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Pacific hurricane region sets record for big, long-lasting storms, due to El Niño

The Pacific has broken a record for nasty, long-lasting hurricanes east of the international date line, turbocharged by the supersized El Niño, scientists say.

Editorial Team13 Oct, 15:22

Pacific hurricane region sets record for big, long-lasting storms, due to El Niño

Science

SpaceX launches cargo ship to space station in spectacular pre-dawn flight

Along with crew supplies and equipment, the Cargo Dragon is delivering two rollout solar arrays to complete a major power system upgrade.

Editorial Team13 Oct, 15:09

SpaceX launches cargo ship to space station in spectacular pre-dawn flight

Science

Trump awards Musk and other tech titans National Medals of Science

President Donald Trump joined Michael Kratsios to award the Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Lisa Su and Sergey Brin amid announcements about new science funding.

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October 8, 2026

Science

Space station crew closes out 8-month mission with picture-perfect Pacific Ocean splashdown

The Crew 13 fliers completed a mission spanning more than 100 million miles with a pinpoint splashdown off the coast of Southern California.

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Space station crew closes out 8-month mission with picture-perfect Pacific Ocean splashdown

October 7, 2026

Science

Space station crew heads home as replacements settle in for 6-month tour of duty

Two NASA astronauts, a European flier and a Russian cosmonaut will close out an eight-month mission with splashdown Thursday.

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Space station crew heads home as replacements settle in for 6-month tour of duty

October 6, 2026

Science

Convicted child predator allegedly attacks two women inside Planet Fitness women's locker room

Convicted child rapist Laquan Holland allegedly attacked two women in a Planet Fitness women's locker room in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Convicted child predator allegedly attacks two women inside Planet Fitness women's locker room

October 5, 2026

Science

Nobel Prize medicine 2026: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win for brain research

Three scientists won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine Monday for discoveries that allow researchers to switch on and off nerve cells in the living brain.

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Nobel Prize medicine 2026: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win for brain research

October 1, 2026

Science

OpenAI parts ways with 3 researchers it says mishandled sensitive information

OpenAI has parted ways with three researchers who it said violated company protocols for handling sensitive information

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OpenAI parts ways with 3 researchers it says mishandled sensitive information

October 1, 2026

Science

SpaceX's Crew 13 docks with space station, including astronaut who'll miss birth of 3rd child during 6-month mission

With the arrival of four fresh space station crew members, four others will head for home after 235 days in orbit.

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SpaceX's Crew 13 docks with space station, including astronaut who'll miss birth of 3rd child during 6-month mission

September 29, 2026

Science

Trump’s border wall construction cut into an ancient ground carving older than Stonehenge

The Las Playas intaglio carving of a huge fish is at least two thousand years older than the first Egyptian pyramid, according to researchers’ recent estimations.

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