UN accepts 1.5C warming target will be missed, projects overshoot to 1.8C
The plan now centers on overshooting the target and removing carbon afterward, raising questions about lasting climate damage.
Ars Technica · +9 outlets
IUCN warns all tropical coral reefs could collapse within 50 years, by 2075
The IUCN's warning at a UN biodiversity conference cites risks to fisheries and coastal protection from the projected loss of shallow-water reefs.
Newscientist · +4 outlets
Global race to update computers as AI discovers most disruptive hack yet
The vulnerability, first theorized in 2024, has triggered a global race to patch computers.
Newscientist · +6 outlets
Pew study finds AI job growth favors men over women
The Pew Research study adds to evidence on gender gaps in how AI is reshaping the labor market.
Forbes · +6 outlets
Arctic sea ice could decline far more than previously predicted, study finds
New modeling suggests the region may lose more ice than earlier estimates indicated.
SciTechDaily · +14 outlets
Two-year study finds no brain health benefit from fish oil supplements
The trial challenges the widely held rationale for taking fish oil to protect cognitive health.
Science Daily · +14 outlets
JWST finds heavy elements near the Milky Way's central black hole
The observation reveals unexpected chemistry in the environment around Sagittarius A*.
UA.NEWS · +14 outlets
World-first basic income trial boosts Indigenous livelihoods and Amazon rainforest protection
A pilot giving unconditional income to Indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon improved well-being, food security and forest protection.
Phys · +2 outlets
Large 460,000-person study challenges ultra-processed food cancer fears
The analysis questions a direct link between ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk.
Science Daily · +5 outlets
Study finds more than 6,400 Great Lakes oil spills over 10 years
Most spills were small but still threaten water quality in the Great Lakes, researchers warn.
Iron Mountain Daily News · +4 outlets
UK trial to test diabetes and ADHD drugs on Alzheimer's patients
The landmark trial aims to accelerate discovery of treatments for Alzheimer's disease.
BBC · +14 outlets
Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for months
The milestone marks a first in confining antimatter for an extended period.
Phys.org · +12 outlets
Tire-derived pollutant 6PPD-quinone found at elevated levels in critical fish habitats
Researchers found high concentrations of the chemical in road runoff affecting coho salmon and steelhead trout habitat in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Phys · +7 outlets
Cholesterol may disrupt the brain's glymphatic cleaning system in Alzheimer's disease
The finding links cholesterol to impaired toxin clearance in the brain, a process implicated in Alzheimer's.
Newscientist · +14 outlets
NASA to give Artemis moon plans update on Oct. 23
NASA will detail Artemis III timelines and progress on SpaceX and Blue Origin lunar landers.
Space · +14 outlets
Microsoft researchers solve 31-year-old KLS conjecture in mathematics
The result addresses a long-standing grand challenge in mathematics with potential applications in science and computing.
Microsoft · +4 outlets
Some climate damage is now unavoidable even if we clean up our act
Some climate damage is now unavoidable even with emissions cleanup, researchers say.
Newscientist
Study identifies genes that act as natural brakes on triple-negative breast cancer spread
McGill researchers pinpointed genes that may restrain the aggressive spread of triple-negative breast cancer.
McGill University · +1 outlets