05:47 <Curie> NASA Science | Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast Michala Garrison · 1h ago · 4 min read Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere. Read full story

05:47 <Curie> NASA Science | APOD: 2026 October 14 - Mars and the Beehive Under an Aurora Jerry Bonnell · 1h ago · 1 min read What a cosmic coincidence! In today’s image, Mars joins the Beehive cluster below an auroral curtain and above a horizon of happy little trees near Lansjärv, Sweden. Read full story

06:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | 210-million-year-old dinosaur discovery reveals a lost world in Africa 11h ago · 7 min read A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient climate differences may have separated dinosaur populations across southern Africa, leading to unique species that challenge previous assumptions about their evolution. Read full story

06:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | A planet 320 light-years away confirms what scientists long suspected 10h ago · 8 min read Astronomers have discovered that a scorching-hot planet 320 light-years away shares a striking chemical similarity with its host star, providing the first direct evidence for a fundamental assumption about planet formation. The breakthrough could help scientists predict what distant rocky planets are made of and identify worlds with conditions favorable f... Read full story

06:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don't think it's conscious 9h ago · 7 min read A new study reveals that people draw a surprisingly sharp line between human consciousness and artificial intelligence, even when both behave identically. Researchers found that participants considered even the most responsive AI less conscious than the least responsive human. Yet when asked about "awareness" instead, people judged humans and AI much more... Read full story

06:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | AI reveals a hidden chemical shortcut that could turn CO2 into fuel 10h ago · 7 min read Scientists used artificial intelligence to uncover nearly 10,000 chemical reactions involved in transforming carbon dioxide into fuels and chemicals, revealing crucial pathways that traditional models had missed. The discovery dramatically improved predictions of CO2 conversion and uncovered a surprising hydrogen reaction that could inspire more efficient... Read full story

06:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Gigantic prehistoric snake discovered in India may have been one of the largest ever 5h ago · 10 min read A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it comparable to the legendary Titanoboa. Scientists believe its enormous body made it a slow-moving ambush predator, similar to a modern anaconda. Read full story

09:46 <Curie> Live Science | Hundreds of whale calves have mysteriously died in Patagonia — and scientists are racing to find out why María de los Ángeles Orfila · 46m ago · 7 min read Scientists are racing to explain why hundreds of southern right whale calves have died this year in Argentine Patagonia, and the first clues are starting to emerge. Read full story

10:46 <Quasar> Space | Scientists discover that some of the universe's biggest explosions may have never happened at all Robert Lea · 46m ago · 4 min read "All the evidence we see for hypernovae is suddenly gone." Read full story

10:47 <Curie> Live Science | Teenager's rare autoimmune disorder caused her to hallucinate a flying green dinosaur — Diagnostic dilemma Lauren Schneider · 47m ago · 5 min read Doctors ran many tests to uncover the cause of a teen girl's auditory and visual hallucinations. Read full story

12:45 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Scientists may have finally solved the mystery of the Moon’s two faces 6h ago · 7 min read Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heating from Earth's gravitational pull drove enormous flows of ancient magma, creating the dramatically different lunar landscapes we see today. Read full story

12:46 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Scientists discover how harmful “zombie cells” hide from the immune system 6h ago · 8 min read Scientists have discovered a protein that may help harmful aging cells hide from the immune system, allowing them to accumulate and fuel age-related health problems. Blocking the protein in mice reduced these cells and inflammation while improving blood sugar regulation and strength, offering a promising new direction for anti-aging research. Read full story

12:46 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Cornell scientists identify rare human genetic disorder in two unusually long-legged cats 4h ago · 5 min read Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothers carried two altered copies of a gene linked to the rare connective tissue disorder, which can affect the eyes, heart, and blood vessels. Surprisingly, the... Read full story

12:46 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Scientists reveal why some workout recovery tricks can backfire 4h ago · 7 min read Ice baths, massages, compression garments, and recovery supplements promise faster muscle recovery, but research suggests their benefits are often overstated, and some techniques may even undermine long-term gains. Scientists say the most effective recovery methods are far simpler and cheaper: getting enough sleep, eating well, and giving muscles time to ... Read full story

