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Japan's MMX Set for Phobos Sample Mission

Japan's Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft is set to launch on October 20, 2026, from Tanegashima Space Center bound for Phobos, aiming to return a sample to explain how Phobos and Deimos formed.

Physics9h ago

Hubble Highlights NGC 1827, Survey Status Unchanged

On October 16, 2026, NASA highlighted Hubble's edge-on image of spiral galaxy NGC 1827, about 37 million light-years away in Columba, taken with the Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Physics11h ago

OpenAI's 722 AI Math Papers Rattle Cryptography

As of October 15, 2026, OpenAI posted 722 mathematical manuscripts written entirely by an unreleased AI model, withdrawing three within a day after flaws emerged.

Mathematics

Mathematics1d ago

OpenAI Claims AI Proved Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem

On September 8, 2026, OpenAI announced its AI system had proved the Navier-Stokes Millennium Problem, named by the Clay Mathematics Institute in 2000 as one of seven hardest maths problems with a one-million-dollar prize.

Mathematics3d ago

Math Explains Rose Petals' Distinctive Curl

On October 13, 2026, new coverage highlighted research from physicist Eran Sharon's lab at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the mathematical secret behind why rose petals curl.

Mathematics5d ago

Researchers Discover 3D Einstein Tile Chair44

Researchers reported September 29, 2026 the discovery of the Chair44 monotile, a three-dimensional einstein tile that can fill space without creating repeating patterns, with AI helping uncover the shape.

Chemistry

Chemistry8h ago

Tiremakers Narrow Search for 6PPD Replacement

On October 16, 2026, a consortium of U.S. tire manufacturers reported narrowing its search for a replacement for 6PPD, the antiozonant used in tires for half a century.

Chemistry10h ago

Mousane Scurries Into Medicinal Chemistry Toolbox

Chemists have created mousane, a dispirodecane made of three serially spiro-fused cyclobutanes that resembles a mouse's head, detailed in an October 16, 2026 ChemRxiv preprint.

Chemistry12h ago

New Bifunctional Reagent Links Fluoroalkylation to Click Chemistry

On October 16, 2026, researchers led by Petr Beier at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences unveiled a bifunctional reagent that installs a fluoroalkyl group while simultaneously adding an azide click handle.

Biology

Biology8h ago

Simulations Reveal How Horned Dinosaurs Fought

Researchers simulated combat stresses on 3-D skull models of five horned dinosaurs, finding Triceratops was built for horn-to-horn grappling, Centrosaurus could withstand up-and-down nose-horn stabbing, and Psittacosaurus was ill-suited for blows.

Biology1d ago

Brain Implant Lets Man Speak From Thoughts

On October 15, 2026, journalist Laura Sanders published an interview with Casey Harrell, a climate activist who lost his ability to speak in his early 40s and now communicates using an experimental brain-computer interface that decodes words directly from thoughts.

Biology2d ago

Confident Bees Dance Harder, Uncertain Bees Hold Back

Research reported October 15, 2026, finds honeybees adjust their waggle dances based on certainty, with confident foragers working harder to recruit hive mates to flower fields while uncertain bees deemphasize potentially misleading directions.

Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine1d ago

Army Study Finds Low Testosterone in Quarter of Soldiers

On October 15, 2026, a study of nearly 500 active-duty male Army soldiers found a quarter have low testosterone, informing a recent ruling requiring annual testosterone screening for all U.S. service members age 30 and older, with voluntary replacement therapy offered for low levels.

Health & Medicine2d ago

Giant Bacteria DNA Found in Human Gut Microbiomes

On October 14, 2026, microbiologists reported detecting signs of DNA from Epulopiscium, one of the largest known bacteria, in human gut microbiomes from around the world.

Health & Medicine3d ago

Twins' Deaths Reveal In-Utero Cancer Spread

On October 14, 2026, scientists reported how twins who died shortly after birth from the same rare cancer helped reveal in-utero transmission between them.

Sustainability

Sustainability2h ago

Brazil Amazon Deforestation Hits Record Low

Brazil's space agency INPE reported on October 16, 2026 that Amazon deforestation fell to a record low of 3,335 square kilometers in the twelve months ended July 31, 2026, down 42 percent from the prior year and smaller than Mallorca.

Sustainability9h ago

Winter and Guynup's Two Decades Tracking Big Cats

On October 6, 2026, reporting on National Geographic photographer Steve Winter and journalist Sharon Guynup continued to highlight their more than two decades tracking big cats from India and Brazil to the Himalaya, Southeast Asia, the African savanna and Los Angeles.

Sustainability9h ago

Spain Seizes 209 Trafficked Reptiles in Castellón Bust

Spain’s Civil Guard announced on September 25, 2026, it seized 209 reptiles from breeding facilities in Jérica and Sot de Ferrer, Castellón, including critically endangered Fiji iguanas, with nearly half protected under CITES.

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