News Archive | October 2026

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October 29th
- Bright object beyond Pluto may be the solar system's sixth dwarf planet
- 'This is so crazy!' Virginia college student looking for shark teeth finds rare Native American spearpoint
- Decapitated man buried near fort in Roman-era Scotland gets a new virtual face
- New simulation of the universe shows the first 2 billion years after the Big Bang play out in stunning detail
- Study reveals new clues to why colorectal cancer in young people is so deadly
October 28th
- Bronze Age sword discovered in an Italian lake is still sharp after 3,300 years
- US intelligence report reveals first clear look at top-secret Chinese space plane that's been dumping unidentified objects above Earth
- IBD may transform neurons in the gut, triggering pain even when inflammation is under control
- Our extinct cousins the Denisovans had a 'distinctive' appearance, new analysis reveals
October 27th
- Rare tiger behaviors captured on camera show 'we really know nothing about them'
- 30,000-year-old bone found in French cave reveals vast genetic connections between people of Eastern and Western Europe during the Stone Age
- Hepatitis B could surge, infecting millions more in childhood, under proposed CDC guidance
- Native Hawaiians and Easter Islanders came from same 'ultravoyager' group
- James Webb telescope discovers ultra-rare ring galaxy just 2 billion years after the Big Bang
- Scientists invent implant that can transform sugar in the blood to treat type 2 diabetes
October 26th
- NASA's Swift observatory ends 22-year mission to study the most powerful explosions since the Big Bang
- A neglected particle from the dawn of time could explain why everything in the universe exists
- 'A potential glimpse into the future': Climate change has triggered 'permafrost landslides' with house-size blocks of ice in Canada
- Colorectal cancer cases in kids have risen sixfold over past 2 decades ‪—‬ researchers are racing to understand why
- Rare burial of elite toddler from pre-Inca culture discovered in Peru
- 10 minutes is all it takes for AI assistance to erode your motivation, study shows
October 24th
- You have 2 superb chances to watch the 'Hunter's Moon' rise this week
October 23rd
- Christina Applegate misdiagnosis: Why can MS be difficult to diagnose?
- Scientists can now 'watermark' AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work?
October 22nd
- 'We're never going to come home': Artemis II commander recalls the most terrifying moment of his 10-day trip around the moon
- Crows may make lightning-fast decisions, sometimes twice as fast as humans, study hints
- Brain scans reveal 'number line' that's used to mentally compare values
- Watch bizarre snake 'cartwheel' away from danger at more than 12 feet per second
- World's first round-trip mission to Mars has launched ‪—‬ why it could be a 'transformative leap' for science
- Climate change is literally altering the shape of our planet
- Surprising new pattern of groundwater loss may signal a turning point for the Colorado River Basin
October 21st
- James Webb telescope discovers surprising trove of metals around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole
- Extremely rare Viking Age coin from the reign of 'Olaf the Holy' may have been 'held in the king's own hand'
- Uranium from World War II reveals how close the Nazis were to an atomic bomb
- Lightest-ever neutron star system proves Einstein right about relativity yet again
October 20th
- Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved
- Could 'body clocks' play a role in depression? Study proposes a new 'circadian' subtype
- Devastating 2025 Myanmar earthquake sheds light on how the 'Big One' could play out in California
- The James Webb telescope is watching one of the earliest supernovas in the universe unfold
- Undeciphered Voynich manuscript may have been bound out of order, study finds
- Ultrasound waves that jiggle deep brain structures may relieve delusions in schizophrenia, small trial hints
- See pieces of Halley's Comet fall to Earth this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaks
October 19th
- 11th-century 'pizza peel' discovered in Russia doubled as a medieval game board
- A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease — fat buildup in brain cells may be to blame, study finds
- World's fastest AI-powered racing drone outflies the best human pilots
- 'Cute demo, but totally impractical': Experts are skeptical that Tesla's 'Rocket' Roadster could actually work in the real world
- Romans may have set fire to Celtic town during conquest to 'humiliate' the enemy, archaeologists find
- Rising temperatures could boost pregnancy risks worldwide — here's how
October 18th
- 'A uniquely direct route that might cause damage': Scientists uncover link between air pollution and eye diseases like glaucoma
- Black Death had dramatic effect on species diversity as humans abandoned farmland, study finds
October 17th
- California redwoods are struggling in the heat — and it's not clear how much damage is being done
- Is the brain actually 2 nervous systems smooshed together? A new study claims it is.
- New 4,300-mile-long internet cable will shuttle data along the ocean floor at 1 million gigabits per second
October 16th
- Archaeologists discover the oldest dwelling in the Western Hemisphere at a 13,800-year-old site in Alaska
- Physicists froze a 'necklace' of atoms — and witnessed a quantum phenomenon predicted 100 years ago
- Fossil of 'unconquered female warrior' dinosaur with long claws found in UK museum drawer after 100 years
- 'White' dwarf stars can be purple, pink and even green, surprising new study finds
October 15th
- 2 giant Ramesses II statues, one wearing a double crown, discovered by man in Egypt
- Mysterious hole in Neanderthal shoulder blade may have been a 'kill shot' from a wooden spear, according to archaeologists
- Testosterone for menopause: The treatment is rising in popularity, but does it work?
