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September 2026
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- September 8th
- If AI thinks it's conscious, it's more likely to believe in vampires, karma and ghosts, new study shows. What does it mean for how we use it?
- Where on Earth is safest from global catastrophe?
- Arctic warming fuels 2 distinct climate regimes in Siberia that could wake up a methane 'sleeping giant'
- Eerily humanlike AI-powered robot enters mass production in China — its makers say it could soon be helping you out at home
- September 7th
- September 6th
- AI's water use is a problem, but shifting from electricity to solar or wind power could help
- Ancient Egyptian tomb holding the king's 'keeper of secrets' unearthed at Saqqara
- Stunning Roman-era mosaic discovered in Turkey features 'Emerald' the cat and 'Ocean' the dog
- 'Extreme' transistor can withstand heat of more than 1,000 degrees F — priming it for use in Venus-bound probes
- September 5th
- Mathematicians say these 60-sided dice are the fairest in the world. Designing them took 15 years.
- Faster than Usain Bolt? Here's all the records robot 'athletes' broke at this year's World Humanoid Robot Games in China.
- Excavation in Poland reveals Stone Age man buried with decapitated heads and a tooth necklace
- September 4th
- Blue Origin rocket explosion sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the US, report finds
- 3,200-year-old inscription may point to a long-lost ancient Egyptian city from the time of Ramesses II
- Aging doesn't look the same for everyone at the molecular level — it's 'individualized and context-dependent'
- 'A worrying snapshot': Satellite image shows large patches of open water less than 40 miles from the North Pole
- September 3rd
- Psilocybin may protect against a common, debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, early study finds
- Hubble confirms mysterious, 10-sided cloud is growing over Saturn's south pole
- Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in Serbia
- 'There is no conflict between quantum physics and gravity': Physicists prove Einstein's 'happiest thought' holds true at quantum scales
- New map of a male fly central nervous system includes all 166,000 neurons — and enables direct comparisons to female fly brain
- An ancient 'supervolcano' has been found hiding beneath eastern England. But experts say there's not enough evidence to call it that.
- China reaches solar energy milestone — what does this mean for the world's largest greenhouse gas emitter?
- September 2nd
- September 1st
- 'Biggest surprise of my life': Homeowner discovers Denmark's largest Viking Age silver hoard in their backyard
- Man rummaging in a Polish junkyard finds a 1,800-year-old shield holding the cremated remains of a Vandal warrior
- 'It's in the realm of possibility': Climate change is spurring a reemergence of yellow fever, and the US could face future threats
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