• Amid Octopus Invasion, Some UK Fishermen Are 'Terrified'
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Octopuses have unexpectedly taken center stage along England's southern coast, leaving some fishermen delighted and others anxious. Trawlers like Arthur Dewhirst's have seen a surge in octopus hauls, with such catches sometimes boosting...
  • Darleane Hoffman, Innovator in Nuclear Chemistry, Dies at 98
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Hailed as one of the 50 most important women in science, she found ways to study rare radioactive isotopes and advanced the understanding of nuclear fission.
  • Deep in Saudi Arabian Desert, Ancient Life-Size Etchings
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Researchers have discovered life-size rock carvings of camels, gazelles, and other animals in the Saudi Arabian desert. The carvings date back to around 12,000 years ago, and many are over 6 feet tall, reports the AP . Scientists say...
  • New 'Unfolding the Universe' exhibit celebrates the James Webb Space Telescope through stunning artwork (photos, video)
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Artist Ashley Zelinskie unveils the 'Unfolding the Universe: Wandering Through Time and Space' exhibit to celebrate the James Webb Space Telescope.
  • Fresh Clues on Saturn Moon Boost Case for Alien Life
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus may be one of the solar system's most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. According to a study published in Nature Astronomy cited by the New York Post ,...
  • I used to think birds made life worth living only for those of us obsessed with them. Now I know the truth
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I realised birds could have a powerful significance even for people who weren’t bird-nerds like me Vote now in the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll See more bird of the year content Get our...
  • Stolen views, shipping containers and ‘shame signs’: do Australia’s tree wars need a new solution?
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Conservationists and councils have called for bigger fines, a national database about illegal tree removals and even jail time to deter tree killers Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast After trees along Sydney’s...
  • Australian bird of the year: an avian popularity contest with a deeper purpose
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Voting is now open in the 2025 poll, but as you cast your ballot, here are some critical numbers to bear in mind Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast See more Australian bird of the year content Bird of the year...
  • New DARPA 'field guide' looks for ways to jump-start a moon economy
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from SPACE.com
    A recent DARPA study laid out a step-by-step process that could enable an economic link between Earth and the moon. But how real is the promise of giving the moon an industrial makeover?
  • Repetitive negative thinking mediates relationship between self-esteem and burnout in students, study finds
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    When people are highly stressed for prolonged periods of time, they can sometimes experience a state known as burnout, characterized by pronounced emotional, mental and physical exhaustion. The stressors leading to burnout could be...
  • Air quality analysis reveals minimal changes after xAI data center opens in pollution-burdened Memphis neighborhood
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from SPACE.com
    A team of researchers discusses how the xAI plant in Memphis emitted normal amounts of air pollution.
  • Strong friendships may literally slow aging at the cellular level
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists discovered that lifelong social support can slow biological aging. Using DNA-based “epigenetic clocks,” they found that people with richer, more sustained relationships showed younger biological profiles and lower...
  • Scientists just found cancer cells’ hidden power source
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    When cancer cells are physically squeezed, they mount an instant, high-energy defense by rushing mitochondria to the cell nucleus, unleashing a surge of ATP that fuels DNA repair and survival. This newly discovered mechanism, visualized...
  • Amazon's 'Flying Rivers' Are Faltering. Drought Will Follow
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Droughts have withered crops in Peru, fires have scorched the Amazon, and hydroelectric dams in Ecuador have struggled to keep the lights on as rivers dry up. Scientists say the cause may lie high above the rainforest, where invisible...
  • Trivia in orbit: How well do you know the ISS?
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from SPACE.com
    This quiz will test your grasp of everything from orbital mechanics and international partnerships to basic facts about the International Space Station
  • The mother of Colombian corals
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Marine biologist Elvira Alvarado, known as the Known as the mother of Colombian corals, at 70, marine biologist Elvira Alvarado is still diving — and pioneering "coral IVF" to help save endangered reefs.
  • Egypt opens one of the Valley of the Kings' largest tombs
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
  • Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects Continue reading...
