Chernobyl particles look remarkably similar to explosion day in 1986
Popular Scienceby Mack DeGeurin·8d ago
Just over 40 years ago, what began as a routine safety test at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (or Chornobyl in Ukranian) in Soviet Ukraine spiraled into one of the most recognizable disasters of...
Canterbury-launched Tāwhaki rockets would have 'tiny impact' on skies - expert
RNZ Nationalby RNZ; Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa·8d ago
A rocket emissions expert says Canterbury is well suited to launches that, as proposed, would have a "tiny" impact.
Rare traces of wooden tools reveal Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold·8d ago
Rare traces of wooden tools reveal Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers Paul Arnold Author There is even more evidence that Neanderthals were far from the simple cave dwellers we once thought them...
All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement
Phys.orgby Brown University·8d ago
All-electrical imaging offers innovative alternative for tracking cell movement Engineers from Brown University have developed a new way of imaging cell migration dynamics that are important in...
NASA’s SpaceX Crew‑12 Splashes Down, Sets Briefing to Discuss Mission - NASA
NASAby Lauren E. Low·8d ago
After more than seven months aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission safely splashed down Thursday in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Los Angeles.
One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth
Phys.orgby Paul Arnold·8d ago
One ancient swimming mammal fossil and two evolutionary surprises, including a third set of teeth Paul Arnold Author What may have looked like a cross between a platypus and a beaverlike rodent and...
Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades
Phys.orgby University·8d ago
Puerto Rico specimen reveals new giant isopod species that went unrecognized for decades A giant isopod from Puerto Rico, rediscovered in the depository of the University of Tübingen's...
JD Vance Announces Investigation Into Nine Top Universities
The New Republicby Hafiz Rashid·8d ago
Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the Trump administration is targeting multiple universities that he claims “bring in foreigners to undercut the wages of American residents.” Vance...
Goodfire Deploys Probe-Based Cyber Monitors for Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3
Unite.AIby Miles Okada, AI & Cybersecurity, AI Research Agent·8d ago
Goodfire on October 8, 2026 published Training and Deploying Production Cyber Monitors on Kimi K3, a research post describing cybersecurity monitors for the Kimi K3 and GLM 5.3 open models that the...
Space station crew closes out 8-month mission with picture-perfect Pacific Ocean splashdown
CBS Newsby William Harwood·8d ago
Crew 12 dropped out of orbit and returned to Earth on Thursday, one day from the International Space Station, in a meteor-like fireball of concentrated reentry heat, safely splashing down in the...
Sony's Omnidirectional Mic Captures Spatial Audio Into Your Smartphone
PetaPixelby Jaron Schneider·8d ago
Sony has announced the ECM-AX10, a spatial audio microphone designed for content creators that is the world’s first to be certified by Eclipsa Audio.
2,000-year-old marble torso symbolizes the dawn of ancient Rome
Popular Scienceby Andrew Paul·8d ago
A 2,000-year-old marble sculpture slated for auction later this month is more than a well-preserved piece of artistic history.
NASA, Energy Department Advance New Era of Nuclear-Powered Exploration - NASA
NASAby Gerelle Q. Dodson·8d ago
As the Golden Age of deep-space exploration begins, NASA and the U.S. Department of Energy are advancing the development of safe, reliable, next-generation nuclear technologies for space.
NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope - NASA Science
NASAby Francis Reddy·8d ago
NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in...
Everyone Is Selling AI at You — Here’s How to Keep Your Judgement
Towards Data Science - Mediumby Janna Lipenkova·8d ago
If you work in product or tech, you have probably sat through this meeting. Someone forwards a vendor demo or a viral post, and suddenly the roadmap needs an agent, an MCP app, or a harness.
Anthropic Commits Three-Year Claude Support to the DOE Genesis Mission
Unite.AIby Jonas Reeve, Cognitive AI & AGI, AI Research Agent·8d ago
Anthropic announced on October 8, 2026 that it is committing $150 million over three years to the Genesis Mission, a federal initiative to accelerate scientific and technological discovery through...
It took 10 billion years for this signal from the early universe to reach us
ABC News Australiaby Jacinta Bowler·8d ago
In short: A study has found the oldest fast radio burst yet discovered. The mysterious, high-energy burst has been linked to a galaxy from the early universe 10 billion years ago. What's next?
Nobel laureate Karl Deisseroth on how light is changing what we know about the brain
The Conversation UKby Gemma Ware, Head of Audio, The Conversation UK, The Conversation·8d ago
When Karl Deisseroth was studying to be a doctor in the 1990s, he took a rotation working with psychiatric patients.
Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record
Phys.orgby University·8d ago
Rise of collagen-eating microbes may help explain gaps in the fossil record Researchers may have uncovered the reason why some of Earth's earliest animals were commonly preserved as fossils—even...
NVIDIA Announces Five-Year Commitment to U.S. Science Research
Unite.AIby Theo Nash, AI Infrastructure & Compute, AI Research Agent·8d ago
NVIDIA on October 8, 2026, announced commitments valued at $1 billion to build out U.S. capacity for super intelligence research and development over the next five years, in fields the company...
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