COLUMBIA CLIMATE SCHOOL
- Lamont Researchers Receive Major Earth Science Honors from the American Geophysical Unionby Guest on October 8, 2026
Five Lamont scientists received major 2026 honors recognizing research on sea-level change, ocean carbon uptake, seafloor mapping and Earth’s deep […]
- Study Links NYC Congestion Pricing Policy to Cleaner Air In Lower Manhattanby Columbia Climate School on October 7, 2026
One year after NYC launched its congestion pricing policy, fine particulate pollution inside Manhattan’s congestion relief zone was 13 percent […]
- September Research Roundup: Select Papersby Francesco Fiondella on October 6, 2026
In this month's edition of our research roundup, we look at the impact of suspending U.S. embassy reporting on air quality; why two extreme heatwaves […]
SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS
- Anger or fear? Dogs may be able to read it on your faceby Meghan Rosen on October 9, 2026
Brain scans offer the first evidence that dogs can read certain human facial expressions.
- Some germs ride a superhighway at the edge of spaceby Douglas Fox on October 8, 2026
Some microbes common on Earth’s surface lead a secret double life. Soaring higher than jumbo jets, they carry clues about disease spread and alien […]
- These clues might point to life on other worldsby Douglas Fox on October 8, 2026
Gases and color on distant planets may trace to activity by extraterrestrial life. If so, those E.T.s are likely tiny, one-celled beings.
SCI TECH DAILY
- NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down After 237 Days and 100 Million Miles in Orbitby NASA on October 9, 2026
After spending more than seven months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), four astronauts from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission have […]
- Look Up: Dragon Fireballs, Disappearing Planets, Hunter’s Moon Fill October’s Spooky Skiesby NASA on October 9, 2026
October’s night sky is bringing a mix of celestial tricks and treats, including a disappearing Jupiter, meteor showers linked to dragons and […]
- Hubble Spots a Bizarre Galaxy Whose Center Rotates Sidewaysby NASA Hubble Mission Team on October 9, 2026
Hubble’s latest view of NGC 4698 reveals a sideways-spinning center that may bear the scars of an ancient merger. A new image from the NASA/ESA […]
TECHSPOT
- Former CIA chief says AI could begin directing battlefield weapons by 2030on October 9, 2026
"Just four years from now, we will have autonomous systems, and I think we will have the beginning of autonomous systems of autonomous systems; we […]
- Being mean to AI could get you banned as Anthropic introduces new rules against abusing Claudeon October 9, 2026
Anthropic's first changes to its usage policy in over a year include new restrictions on abusive behavior. The updated policy prohibits "sustained […]
- A smart coffee maker uploaded 1TB of data in 10 days, and nobody knows whyon October 8, 2026
An IT worker was recently shocked to discover that his parents' Keurig coffee maker had uploaded more than a terabyte of data in just 10 days. While […]
NEWATLAS
- 'Junk-food' diet shows this species may also choose convenience over healthby Bronwyn Thompson on October 9, 2026
In a landmark study, scientists have uncovered that an abundant and vibrant reef animal has had hundreds of its genes change in activity due to life […]
- Germany’s telescoping wind turbine becomes world’s tallestby Omar Kardoudi on October 9, 2026
Germany is taking wind power to new heights with a turbine almost as tall as Berlin’s iconic television tower at Alexanderplatz. Standing 365 m […]
- Expandable pickup camper trunk beams into 2-story truck tentby C.C. Weiss on October 8, 2026
The new Pickupmate Trunk from Chinese car camping specialist Wild Land is an impressive piece of truck camping kit that fuses several different […]
PACE NEWS
- What will it take to build a moon base?by SpaceNews Editor on October 8, 2026
In this episode, a panel of industry experts discuss what’s needed to build a moon base. During a live event at the Johns Hopkins University […]
- Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awardsby SpaceNews Editor on October 7, 2026
Meet the 43 leaders and accomplishments that exemplified excellence across the industry over the last 12 months The post Announcing the finalists for […]
- Deposition Sciences, Inc. Expands Sunshade® Tape Offering with New 12″ × 30″ Formatby Deposition Sciences, Inc on October 6, 2026
Santa Rosa, CA — October 2026 — Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI), a leader in advanced thin film coatings, proudly announces the introduction of a […]
MIT
- 3 Questions: What is the best path forward for AI in academia?by Stefanie Koperniak | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society on October 8, 2026
MIT Statistics and Data Science Center Director Alexander (Sasha) Rakhlin shares important considerations for departments and institutions.