  • Total solar eclipse 2028: Everything you need to know about totality in Australia and New Zealand
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from SPACE.com
    A total solar eclipse will sweep across Australia and New Zealand on July 22, 2028, bringing over five minutes of midday darkness.
  • Beyond the Nobel Prizes Is a World of Scientific Awards
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Nobels are awarded in only three scientific categories, but other awards honor researchers across different fields.
  • Embrace autumn! 20 reasons to be cheerful – from red wine to sensational star-gazing
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    From light festivals and Bonfire Night to spectacular forest walks and mushroom foraging, there’s plenty to enjoy. Or if you’d rather stay in, sip mulled wine as you take in a fantastic season of TV The days are growing shorter, the...
  • Scientists discover hidden protein that switches off hunger
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers have uncovered how a protein called MRAP2 acts as a key regulator of hunger. It helps move the appetite receptor MC4R to the cell’s surface, allowing it to send stronger “stop eating” signals. The discovery offers new hope...
  • Foreign staff have ‘changed our lives’: Scottish farmers fear for future after changes to skilled worker visas
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Locals say staff from the Philippines and elsewhere have made life better, and plan to take their case to a government body A group of dairy cows are grazing on a grassy slope overlooking the Irish sea, a picture-postcard scene that...
  • Hidden for 70 million years, a tiny fossil fish is rewriting freshwater evolution
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers in Alberta uncovered a fossil fish that rewrites the evolutionary history of otophysans, which today dominate freshwater ecosystems. The new species, Acronichthys maccognoi, shows early adaptations for its unusual hearing...
  • From gentle giants to ghostly hunters, sharks face an unseen peril
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    New research reveals that deep-sea mining could dramatically threaten 30 species of sharks, rays, and ghost sharks whose habitats overlap with proposed mining zones. Many of these species, already at risk of extinction, could face...
  • Could your skin hold the key to creating life? Scientists turn human skin cells into eggs in groundbreaking study
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    US researchers successfully created early-stage human embryos from adult skin cells, bypassing traditional egg cells through advanced DNA manipulation. This groundbreaking OHSU study, mirroring cloning techniques, generated functional...
  • Think light drinking protects your brain? Think again
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    A massive new study combining observational and genetic data overturns the long-held belief that light drinking protects the brain. Researchers found that dementia risk rises in direct proportion to alcohol consumption, with no safe...
  • This new semaglutide dose helped nearly half of patients lose 20% body weight
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    The STEP UP trials revealed that a 7.2 mg dose of semaglutide led to greater weight loss than the currently approved 2.4 mg dose. Nearly half of participants lost 20% or more of their body weight, while also improving metabolic health....
  • Hidden cellular “power switch” could transform Parkinson’s treatment
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Researchers uncovered a key cellular regulator, PP2A-B55alpha, that controls both the cleanup of damaged mitochondria and the creation of new ones. In Parkinson’s disease models, reducing this regulator improved symptoms and...
  • The ‘wookiee of the deep sea’: Exploring habitat and features of Iridogorgia chewbacca, found 400–1,000 metres below
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Marine biologists identified a new deep-sea coral species, Iridogorgia chewbacca. This coral was found near Molokaʻi and the Mariana Trench. Its long, shaggy branches resemble Chewbacca's fur. It thrives 400 to 1,000 metres deep. This...
  • Singing in the rain — how Jane Goodall and her chimpanzees changed our world
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Jane Goodall's revolutionary Gombe research revealed chimpanzees' complex emotions and intelligence, challenging human-animal distinctions. Like Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking, she made science accessible, expanding public understanding...
  • The before and after images showing glaciers vanishing before our eyes
    Sunday, October 5, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    They are melting like never seen before, changing landscapes around the world beyond recognition.
  • Chevron's El Segundo refinery has a history of safety and environmental violations
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Over the last five years, Chevron's El Segundo refinery has 46 violations of environmental safety rules; over the last decade, it was also issued 17 OSHA violations.
