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Mon, Nov 2, 7:02 PM ET
NASA's Swift space telescope set for uncontrolled reentry after $30M rescue mission fails
Swift, a two-decade-old gamma-ray burst observatory, will burn up in Earth's atmosphere with no viable mission to boost its orbit.
Space · +15 outlets
NASA seeks commercial industry proposals to reboost the Hubble Space Telescope by 2032
Hubble is slowly losing altitude and NASA hopes a private orbital-boost mission can extend the observatory's life.
ShiftDelete.Net · +14 outlets
Chinese AI software produces ready-to-publish research papers in under two hours, threatening peer review
A vendor selling automated paper generation is raising alarms over citation manipulation and the integrity of scientific publishing.
Phys · +14 outlets
Webb telescope finds interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS formed billions of years before the Sun
Chemical analysis of the interstellar visitor's ice suggests it predates the solar system, offering clues to early galaxy chemistry.
Mashable · +14 outlets
IceCube detects ghost neutrinos with 10 billion times the energy of solar neutrinos
The Antarctic observatory has captured ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant cosmic sources, probing extreme astrophysical events.
Sciencedaily · +7 outlets
COP31 opens amid doubts it will deliver meaningful climate progress
The summit follows a year of dangerous weather and accelerating warming signals, but observers expect little dramatic action.
Newscientist · +3 outlets
Hubble and Webb find 27 distant objects that record the solar system's origins
Trans-Neptunian building blocks retain chemical memories of how the outer solar system formed, with evidence they were mostly rocky rather than icy.
Sciencedaily · +10 outlets
UCLA study links common pesticide to 2.5 times higher Parkinson's disease risk
Researchers also identified how the chemical damages brain cells and a potential protective approach.
Sciencedaily · +6 outlets
National study maps states with the steepest warming trends since 1980
Local temperature analysis shows uneven regional warming even as the global average reaches about 1.63 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.
Phys · +9 outlets
UCalgary study finds six months in space can cause the equivalent of 20 years of aging
The findings add to evidence that long-duration spaceflight accelerates biological aging markers relevant to astronaut health.
RED FM Canada · +3 outlets
Ancient ape fossil in Egypt could rewrite the story of human origins
A 17 to 18 million-year-old ape fossil suggests human and modern ape ancestors may have evolved in North Africa or the Middle East.
Sciencedaily · +8 outlets
Hubble uncovers missing oxygen in nearby dwarf galaxies
The observations help explain why some small galaxies hold less oxygen than models predict within their star-forming regions.
NASA Science (.gov)
30,000-year-old DNA shows Ice Age Europeans were far more connected than thought
Genetic evidence from ancient remains challenges the view that Paleolithic European populations were largely isolated.
Sciencedaily · +14 outlets
Multilab study challenges reproducibility of psilocybin behavioral findings
Independent labs failed to consistently reproduce prior mouse behavioral results, raising questions for psychedelic research standards.
Drug Target Review · +1 outlets
Scientists use sound waves to deliver a new attack on deadly brain cancer
The experimental strategy targets one of the deadliest brain cancers by combining sound waves with nanoscale delivery.
Sciencedaily · +12 outlets
Physicist warns of global quantum arms race as AI opens new frontier
A leading Irish physicist says advances in AI are accelerating quantum science with national-security implications.
Irish Independent
Long-term study finds modern hormone replacement therapy not linked to heart disease risk
The findings update older safety concerns about HRT and cardiovascular outcomes for menopausal women.
www.heart.org
New Scientist: what we now know about why dyslexic brains differ
Researchers are uncovering the neural pathways behind dyslexia, opening new ways to support people who struggle to read.
Newscientist

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