Publisher Correction: Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life Nature by Cliodhna Kate O’Toole
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    An experiment to glimpse the future Amazon — in pictures Nature by Meghie Rodrigues story
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    Briefing Chat: Top researchers are being mislead by sham academic societies Nature by Benjamin Thompson
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    The life of Darwin and the science of clouds: Books in brief Nature by Andrew Robinson
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    Chimp and gorilla brains resist weight loss with age — unlike human brains Nature
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    Five movements from the edge of the singularity Nature by D. Thomas Minton
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    HARNN: experiment analysis of semi-supervised learning on image captioning using Hybrid AutoEncoder-RNN Scientific Reports by Aishwarya D. Shetty
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    Dual-band reconfigurable CPW antenna with square and hexagonal apertures for wireless applications Scientific Reports by Naresh Kumar Joshi
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    Enablers of critical thinking in STEM education identified through ISM–MICMAC and fuzzy AHP from teachers’ perspectives Scientific Reports by Salma Waheed
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    Efficacy of tactile stimulation via vibratory ankle supports and insoles on proprioception and balance in functional ankle instability: an exploratory four-armed randomized trial Scientific Reports by Hanieh Khaliliyan
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    Correction: Comparative impact of polystyrene, rice bag-derived high-density polyethylene nanoparticles, and polystyrene–silver nanoparticle interactions in a 28-day in vivo study in male and female Wistar rats Scientific Reports by Katarzyna Dziendzikowska
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    Two decades of Gene Ontology evolution from expansion to consolidation Scientific Reports by Borja Pitarch
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    sRQA: an integrative pipeline for symbolic recurrence quantification analysis Scientific Reports by Austen Curtin
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    Buckling analysis of thin‑walled composite cylinders under hydrostatic external pressure Scientific Reports by Roham Rafiee
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    Explainable plant disease classification and severity assessment using MobileNetV3-large for crop health monitoring Scientific Reports by Kuntal Gaur
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    Nonlinear settlement prediction theory for CEP piles considering the effect of the consolidated body Scientific Reports by Wei Wang
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    Recognition and mechanism of M. tuberculosis cell wall galactan transport Nature Communications by Chuancun Wei
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    High-resolution spatial transcriptomics reveals fibroblast and neuroimmune microenvironments in endometriosis lesions Nature Communications by Caroline M. Haney
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    P450-catalyzed enantiodivergent kinetic oxidation to access chiral haloalcohols Nature Communications by Ting Ma
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    pH-responsive manganese carboxymethyl chitosan hydrogel releases pesticide to promote rice tillering and suppress root-parasitic weeds Nature Communications by Ali Dai