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10  october     11h15
One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.
Jacek Krywko    Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.
09  october     22h34
Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone
Jacek Krywko    Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.
    21h05
What’s been driving Hawaii’s lava fountains?
John Timmer    Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.
    18h44
AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner
Jennifer Ouellette    New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.
08  october     20h15
RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing
Jennifer Ouellette    Hamilton also coined the term software engineering and founded two successful software companies.
    18h45
An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light
Chris Lee    Getting a glass bead to act like a quantum object by entangling it with light.
07  october     18h48
Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand
John Timmer    Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life.
    11h00
If you’re looking, here’s a good deal for NASA and the European Space Agency
Stephen Clark    We are in the era of people interested in having good deals, and LISA is a very good deal for the US.
06  october     19h55
It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
Eric Berger    To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.
    16h53
Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
Jennifer Ouellette    Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
05  october     17h59
Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
John Timmer    The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.
    04h00
New forensic evidence supports Egyptian retainer sacrifice
Jennifer Ouellette    Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls.
04  october     15h34
Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: A spotlight on Africa’s diverse wildlife
Jennifer Ouellette    Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo’s new documentary Africa: Earth’s Wild Home.
    11h05
All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.
Dan Gearino, Inside Climate News    The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.
03  october     11h15
The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
Ildar Farkhatdinov, The Conversation    The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
02  october     18h56
The 2008 economic crisis changed the US’s relationship with energy
John Timmer    It wasn’t obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.
    18h17
Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed
Jennifer Ouellette    Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.
    13h54
Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract
Stephen Clark    Blue Origin seeks FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings per year.
01  october     22h27
Venus’ mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust
Elizabeth Rayne    A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.
    22h07
SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission
Stephen Clark    With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.
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