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Hurricane Isaias shows ‘it only takes one’ to wreak havoc after historically calm Atlantic hurricane season

Isaias makes Florida landfall

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The Category 2 storm spawned tornadoes, flooding and extreme rain when it made landfall

Latest Trump administration proposal to change NIH research grant system draws scientists’ ire

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One researcher tells Scientific American that the change would reduce transparency and risk politicizing the grant review process

The mathematical secret behind why rose petals curl

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The elegant curl of rose petals may be distinct among flowers—and math can explain why

AI won't replace devs. It'll change their job

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AI codes confidently. It also hallucinates. Cybersecurity pros say devs must do this to stay safe.

OpenAI’s blockbuster Navier-Stokes proof isn’t what we thought it was

OpenAI AI advances mathematics

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Rumors that OpenAI’s “Navier-Stokes” solution stole the work of two mathematicians may have been overblown

What happens to the body during menopause? New research hints at a biological ‘cliff’

Menopause may trigger sudden changes

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Certain health markers seem to “jump” during menopause, according to a new study, but it’s unclear why

Scientists worry AI is stealing their ideas

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Researchers are using AI as a sounding board throughout their work. But concerns are growing that companies may present users’ ideas as those of their models

Sex-changing mouse clones may help fight to save endangered species

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For the first time, scientists managed to turn cloned male mouse embryos into females, giving life to healthy and fertile individuals

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Love blooms on a hostile colony world in As You Wake, Break the Shell

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Sci-fi author Becky Chambers on designing believable ecosystems, balancing scientific accuracy with emotional impact and emphasizing empathy over spectacle

Lettuce engineered to produce meat proteins

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Protein-packed leaves might be the key to better meat alternatives

A unique shape, a 3D einstein tile, has been discovered

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AI helped uncover a special object that can fill space without repeating patterns

Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules

Nobel honors cosmic neutrino discovery

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Breaking down this year’s Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules. Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA might hold the key to a longer life.

Oct 11, 2026

Could Tutankhamun's tomb hold clues to a mysterious Egyptian queen?

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Signs of hidden chambers in the walls of the famous boy king's tomb have raised hopes among researchers of finding hints of Nefertiti's burial place—Tutankhamun's stepmother and mother-in-law

Oct 10, 2026

This beer-making waste may offer a new stream for cleaner water

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The research offers yet another way the brewery industry might repurpose its myriad by-products

Why taking a break from exercise might not mean you need to start from scratch

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Why taking a break from exercise doesn't may not mean you need to start from scratch

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