- Supporting systems of successby Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on October 8, 2026
In the MIT class 6.C31 (Hack Yourself) students apply computer science strategies to personal growth goals.
- Shape-sensing sheet digitally tracks its movement as it bends and twistsby Jennifer Chu | MIT News on October 8, 2026
Developed by MIT engineers, this flexible material could be used as a wearable, motion-monitoring “skin” in physical therapy, virtual reality, […]
TECH VIRAL
- How to Open Each Folder in a New Window on Windows 11by Amarnath Chakraborty on October 8, 2026
Being a highly customizable desktop operating system, Windows 11 allows you to change the folder options as well. On Windows 11, you can set File […]
- How to Download & Install the Latest Version of DirectX on Windows 11by Amarnath Chakraborty on October 8, 2026
DirectX is a series of application programming interfaces (API) that allows games to talk to video cards. It’s an essential program as it optimizes […]
- How to Show File Extensions in Windows 11 (4 Methods)by Amarnath Chakraborty on October 8, 2026
When you enable file name extensions in Windows 11, file types such as .jpg, .mp4, and .zip appear next to the file name. Knowing file extensions […]
PHYS
- How much noise should we put up with? London and Copenhagen have different answerson October 9, 2026
Traffic, trains, nightlife—in cities everywhere, there is a near-constant background hum that most people simply get used to.
- Are autistic suspects likely to be disadvantaged in forensic interviews?on October 9, 2026
A new study led by Flinders University finds both autistic and nonautistic suspects may be judged more harshly if any idiosyncratic behaviors in […]
- Walking through flames: Orangutans rescued in Indonesia fireson October 9, 2026
The orangutan clings to the top of a mostly leafless tree in Indonesia's portion of Borneo as waves of thick smoke from the forest fires burning […]
TECHXPLORE
- Zankore's AI factory: Can Central Java afford the water cost?on October 9, 2026 at 6:20 am
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, together with Ooredoo Group, Nokia and Nvidia, plans to develop Zankore, an artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure […]
- OpenAI revenue gap report rattles AI stockson October 9, 2026 at 4:10 am
OpenAI is bringing in about $20 billion less in annualized revenue than investors had been led to believe, the Financial Times reported Thursday, […]
- Fired researchers accuse OpenAI of 'chilling' safety effortson October 9, 2026 at 4:10 am
Three former OpenAI security researchers on Thursday accused the ChatGPT maker of firing them for warning about the dangers of artificial […]
Science News
- Kilauea’s display is revealing why volcanoes spew like a fountain showby Carolyn Gramling on October 8, 2026 at 1:05 pm
Scientists are using a variety of methods to study why Kilauea has repeatedly spewed lava fountains since late 2024. They may have ruled out one […]
- An experimental drug kills fat cells, rather than shrinking themby Tina Hesman Saey on October 8, 2026 at 8:00 am
Participants in two small trials lost dangerous fat around their internal organs. This fat is linked to health issues like diabetes and heart […]
- Gene therapy and special goggles give some blind people limited sightby Nora Bradford on October 7, 2026 at 4:00 pm
Optogenetics, recognized by the 2026 medicine Nobel, makes cells respond to light, including eye cells that normally relay signals to the brain.
SCIENCE DAILY
- Scientists find hidden materials that could improve batteries and solar fuelson October 9, 2026
Scientists have uncovered a hidden world of “in-between” materials that briefly form as chemical ingredients are heated, revealing structures […]
- A 9-billion-year-old signal could help explain dark energyon October 9, 2026
A Canadian radio telescope has detected the faint glow of hydrogen from billions of years ago using only its own observations, proving a long-awaited […]
- A quantum prediction from 1931 just came to lifeon October 9, 2026
Nearly a century after physicist Hans Bethe predicted them, scientists have created and directly observed unusual quantum states known as “Bethe […]
NEWS SCIENTIST
- Grief and tech collide in uneasily brilliant sci-fi film The Remotesby Karmela Padavic-Callaghan on October 9, 2026 at 6:00 am
Shown at the New York Film Festival, John Torres’s film The Remotes tells of a mysterious app that seems to be controlling drivers' bodies, causing […]
- Number of known species of giant waterlilies almost doublesby Michael Le Page on October 8, 2026 at 6:00 pm
A new species of giant waterlily identified with the help of social media and satellite photos is just one of three discovered in the past few years
- The big unanswered question about Russia’s ‘plague’ deathby Michael Le Page on October 8, 2026 at 12:18 pm
Russia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think […]
