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U.S. space weapons probably aren’t what you think
NEWS | 30 September 2026
Even so, no other nation has ever publicly acknowledged its possession of space weapons. But two burning questions remain: What are these space weapons, exactly? Nuclear weapons in space are banned by the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty, and the consensus is that they would be Very Bad for everyone. In orbit, satellites aren’t really flying—they’re falling at very high speeds. In one such incident, the space plane concluded a release-and-recapture sequence just a day before the U.S.’s space weapons revelation.

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One in eight new cancers are likely caused by infections—there’s an easy way to protect yourself
NEWS | 30 September 2026
An estimated one in eight cancer cases worldwide may be caused by infections—many of which are preventable with treatment or vaccines, according to new research. Helicobacter pylori bacteria and human papillomavirus (HPV) combined accounted for more than an estimated 1.5 million cancer cases, the analysis found. An estimated 360,000 cancer cases were linked to hepatitis B infections, and 260,000 cases were caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. There were geographic differences in the places where cancers caused by infections occurred, too. And the HPV vaccine, first introduced in the U.S. in 2006, can prevent six different cancers, including cervical cancer, throat cancer and anal cancer.

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Tiny implants use the body as a communication network
NEWS | 30 September 2026
One of the devices making up the Smart Wireless Autonomous Networking System (SWANS) sitting inside a syringe. The experiment showcased the Smart Wireless Autonomous Networking System, or SWANS, which researchers described in the journal Science last week. “It’s become a part of the communication network.”Pacemakers and some other implants can already sense trouble and respond on the spot. The trick is that the body’s salty tissues conduct electricity, so a tiny voltage pulse from the hub could spread across the rat’s body to reach the implant. In the study, the signals traveled about 40 centimeters, plenty of distance to cross a rat’s body but not so much for treatments in people.

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Surprising result seen in primordial matter inside atom smasher
NEWS | 30 September 2026
The change marked a phase transition, just as water can switch from vapor to liquid to solid ice. After the gold ions annihilated in collisions and produced new bits of matter, STAR tracked the paths of that debris. “We don’t fully understand what phase of matter is inside neutron stars. Researchers plan to analyze more STAR data to further unravel the mystery. “We still have a lot of STAR data left to analyze,” Manikandhan says.

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NASA to attempt uncrewed and crewed missions with Boeing’s troubled Starliner spacecraft
NEWS | 30 September 2026
After a failed maiden crewed voyage, Boeing’s Starliner is getting another shot at flying NASA’s astronauts to space. The troubled Starliner hasn’t flown since its unsuccessful crewed mission in 2024. But helium leaks and malfunctioning thrusters raised safety concerns, leading NASA to decide Williams and Wilmore could not return to Earth onboard Calypso. If that goes well, a Starliner vehicle could carry out a crewed mission sometime in 2028 under the command of NASA astronaut Woody Hoburg. Instead, Isaacman said, NASA plans to use ULA’s Vulcan Centaur heavy-lift rocket for future Starliner missions.

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SpaceX’s Starship lifts off in make-or-break orbital test flight
NEWS | 30 September 2026
The first orbital flight puts Starship over its biggest hurdle yet in SpaceX’s race to make the vehicle its new workhorse for space launches, replacing the wildly successful Falcon 9. Flight 14’s vehicle is the third-generation version of Starship, standing about 124 meters (407 feet) tall when stacked with its Super Heavy booster. Along the way, it deployed 26 Starlink V3 satellites—the first operational payloads to be carried to orbit by Starship. Neither the Starship or booster attempted a tower catch (that may happen during the next test flight, according to SpaceX), and Flight 14 didn’t demonstrate any of the daunting orbital propellant transfers required for missions to the moon or Mars. This makes it hard to understate NASA’s reliance on Starship—and hence on a successful Flight 14—for keeping Artemis on schedule.

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TikTok influencers are promoting a home remedy to boost the immune system that could cause botulism
NEWS | 30 September 2026
As flu season approaches, TikTokers are spreading a homemade elixir to supposedly boost the immune system that experts warn could in fact cause the fatal disease botulism. While both honey and garlic do have some antimicrobial benefits, the recipes used can promote the growth of Clostridium botulinum. Depending on how it enters the body, botulism can cause muscle weakness, slurred speech, difficulty breathing, stomach pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. (Notably, raw honey cannot be given to babies under one year of age because of the potential for botulism.) “You actually have the best antioxidant potential if they’re both raw," she says, referring to honey and garlic.

