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September 20, 2026
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Sep. 20, 2026 Cats may identify one another through a surprisingly durable chemical “calling card” made from 13 unusual fatty acids in their urine. The compounds appear linked to mysterious fat droplets in the kidneys and may represent a scent-recognition ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Researchers may have solved a long-running mystery surrounding the Dead Sea Scrolls by proposing that the Qumran sect really did use its distinctive 364-day calendar. Its perfectly ordered 52-week system kept holidays on the same weekdays, but it ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Scientists have developed ultra-bright nanoparticles that can detect tiny amounts of chemicals and distinguish between molecules that look almost identical. The technology could one day provide a cheaper way to catch dangerous drug impurities or ...
Sep. 20, 2026 A decade-long NIST experiment has produced a new measurement of the universal gravitational constant that differs unexpectedly from another leading result, deepening a 225-year-old physics puzzle. ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Ancient DNA reveals that plague repeatedly returned to Europe for more than 400 years after the Black Death, evolving into new lineages and spreading through trade, migration, and war. Researchers ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Chemical clues preserved inside fossilized T. rex teeth reveal that the dinosaur maintained a body temperature of about 97 degrees Fahrenheit, almost identical to humans. The finding provides direct evidence that the giant predator was warm-blooded, ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Physicists have detected strong evidence that heavy, fleeting Z bosons can become quantum entangled during Higgs boson decays at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider. The result shows that Einstein’s ...
Sep. 20, 2026 Nearly three decades of Hurricane Hunter data reveal four features that can help a tilted tropical cyclone straighten its circulation and become capable of intensifying. The findings could give ...
Sep. 19, 2026 A chemical that stops drywood termites from building new exoskeletons killed about 95% of colonies in testing, offering a potentially safer alternative to traditional fumigation. Because termites eventually have no choice but to molt, the treatment ...
Sep. 19, 2026 A massive crater on Mars’ moon Phobos may hide a dense region of compressed material that could reveal whether the moon is a captured asteroid or debris from an ancient impact on Mars. Japan’s upcoming MMX sample return mission could provide the ...
Sep. 19, 2026 A deep-sea microbe uses an exceptionally heat-resistant enzyme to turn atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia at temperatures that would destroy most proteins. Its unusual structure and a newly observed reaction state may reveal an ancient, shared ...
Sep. 19, 2026 A single-celled organism can shrink to one-quarter of its length in milliseconds using a remarkable calcium-powered protein “fishnet.” Scientists hope its unusual machinery could inspire artificial muscles capable of moving far faster than ...
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Sep. 19, 2026 Complex systems may work better when their parts are not perfectly alike. Northwestern physicists found that carefully balanced variation, or “disorder,” can make networks such as power grids, ...
Sep. 19, 2026 Scientists have identified the genetic cause behind the mysterious AnWj blood group antigen, solving a puzzle that began in 1972 and establishing a new blood group system called MAL. The discovery ...
Sep. 18, 2026 A 150-million-year-old dinosaur fossil from Spain has been identified as the first confirmed Diplodocus ever found outside North America. The giant sauropod measured about 25 meters long and was ...
Sep. 18, 2026 Scientists are looking to diatoms, sea sponges, and plants for a cleaner way to recover rare earth elements and other valuable minerals hidden inside coal ash, red mud, and mine tailings. The ...
Sep. 18, 2026 Scientists discovered a population of cells that can start the process of programmed cell death, survive it, and then help rapidly rebuild damaged tissue. Their descendants become far more resistant ...
Sep. 18, 2026 A newly discovered snake from New Guinea has been named after Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash, who has loved reptiles since childhood. Genetic testing and physical differences confirmed that the ...
Sep. 18, 2026 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope may now have enough fuel for at least 22 years of science, more than double its original 10 year design life. An ...
Sep. 18, 2026 Scientists have found a new way to create a controlled beam of muonium, an exotic atom containing a heavier cousin of the electron. The advance could allow researchers to test for the first time ...