12:46 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | The secret to easier exercise as an adult may start in childhood 5h ago · 9 min read Exercise during childhood could have a surprising lifelong benefit, potentially making physical activity less exhausting in adulthood. In a study involving guinea fowl, researchers discovered that birds accustomed to carrying weights while growing up could carry those weights as adults without using extra energy, while untrained birds burned 23% more. Read full story

12:46 <Quasar> ScienceDaily | Scientists may have overlooked a hidden Alzheimer's culprit for decades 5h ago · 8 min read For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid beta as a major culprit behind Alzheimer’s disease, spending billions of dollars developing treatments that have often delivered disappointing results. Now, researchers at UC Santa Cruz are drawing attention to a largely overlooked peptide called P3 that could also play a role in the disease. Previously beli... Read full story

12:49 <Quasar> Space | Four years ago, NASA punched an asteroid. Europe's Hera probe arrives this month to inspect the wreckage Meghan Bartels · 49m ago · 5 min read Scientists can't wait to explore the crash site of NASA's first planetary defense mission. Read full story

13:44 <Curie> Live Science | One of America's biggest meteor craters is 100 million years younger than we thought — and coincided with a global extinction event Harry Baker · 36m ago · 5 min read Analysis of tiny zircon crystals buried within the 10-mile-wide Ames crater in northwest Oklahoma suggests that the submerged structure dates back to 370 million years ago, during the Frasnian-Famennian mass extinction event. Read full story

13:45 <Curie> NASA | NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions Gerelle Q. Dodson · 13m ago · 1 min read NASA will provide an update on its plans to return American astronauts to the surface of the Moon by 2028 at 2 p.m. EDT, Friday, Oct. 23, at the agency’s Read full story

13:49 <Quasar> Space | The 1st SpaceX Starship to survive a launch to space just came home to its launch site Josh Dinner · 49m ago · 4 min read After more than 2 months, Ship 40 is back home at Starbase. Read full story

14:49 <Quasar> Space | Cosmic 'jellyfish' wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026 Chelsea Gohd · 49m ago · 2 min read What IS that? Read full story

14:53 <Quasar> Quanta Magazine | Triplet of ‘Ghostly’ Galaxies Hints at What Dark Matter Is — and Isn’t Robin George Andrews · 49m ago · 9 min read A collision may have left these galaxies without dark matter. That spells trouble for alternative gravity theories. Read full story

15:46 <Curie> Live Science | Flightless Jurassic bird was like a carnivorous pheasant with killer claws Chris Simms · 46m ago · 4 min read An early bird with many dinosaur-like features discovered in China seems to have been a fast-running, land-based carnivore with killer claws. Read full story

15:46 <Curie> Live Science | Best wildlife cameras 2026: The ultimate buying guide to every major camera brand Kimberley Lane · 32m ago · 24 min read A brand-by-brand guide to wildlife cameras, chosen for their autofocus capabilities, burst speed and animal tracking in real conditions, curated by our experts. Read full story

15:48 <Quasar> Space | 'The X-Files' is officially returning as Hulu picks up Ryan Coogler's 'reimagining' of the sci-fi icon Ian Stokes · 48m ago · 2 min read Trust no one. Read full story

15:51 <Curie> NASA | NASA Develops Batteries to Power Humanity's Return to Moon Joe Atkinson · 1h ago · 5 min read If you’ve ever had your car start sluggishly, or not at all, on a particularly frigid winter morning, you know standard batteries do not like extreme cold. Read full story

15:51 <Curie> NASA | NASA's Space X CRS-35 Launch Jellyfish HQ Web Team · 32m ago · 5 min read Sunlight illuminates the exhaust plumes of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 13, 2026. This visual phenomenon is known Read full story