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Trump announces relaxed fuel economy standards
NEWS | 30 September 2026
The Trump administration has announced plans to roll back fuel regulations. Since the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, cars have generally gotten more fuel-efficient, while regulations on fuel economy have tightened. In 1975 passenger cars could, on average, drive 13.1 miles on a single gallon of gas—in 2024 the average car could get 35.4 miles to the gallon. Lower fuel efficiency will mean more trips to the gas station over a car’s lifetime, he says, costing drivers at least $1,600. “For decades, our national fuel economy standards have steadily made our vehicles more efficient and less expensive to drive,” Su says.

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Donor hearts may take on the age of their new bodies
NEWS | 30 September 2026
After transplant, young hearts in both mice and humans showed signs of accelerated aging in older bodies, while older hearts in younger bodies seemed rejuvenatedTransplanted hearts may take on the age of their new bodiesI agree my information will be processed in accordance with the Scientific American Inc. Privacy Policy . Age further narrows the pool, with doctors preferring younger hearts because older organs have been linked to worse outcomes. Young hearts transplanted into older mice appeared biologically older than expected, while old hearts placed in younger mice appeared to have de-aged. Genes involved in the function of mitochondria—the powerhouses of the cell—also became more active in old hearts placed in young mice and less active in young hearts placed in old mice. Again, the transplanted hearts’ biological ages were more closely associated with the recipient’s age than the donor’s.

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Did OpenAI solve the wrong Navier-Stokes problem?
NEWS | 30 September 2026
OpenAI’s solution exploits an external force to break the Navier-Stokes equations, which are supposed to describe how fluids, such as water, flow. But with the dust still far from settled, a different controversy is emerging: Did OpenAI even solve the right Navier-Stokes problem? “The Clay problem is settled, but the main problem for the Navier-Stokes equations is not.”Furthermore, last Thursday, three mathematicians posted a proof of their own that showed that OpenAI’s method can never be extended to solve the full problem. “So to have the force makes complete sense.”When most experts think about the Navier-Stokes problem, though, it’s without this force. In other words, the LLM’s result does not—and will never—answer the Navier-Stokes problem that mathematicians really care about.

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Growing AI energy demands, the search for subatomic particles and the hottest amoeba
NEWS | 30 September 2026
According to a study published last week in Communications Sustainability, artificial intelligence data centers could consume about 1% of all electricity by 2030. While these six AI power users will account for about two-thirds of the world’s AI energy consumption, the global total for data centers could reach 945 terawatt-hours, or 3% of the world’s global electricity consumption. In the US, data centers are expected to cluster in Virginia, Ohio, Oregon, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina. Data centers also contribute to noise pollution thanks to the use of cooling systems, fans, and backup diesel generators—which of course pollute the air as well. Fermions are the building blocks of matter and include particles like quarks, whereas bosons are force-carrying particles like photons.

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Scientists just found a bizarre cosmic object ‘hiding in plain sight’
NEWS | 30 September 2026
As a black hole and star orbit each other, the black hole steals away matter from the star. Some of that material is absorbed into the black hole, but some of it is shot into the distance in a high-speed jet stream. This is a tiny version of a blazar—an active galactic nucleus that contains a supermassive black hole that throws out high-speed jets of plasma. The system is around 12,000 light-years from Earth and consists of a star and black hole orbiting each other. The black hole absorbs some of this material and shoots some of it toward Earth.

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T. rex was as warm-blooded as humans, new study finds
NEWS | 30 September 2026
T. rex long faced reptilian stereotypes, but in recent decades research has shown that the dinosaurs were likely warm-blooded. And now, for the first time, researchers say they have pinpointed an exact body temperature for T. rex. Using tiny remains of T. rex tooth enamel found in modern-day Montana, scientists measured isotopes within the sample to estimate the dinosaur’s temperature . They found that T. rex likely ran at around 36 degrees Celsius—similar to the internal body temperature of modern-day humans. For example, a 2022 study showed that dinosaurs likely had a range of metabolisms and estimated T. rexes that were on the lower end of endothermy.

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SPONSORED | 30 September 2026
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