  • National parks caught in the crosshairs of government shutdown
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Tourists overlook the Grand Canyon at sunrise on Feb. 22, 2025 in Grand Canyon, Arizona. National parks across the country face conflicting demands and uncertainty as a result of the ongoing federal funding dispute.
  • Environment prize nominees 'heroes of our time', says William
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Fifteen projects are shortlisted for a chance of winning the top £1m prizes at next month's environmental awards ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.
  • The vitamin D mistake weakening your immunity
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists discovered that vitamin D2 supplements can lower levels of vitamin D3, the form the body uses most effectively. Unlike D2, vitamin D3 enhances the immune system’s first line of defense against infections. This raises questions...
  • This “chaos enzyme” may hold the key to stopping cancer spread
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    A Weill Cornell Medicine team has found that triple-negative breast cancer depends on the enzyme EZH2 to spread. By silencing key genes, EZH2 drives chaotic cell divisions and fuels metastasis. Blocking EZH2 restored stability and...
  • Taylor Swift's Accent Is the Subject of Some Research
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    A new study confirms that Taylor Swift's accent has noticeably shifted over the course of her career, mirroring changes in her music and home base. Researchers analyzed more than 100 minutes of Swift's interviews from three key periods,...
  • Why Brittle Bones Aren’t Just a Woman’s Problem
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    More men are now living long enough to develop osteoporosis. But few are aware of the risk, and fewer still are screened and treated.
  • These little robots literally walk on water
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, insect-inspired machines could transform robotics, healthcare, and environmental monitoring.
  • This Week In Space podcast: Episode 180 — NASA is Closed for Business
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from SPACE.com
    On Episode 180 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik discuss the headlines, from the shutdown of NASA to the risky dismantling of the space shuttle Discovery (because Texas insists).
  • ‘Not sure what’s happening’: US national parks in limbo as shutdown drags on
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Nature, Environment, Climate Change, Ecology, Ecosystems
    Some parks are closed, some are trying to function with a skeleton staff – and visitors and employees are frustrated Kim Nachazel had been looking forward to a road trip to Mesa Verde national park in Colorado this week. Her husband had...
  • DWARFLAB DWARF 3 smart telescope review
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from SPACE.com
    Does this compact and portable smart telescope provide an affordable way for beginners to get started with astroimaging?
  • A walk across Alaska's Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from SPACE.com
    An expert discusses the many ways that Alaska's arctic sea ice melt is affecting the lives of those who live in the area.
  • Quantum Entanglement Could Improve Communication Networks
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Discover Top Stories
    Learn about the new research that shows how particles can share their entangled states with each other, paving the way for a global quantum communication network.
  • Scientists finally found the “dark matter” of electronics
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    Scientists at OIST have, for the first time, directly tracked the elusive “dark excitons” inside atomically thin materials. These quantum particles could revolutionize information technology, as they are more stable and resistant to...
  • What looks like dancing is actually a bug’s survival trick
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily
    The matador bug’s flamboyant leg-waving puzzled scientists for years, with early guesses pointing to courtship. But experiments revealed the waving is a defense tactic against predators. Related species also share the behavior, possibly...
  • Meteor mania: the ultimate meteor space quiz
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from SPACE.com
    This quiz will take you on a journey through fiery facts, explosive history, and the science behind these fireballs.
  • Saturday Citations: Bird news: Vultures as curators and a newly discovered interspecies warning call
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from Phys.org - spotlight science and technology news stories
    This week, researchers reported that mild dietary stress supports healthy aging. Engineers created artificial neurons that can communicate directly with living cells. And dark energy observations suggest that the universe could end in a...
  • There's a Push Growing to Split the Autism Spectrum
    Saturday, October 4, 2025 from BREAKING NEWS: Science (2)
    Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. maintains that the US is in the midst of an epidemic of autism, pointing to controversial theories such as vaccines as a factor. But while it's true that autism cases have risen sharply in the last...
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