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Science Oct 9

Mars Cloud Stretches 1,000 Miles and Reforms Daily Under Physics Unknown on Earth

A 1,000-mile-long cloud appears over Mars each day and vanishes by nightfall, behaving in ways that match no weather system observed on Earth.

2 min read Live Science

Science Oct 9

9-Million-Year-Old Capybara Tooth Found in Atacama Desert Rewrites Region's Climate History

Paleontologists discovered a fossilized tooth from an ancient capybara relative in Chile's Atacama Desert, providing the strongest evidence yet that the world's driest region was once covered in grasslands and water.

2 min read Live Science

Science Oct 9

James Webb Telescope Detects Most Distant Fast Radio Burst Ever Recorded

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have identified a fast radio burst more than 8 billion light-years away, the farthest ever detected and a new tool for measuring the universe's missing matter.

2 min read Live Science

Science Oct 9

Raptor Tooth Marks on 75-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Bones Reveal Scavenging of an Apex Predator

Paleontologists in Alberta found tooth marks from a small raptor on the bones of a large carnivorous dinosaur, suggesting the smaller predator scavenged or fed on a much larger apex predator roughly 75 million years ago.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 2

Paramount Skydance to Rename Combined Company Skydance After $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery Merger

Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison said the merged company will be called Skydance once the $110 billion deal with Warner Bros. Discovery closes next week.

2 min read CNBC Top

Science Oct 2

Nobel Prize Awarded 75 Years Ago for First Particle Accelerator That Split the Atom

John Cockcroft and Ernest Walton won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics for building the first particle accelerator and splitting atomic nuclei, work that required crawling on the floor to avoid electrocution.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 2

Mercor CEO Says AI Is Rewriting Job Descriptions, Not Erasing Them

Mercor CEO Brendan Foody says artificial intelligence is transforming how people work rather than eliminating the need for human labor, as the company matches skilled workers with AI-driven tasks.

2 min read CBS News

Science Oct 2

Lunar Water Evaporates 10 Times Faster in Moonlight Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

New laboratory research shows water on the moon's surface evaporates far more rapidly in direct sunlight than earlier models predicted, a finding that complicates plans for farming and resource extraction at future lunar bases.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 2

Soil Minerals Control 60 Billion Tons of Annual Carbon Release, Study Finds

A new study finds that interactions between soil minerals and organic matter govern how much carbon microbes release into the atmosphere, a finding that could sharpen climate predictions.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 2

Google: SpaceX Must Launch Starship 1,800 Times Before Orbital Data Centers Work

Google researchers calculate SpaceX would need 1,800 Starship launches to deploy a viable orbital data center network, raising questions about the economics of space-based computing.

2 min read TechCrunch

Science Oct 2

CHIME Telescope Maps Universe's Expansion Using Radio Waves From Distant Galaxies

The CHIME telescope in British Columbia has demonstrated a new method for measuring the universe's expansion rate by tracking radio emissions from hydrogen gas in distant galaxies, offering an independent check on a decades-old cosmic puzzle.

2 min read Live Science

Science Oct 2

Five New Freshwater Mussel Species Identified in Southern US Rivers

Researchers described five previously unknown freshwater mussel species in the southern United States, a region holding the world's richest mussel diversity but also its steepest declines.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 2

SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts to International Space Station From Florida

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried four astronauts toward the International Space Station on Friday, beginning a six-month science mission aboard the orbiting laboratory.

2 min read NPR News

Science Oct 1

SpaceX Launches Four Astronauts to Space Station From Kennedy Space Center

A SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying four astronauts lifted off from Florida on a Crew Dragon capsule, beginning a six-month rotation aboard the International Space Station.

2 min read NPR News

Science Oct 1

NASA's $30 Million Swift Rescue Fails as Observatory Slips Toward Reentry

A Katalyst Space Technologies mission to boost the $500 million Swift Observatory into a higher orbit fell short, leaving the 21-year-old telescope on a path toward reentry.

2 min read Ars Technica

Science Oct 1

Stable Salts Replace Explosive Reagents in Carbene Chemistry

Chemists have developed stable salt forms of diazo compounds, offering a safer alternative to the explosive reagents long used to generate reactive carbenes in pharmaceutical and materials synthesis.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Oct 1

NOAA Cuts Back Research on Record 2015-16 El Niño That Killed Thousands

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scaling back a research program that studied the 2015-16 super El Niño, a weather event that contributed to droughts, floods, and thousands of deaths worldwide.

2 min read NPR News

Science Sep 30

Drones and AI Give Scientists New Eyes on Antarctica's Tiniest Life

A University of Wollongong-led team combined drones, satellites and AI to map Antarctica's scattered moss and lichen ecosystems, offering a faster way to track life at the bottom of the world.

2 min read Phys.org

Science Sep 30

NASA Artemis: When Americans Return to the Moon and What It Means for You

NASA's Artemis program aims to put Americans back on the lunar surface for the first time since 1972. Here's how the missions work, what they cost, and why the Moon matters again.

7 min read Headings Feature

Science Sep 30

Tornado Alley Is Shifting East: What Scientists Know About the Changing Risk

Tornado activity is migrating out of the Great Plains and into the Southeast and Midwest. Here's what the data shows, why it matters, and how to prepare.

6 min read Headings Feature