Sep. 18, 2026 NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed a 728-foot-wide crater that formed on the Moon in 2024, making it the largest newly formed crater ever identified in the solar system. The impact ...
Sep. 18, 2026 Newer blood thinners may do more than prevent strokes in people with Alzheimer’s disease and atrial fibrillation. Researchers found that patients ...
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Sep. 17, 2026 Astronomers have confirmed a Jupiter-size planet less than a million years old, making Elias 2-24 b the youngest known planet and giving scientists a rare look at a world still being born. Its ...
Sep. 17, 2026 New supercomputer simulations suggest JWST’s puzzling Little Red Dots are rapidly growing black holes from the early Universe. Extreme radiation may have helped create unusually massive black hole ...
Sep. 17, 2026 Arctic sea ice may move in unexpected ways because individual ice floes are constantly colliding and transferring energy. Researchers found that this simple process can explain several long-standing ...
Sep. 16, 2026 A newly identified 240-million-year-old animal from Tanzania is forcing scientists to rethink the early dinosaur timeline. Dinodontosaurus isiyavamanda belongs to a group previously known only from ...
Sep. 16, 2026 Eating four to six servings of whole grains a day may deliver meaningful benefits for heart health, according to a large review of 87 clinical trials. Researchers found improvements in body weight, ...
Sep. 16, 2026 Venus may have once had a moon, but new research suggests the planet’s incredibly slow rotation could have doomed it. Computer simulations showed that instead of gradually drifting away like ...
Sep. 16, 2026 U.S. irrigation produces some greenhouse gas emissions, but new research suggests it prevents vastly more by allowing farmers to grow more food on less land. Without irrigation, replacing lost crop ...
Sep. 11, 2026 A feather discovered inside 66-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur poop may help explain why modern birds survived the asteroid catastrophe. The extinct bird it came from had more primitive ...
Sep. 11, 2026 Researchers have found a way to perform certain quantum operations more than 1,000 times faster, cutting thousands of repeated control cycles down to just one. The advance could reduce errors and ...
Sep. 11, 2026 A major Ontario study found 24 common medication chains in which one drug’s side effects can be mistaken for a new medical problem, leading to another prescription. Researchers say closer ...
Sep. 11, 2026 Researchers analyzing data from more than 1.9 million people found that ADHD is associated with substantially higher rates of digestive problems. People with ADHD had nearly double the odds of ...
Sep. 17, 2026 Anak Krakatau erupted for more than 24 hours in early September, sending volcanic ash up to 50,000 feet into the atmosphere. The ash cloud shut down eight airports, disrupted nearly 3,000 flights, ...
Sep. 15, 2026 The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed surprising changes in the rings around Chariklo, a small object orbiting between Saturn and Uranus. Over just a few years, its inner ring became more ...
Sep. 11, 2026 Nighttime light exposure was linked to thicker, stiffer heart chambers and early signs of reduced heart function in a study of more than 11,000 people. The findings suggest that keeping bedrooms ...
Sep. 9, 2026 Scientists have directly observed how two negatively charged DNA molecules can pair up despite normally repelling each other. Positively charged metal ions appear to bridge the gap, helping matching ...
Sep. 10, 2026 Researchers have created a foam-based material that produces intense whiteness and water repellency without titanium dioxide pigments or PFAS chemicals. Inspired by natural structures in snow, ...
Sep. 10, 2026 Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual tooth wear and traces of arecoline, ...
Sep. 9, 2026 Scientists have discovered that the Moon-forming collision may have depended heavily on how hot and physically strong early Earth and Theia were. New simulations found that some impacts create the ...
Sep. 10, 2026 UCLA researchers developed ready-made cancer-fighting T cells from cord blood stem cells that can attack solid tumors through two separate detection systems. In mice, a single dose controlled cancer ...
