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Snow-covered summit of Avachinsky volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula rising through a ring of cloud, seen from orbit

Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

Japan's weather agency issued an early warning for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake that did not exist, then withdrew it about eight minutes later. The real quake was a magnitude 6.9 near Kamchatka,

October 16, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Starship's white launch plume rising over the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas coast, photographed from the International Space Station

FAA Reviews 456 Starship Launches a Year From Boca Chica, Up From 25

Boca Chica, Texas, is licensed for three Starship launches a year after dark. A Federal Aviation Administration review opened this week sets a ceiling of 456 launches, assumes half would fly at night, and gives no date for a draft.

October 16, 2026

by Dilnaz Shaikh

Landsat 8 satellite image of snow-capped Mount Taranaki in New Zealand ringed by dark forest inside a circular protected-area boundary, surrounded by green farmland

World May Already Conserve 27% of Its Land, Just Not Where It Counts

Official records miss land that is already being conserved, a Nature study led by the University

Satellite view of grey smoke plumes streaming across the Amazon River and rainforest from fires near Manaus and Santarem on October 12, 2026

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Smoke from Amazon fires closed schools in Manaus on October 12, and INPE's data show October

Illustration showing brown amyloid plaques between neurons and blue tau tangles inside neurons in Alzheimer's disease

Scientists Find the Protein Alzheimer’s Uses to Jump Between Brain Cells

University of Utah scientists publishing in Cell identify Arc protein as the vehicle that packages Alzheimer's tau into vesicles traveling between neurons, with tau transmission nearly halted when Arc was removed in

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

Female Anopheles stephensi mosquito feeding on human blood, the primary vector of malaria in urban Asia and Africa

Scientists Identify 166 Malaria Proteins That Could Unlock a Universal Vaccine

A 24-institution team led by Oxford and NIAID has identified 75 malaria proteins that immune systems can target at every lifecycle stage of the parasite, across both P. falciparum and P. vivax,

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

The Milky Way arch with southern constellations Crux and Carina visible from ESO observatory site in Chile, the sky Rubin Observatory surveys

The Rubin Observatory Has Begun Filming the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made

The Rubin Observatory began its 10-year sky survey on July 1, photographing the entire southern sky every three nights from Chile's Atacama Desert. Its 3,200-megapixel camera will observe more objects in its

July 2, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Time-lapse photograph showing satellite streaks crossing the night sky above ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert

The Limit for Satellites Should Be 100,000, but 1.7 Million Are Planned, Scientists Say

A European Southern Observatory study published Wednesday sets 100,000 as Earth orbit's maximum satellite load before ground-based astronomy breaks down. SpaceX plans one million; Reflect Orbital's 50,000 mirror satellites would render the

July 2, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Artist renderings of Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, and Firefly lunar landers on the Moon

NASA Awards $590 Million in New Lunar Lander Contracts as Moon Base Race Intensifies

NASA awarded nearly $600 million to Astrobotic, Firefly and Intuitive Machines for lunar landers destined for the Moon's south pole, accelerating a $20 billion drive for a permanent base. The awards leave

July 2, 2026

News·Science

Dr. Randy Carney uses a Raman microscope to study nanoplastics at UC Davis

U.C. Davis Wins $4 Million to Measure Nanoplastics’ Threat to the Brain

A $4 million NIEHS grant to UC Davis will produce the first standardized framework for measuring airborne nanoplastic exposure and neurological harm. Nanoplastics, 1,000 times smaller than microplastics, can cross the blood-brain

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

University of Colorado Boulder researchers working on the ARPA-H NITRO-funded single injection therapy to reverse osteoarthritis

A Single Injection Reversed Osteoarthritis in Animals. Human Trials Are 18 Months Away.

UC Boulder researchers say a single injection reversed osteoarthritis in animal models in four to eight weeks. The ARPA-H-funded therapy is not yet peer-reviewed, but human clinical trials could start within 18

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

CDC infographic showing heart disease facts including cardiovascular risk factors and mortality statistics in the United States

Statins and Blood Pressure Drugs Are Closing the Heart-Risk Gap Between Obese and Normal-Weight Adults, Study Finds

A Lancet study tracking nearly one million people across seven countries found that obese adults over 60 now show blood pressure and cholesterol profiles nearly identical to normal-weight peers, driven by widespread

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

An adult female Aedes aegypti mosquito feeding on human skin, one of two primary Aedes species targeted by Wolbachia biocontrol programs in the United States

Washington Is Getting 600,000 Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes This Summer, on Purpose

A Maryland company is flooding the Washington, DC metropolitan area with 600,000 Wolbachia-infected male mosquitoes to suppress the invasive Asian tiger mosquito, a species that can carry dengue, Zika, and chikungunya —

July 2, 2026

Health·News·Science

Creatine supplement powder in a container, long used by athletes and now studied for depression

Creatine Shows Promise for Depression in Two Trials but Fails in Three, Researchers Find

A University of Ottawa systematic review of five clinical trials found creatine improved depression outcomes in two studies targeting women with major depressive disorder but showed no benefit in three others. Safety

July 2, 2026

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Japan Warned of a Magnitude 9.9 Quake. The Real One Was a 6.9 in Kamchatka

FAA Reviews 456 Starship Launches a Year From Boca Chica, Up From 25

World May Already Conserve 27% of Its Land, Just Not Where It Counts

Smoke Shuts Manaus Schools as October Fire Detections Near Triple

Scientists Find the Protein Alzheimer’s Uses to Jump Between Brain Cells

Scientists Identify 166 Malaria Proteins That Could Unlock a Universal Vaccine

The Rubin Observatory Has Begun Filming the Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made

The Limit for Satellites Should Be 100,000, but 1.7 Million Are Planned, Scientists Say

NASA Awards $590 Million in New Lunar Lander Contracts as Moon Base Race Intensifies

U.C. Davis Wins $4 Million to Measure Nanoplastics’ Threat to the Brain

A Single Injection Reversed Osteoarthritis in Animals. Human Trials Are 18 Months Away.

Statins and Blood Pressure Drugs Are Closing the Heart-Risk Gap Between Obese and Normal-Weight Adults, Study Finds

Washington Is Getting 600,000 Bacteria-Infected Mosquitoes This Summer, on Purpose

Creatine Shows Promise for Depression in Two Trials but Fails in Three, Researchers Find

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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