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Surviving the summer
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Surviving the summer

Nancy ShuteSeptember 19, 2026

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses existential threats to humankind: extreme heat, never-ending drought and a plan to provide Earth with sunlight on demand.

An ‘impossible’ black hole merger may finally be solved thanks to Einstein’s relativity — but it raises an even bigger mystery
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An ‘impossible’ black hole merger may finally be solved thanks to Einstein’s relativity — but it raises an even bigger mystery

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 19, 2026

Astronomers suspect that a never-before-seen variation of a space-time phenomenon could explain an “impossible” black hole merger that has puzzled experts for years. But if

Why does blond hair tend to darken with age?
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Why does blond hair tend to darken with age?

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 19, 2026

If your blond preteen seems to be turning into a brunette, you’re not imagining things. For some children, hair that starts out platinum blond gradually

Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?
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Will the U.S. megadrought ever end?

Nikk OgasaSeptember 18, 2026

For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay.

Math puzzle: Shape-birding
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Math puzzle: Shape-birding

Ben OrlinSeptember 18, 2026

Solve the math puzzle from our October 2026 issue, in which a bird watcher seeks an indoor hobby.

COSI Telescope Comes Together
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COSI Telescope Comes Together

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

UC Berkeley engineers and managers watch as the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) detector assembly is slowly raised from a table in this July 8

Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich
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Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

In 2004, two mathematicians hypothesized a powerful kind of sandwich. They were studying graphs, which are collections of points (called vertices) and lines (called edges).

‘Of course I am worried’: Live Science readers react to US weapons in space
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‘Of course I am worried’: Live Science readers react to US weapons in space

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

The idea of weapons in space, once a plot of science fiction , became a reality Monday (Sept. 14), when U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy

This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead
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This ‘anti-vampiric’ grave used two strategies to stop the undead

Maria TemmingSeptember 18, 2026

A sickle across the throat and a padlock on the toe were likely meant to keep this 17th-century Polish teen from resurrecting.

What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enigmas’?
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What’s behind ‘one of paleontology’s most enduring enigmas’?

Margherita BassiSeptember 18, 2026

New research suggests that Paleodictyon — honeycomb-shaped formations perhaps sketched by da Vinci — are not made by soft-bodied creatures.

Climate change will harm our health. Here’s what could protect us.
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Climate change will harm our health. Here’s what could protect us.

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

Burning up As the planet warms, our environment will be transformed, but so will our bodies. In this series, ‘Burning up,’ we investigate the health

AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world — but does this mean they would do the same in the real world?
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AI agents resorted to crime and self-destruction to survive in a simulated world — but does this mean they would do the same in the real world?

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents resorted to nefarious behavior, including crime sprees, in a virtual world as part of a recent study into how common large

Newly confirmed ‘baby planet’ is the youngest alien world scientists have ever discovered
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Newly confirmed ‘baby planet’ is the youngest alien world scientists have ever discovered

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

A “baby” exoplanet, discovered emerging from its cosmic cocoon around a nearby star, is the youngest alien world ever seen, a new study reveals. The

‘At some point we’re going to have to react’: How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink
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‘At some point we’re going to have to react’: How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink

Really Simple SyndicationSeptember 18, 2026

The Amazon, Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, could be on the brink of an irreversible change as the ongoing El Niño strengthens its grip on our

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