October 14th
- Chronic back pain may activate an unexpected brain network, study finds
- DNA from centuries-old skeletons buried in Montreal reveals no genetic mixing between Indigenous people and French colonists
- Tapeworm drug could help treat endometriosis, mouse study hints
- Ancient Indigenous people in New Mexico lived through extreme climate change 23,000 years ago, study suggests
- Simple math can predict when AI is about to go rogue, physicists say
- Chinese pottery discovered in Great Zimbabwe reveals medieval African empire's vast connections spanning thousands of miles
- Flightless Jurassic bird was like a carnivorous pheasant with killer claws
- One of America's biggest meteor craters is 100 million years younger than we thought — and coincided with a global extinction event
- Hundreds of whale calves have mysteriously died in Patagonia — and scientists are racing to find out why
October 13th
- 2,000-year-old burial found in Russia near a human sacrifice and a cup to ward off magical threats
October 12th
- 'Autonomy always begins with something a human hands it': Who's responsible when an AI agent goes rogue?
- 1,200-year-old burial in Latvia holds people who died of 'sharp force' injuries, possibly from a Viking raid
October 9th
- 'October is the ideal time to get vaccinated': Flu season is kicking off early, experts say
- Cool chemistry trick allows new tattoos to 'turn on and off'
- Scientists have identified a 'protein signature' in blood that could predict healthy aging
- Bronze ring with Lighthouse of Alexandria engraving discovered at palace on submerged island in Egypt
- South Korean 'robot dog' became first to run a marathon on a single battery charge — now we know how
October 8th
- Big dogs age faster at an epigenetic level, new study finds
- 'Freakish' discovery of 9 million-year-old capybara tooth supports idea that Atacama wasn't always a desert
- James Webb telescope traces a record-breaking radio signal to the ancient universe
- The Milky Way is one galaxy — but it used to be thousands, new simulations reveal
- The central Pacific Ocean just broke a temperature record. Experts say it might signal a new kind of El Niño.
- Why are dengue cases surging in Florida this year? An 'unlucky' combination of factors, experts say
- OpenAI claims we've entered the AGI era — has GPT-6 Astra really demonstrated general intelligence?
October 7th
- Jonathan the tortoise has lived to 194 years old — now scientists think they know why
- 'It looks like a chimera' — 168 million years ago, a strange platypus-like mammal relative lived in China alongside dinosaurs
- 1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on Earth
- 'Completely unexpected': Astronomers spy never-before-seen 'phoenix planet' rising from the ashes of a dead star
- 'Sexy Mantis,' obscene orangutan and prancing sparrowhawk feature in 2026 Nikon Comedy Wildlife Awards
- The Draconids, an unpredictable shower that can bring hundreds of meteors per minute, has begun
- 'Zombie cells' may drive aging, and scientists are devising new ways to get rid of them
- Roboticists showcase tiny, frog-like robot that can hop across wet surfaces and swim
October 6th
- Earth is in the firing line of a strange new type of cosmic object: a 'microblazar'
- Archaeologists discover a child's skull built into the floor of a 2,500-year-old Scandinavian house
- 'She knew she had something really important on her hands': Rosalind Franklin figured out DNA's helical structure before Watson and Crick, study suggests
- Mpox is still spreading in the US — here's what to know about vaccines, symptoms and treatment
- 'Mpox has not disappeared': Why the infectious disease is still spreading in the US and may be here to stay
- The ozone layer was supposed to be healing. So why is this year's Antarctic ozone hole so big?
October 5th
- Set your alarm: Jupiter will disappear behind the crescent moon in a once-in-a-decade alignment tomorrow
- Ancient Egyptians sacrificed pharaohs' servants so they could continue to serve their king in the afterlife, new study finds
- 1,800-year-old temple to Mars and statue of Victory unearthed at Roman military fort in Germany
- New quantum chip taps into weird quasiparticles to get qubits to communicate over long distances
October 4th
- Particle collider experiment recreates the Big Bang's primordial soup — and finds an unexpected twist
October 3rd
- 1 in 8 cancer cases are caused by infections, underscoring the importance of vaccines, experts say
October 2nd
- Rare two-headed turtle hatchling discovered on Cape Cod
- Colorful wildflowers bloom across Chile's Atacama Desert in wake of 'super' El Niño
- Animals may have evolved 200 million years earlier than previously thought, new study suggests
- The ancestors of today's Indigenous people arrived in the Americas during the coldest part of the last ice age, study suggests
- 'A kind of Rosetta Stone': AI decodes 217-year-old secret letter ordered by Napoleon
- 'It's a portrait of their actual ancestor': Facial reconstruction of Indigenous man who lived in Ecuador 3,000 years ago shared with his descendants
October 1st
- Your voice may reveal how fast you're aging, new AI 'speech clock' suggests
- Physicists unveil the most accurate atomic clock ever ‪—‬ and it could literally redefine the second
- Watch the world's smallest crocodiles snatch bats in their hidden underground lair ‪—‬ a behavior never seen before
- 'This is what happened with Claude and me': AI's failed attempt to crack the Riemann hypothesis led mathematician to a breakthrough