Devil’s Arrows: Ancient Builders Hauled 55,000-Pound Stones 11 Miles for Britain’s Tallest Stone Row
Sep. 9, 2026 Britain’s towering Devil’s Arrows were built from 25-tonne stones hauled at least 18 kilometers from Brimham Rocks around 4,000 years ago. The discovery reveals an astonishing feat of prehistoric ...
Thursday, September 17, 2026
- Astronomers Just Found the Youngest Known Planet Ever
- JWST’s Mysterious Little Red Dots May Be Black Holes Growing at Incredible Speeds
- Scientists Just Discovered Why Arctic Sea Ice Moves So Strangely
Wednesday, September 16, 2026
- A 240-Million-Year-Old Fossil Just Changed the Dinosaur Timeline
- Scientists Find the Whole Grain “sweet Spot” for Better Heart Health
- Venus May Have Swallowed Its Own Moon
- Irrigation’s Climate Benefit Could Equal 363 Years of Its Own Emissions
Friday, September 11, 2026
- 66-Million-Year-Old Feather in Dinosaur Poop May Reveal Why Birds Survived the Asteroid
- Scientists Just Made Quantum Computer Operations 1,000 Times Faster
- Your Next Prescription Could Be Treating a Side Effect from the Last One
- Study of 1.9 Million People Finds a Striking Link Between ADHD and Gut Problems
Thursday, September 17, 2026
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- Scientists Create Brilliant White Material Without a Drop of White Pigment
- Ancient Teeth Reveal Humans Were Getting High 25,000 Years Ago
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
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- Devil’s Arrows: Ancient Builders Hauled 55,000-Pound Stones 11 Miles for Britain’s Tallest Stone Row
- Chinese Scientists Find a Hidden Atomic Structure That Unlocks Methane
- “Parachute Science” Is Failing the Tropics, Home to More Than 80% of Insect Species
- Ozempic and Wegovy Linked to Nearly 40% Fewer Asthma Attacks
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
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- Your Personality May Be More Genetic Than Scientists Realized
- Scientists Observe Einstein’s Gravity in the Quantum World for the First Time
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- Giant Greenland Iceberg Slams Into Joe Island and Survives
- Dark Matter Detector Finds a Strange Signal Scientists Can’t Yet Explain
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- September Brings a Dazzling Venus and a Glowing Harvest Moon
- The Universe Has Plenty of Hydrogen. So Why Is Star Formation Collapsing?
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- NASA’s Swift Telescope Is Back, but Time Is Running out
- Scientists Just Overturned a Century-Old Physics Assumption
Saturday, September 19, 2026
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- A Cancer Therapy Put Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis Into Remission
- Keto Diet Cut Liver Fat by 67% in a Clinical Trial
Monday, September 14, 2026
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- Global Warming Is Breaking a 400-Year Climate Link Between Two Oceans
- Most Men Don’t Know Dairy Is Linked to Prostate Cancer Risk
Saturday, September 12, 2026
- Who Really Needs a Heart Calcium Scan?
- Tiny Sound Waves Could Help Solve a Major Quantum Computing Problem
Friday, September 11, 2026
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- NASA’s Roman Telescope Will See 100 Times More Sky Than Hubble
- Why Scientists Asked 1,000 People to Bury Their Underwear
Thursday, August 27, 2026
- Scientists Find a Huge Hidden Ice Reservoir Beneath Utah’s Mountains
- 324-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals How Insects Conquered Land
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- NASA Is About to Launch a Powerful New Eye on the Universe
- Trump to Award Congressional Space Medal of Honor to Artemis II Astronauts
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- Physicists Create a Tiny “Big Bang” With Surprisingly Small Atomic Nuclei
- Black Holes Keep Tearing These Stars Apart, but They Survive
Friday, August 21, 2026
- AI May Know How You’ll Respond to a Vaccine Before You Get It
- A Simple at-Home Test Could Cut Colorectal Cancer Death Risk by 43%