17:41 <Curie> Live Science | Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles Kristina Killgrove · 1h ago · 5 min read Archaeologists excavating a medieval African kingdom have discovered pottery from eastern China, revealing connections across continents. Read full story

17:41 <Curie> Live Science | 'They cannot compete with the prices that fish factories will pay': How demand for fish meal takes priority over feeding people Rose George · 1h ago · 7 min read In this excerpt from "Every Last Fish," author Rose George examines the deep-rooted problems of the regulations surrounding fish meal — a product that's supposed to come from the discarded scraps of dead fish, but in reality removes huge quantities of food from people in West Africa who need it. Read full story

17:41 <Curie> Live Science | Physicists develop early warning system that predicts when an AI is about to go rogue Benjamin Skuse · 1h ago · 4 min read A new mathematical formula tracks an AI's internal "compass needle" to flag undesirable outputs before they happen. Read full story

17:43 <Quasar> Space | Life after the moon: Artemis II's Christina Koch steps down from active astronaut duty Mike Wall · 1h ago · 4 min read All four Artemis II astronauts have now moved on to different roles. Read full story

17:43 <Quasar> Space | On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane Hanneke Weitering · 1h ago · 4 min read USAF Capt. Charles E. Yeager (shown standing with the Bell X-1 supersonic rocket plane) became the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound in level flight on Oct. 14, 1947. Read full story

19:03 <Curie> Live Science | Ancient Indigenous people in New Mexico lived through extreme climate change, study suggests Patrick Pester · 43m ago · 4 min read Researchers have revealed the climate that some of the first people in North America experienced around 23,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Maximum. Read full story

19:03 <Curie> NASA Science | NASA’s Chandra Breaks Down ‘Treble Clef’s’ Galaxy Cluster Collision lamohon · 2h ago · 5 min read Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” Read full story

19:04 <Quasar> Space | SpaceX's Starship just turned 10 years old. When will it go to Mars? Andrew Jones · 1h ago · 6 min read "Starship still has major capabilities to demonstrate before it can perform the complete missions envisioned for the moon and Mars." Read full story

20:00 <Curie> Live Science | Tapeworm drug could help treat endometriosis, mouse study hints Victoria Atkinson · 25m ago · 5 min read A recent study in mice hints that a modified tapeworm medicine might help relieve painful lesions seen in endometriosis. Read full story

20:00 <Curie> Live Science | DNA from centuries-old skeletons buried in Montreal reveals no genetic mixing between Indigenous people and French colonists Charles Q. Choi · 14m ago · 5 min read A study of DNA from early colonial-era skeletons in a Montreal cemetery has revealed that none of them had any Indigenous ancestry. Read full story

20:04 <Curie> NASA | NASA Astronauts to Answer Questions from Florida Students Gerelle Q. Dodson · 51m ago · 1 min read Students in Florida will hear from NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney as they answer prerecorded STEM questions while aboard Read full story

20:06 <Quasar> Space | 'Dungeon Crawler Carl' author Matt Dinniman talks inspirations, success, and the upcoming Peacock TV series (interview) Jeff Spry · 6m ago · 4 min read 'Luckily I’m still in love with this story, and I am in love with writing it.' Read full story

21:01 <Curie> Live Science | Chronic back pain may activate an unexpected brain network, study finds Jennifer Zieba · 26m ago · 6 min read Movement-induced flares in chronic back pain activate brain regions involved in self-reflection, suggesting chronic pain may be processed differently than acute pain. Read full story

21:03 <Curie> NASA | NASA to Host News Conference Previewing US Spacewalks 100, 101 Jessica Taveau · 49m ago · 2 min read NASA will preview two upcoming spacewalks to complete solar array installation and power augmentation of the International Space Station during a news Read full story

21:07 <Quasar> Space | Planetary genealogy: Milky Way worlds belong to 1 of 2 ‘families,’ scientists find Robert Lea · 7m ago · 4 min read "There is a genetic link between planetary systems and their stars, and that, depending on the star around which they are born, this link also determines their fate." Read full story

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