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SpaceX Starship Reaches Orbit First Time
SpaceX's Starship rocket reached Earth orbit for the first time on its 14th test flight, marking a pivotal step toward lunar and Mars missions despite an engine failure during ascent.
ICML study: AI peer-review ban changed nothing
A randomized experiment at ICML 2026 found that banning AI from peer review had virtually no effect on review scores or acceptance rates, largely because nearly a quarter of reviewers told not to use
Tropic's non-browning bananas move toward UK shelves
Defra approved the marketing notice for Tropic's gene-edited bananas that resist browning, clearing one of two regulatory hurdles before they can reach UK shoppers. An FSA safety review is next, with
Oppenheim's Radical Bet: Gravity Isn't Quantum
Physicist Jonathan Oppenheim is building a 'post-quantum gravity' model that keeps Einstein's continuous space-time intact and rejects the mainstream assumption that gravity must be quantum — a wager
STAT+: It really is bleak out there, and list prices matter
STAT's 'Out of Pocket, Out of Reach' series documents a rapidly deteriorating employer-sponsored health insurance landscape, with experts forecasting 2027 will be even bleaker than the current year as
Tight Glucose Control May Hurt Diabetes Quality of Life
A study of 400 people with diabetes found that spending more time in a normal blood sugar range predicted better next-day well-being, but higher glucose variability also did—suggesting the effort to s
Coffee Reshapes Gut Bacteria and Mood, Study Finds
A University College Cork study in Nature Communications found that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee altered gut bacteria and reduced stress, depression, and impulsivity, with decaf specifica
AI discovers 3D shape that tiles space without repeating
A software developer with no math background used OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra to discover a 3D shape called Chair44 that fills space without ever repeating — a 3D upgrade of the 2022 'hat' tile — though math
Astronaut Gut Bacteria Shift to Protein Fermentation in Space
Blood tests from 52 astronauts aboard the International Space Station reveal gut bacteria shift toward protein fermentation within weeks of entering microgravity, offering a new explanation for space
US Blocks UN Pandemic Preparedness Declaration
The United States blocked adoption of a UN General Assembly political declaration on pandemic preparedness and response at a 25 September high-level meeting, drawing sharp criticism from global health
Dilnot: Burnham's NHS-style social care could take decades
Economist Sir Andrew Dilnot has warned BBC that Prime Minister Andy Burnham's proposed NHS-style social care system for England could take decades to implement and cost well over £18bn annually, with
What made this El Niño the strongest on record
The current El Niño has become the strongest on record months before its expected peak, driven by an unusually hot western Pacific warm pool built up over a rare three-year La Niña and a series of pow
Pomegranate compound boosts heart function 80% in study
Scientists at King's College London found that urolithin A — a compound the body produces after eating pomegranates, walnuts, and some berries — improved heart function by up to 80% in animal models o
160-million-year-old proteins show surprising power against superbugs
University of Oregon biologists reconstructed antimicrobial peptides from lactoferrin dating back 160 million years to the common ancestor of placental mammals, finding some ancient versions outperfor
AI Is Accelerating Bioweapons Threat
AI tools are lowering barriers to biological weapons development, enabling both state and non-state actors to advance dangerous research with minimal expertise, while current safeguards fail to keep p
Novo Nordisk Rebrands Wegovy as Lifestyle Drug
Novo Nordisk is repositioning its blockbuster GLP-1 drug Wegovy from a medical treatment for obesity into a lifestyle product, swapping clinical language for consumer-friendly marketing aimed at peopl
What Productivity Science Actually Says About Brain Hacks
A deep dive into productivity science reveals that many popular hacks — from silencing notifications to timing work to chronotypes — are either oversimplified, misquoted, or only weakly supported by e
Sex, drugs and floral fabrics: Celia Birtwell relives her wild times – and wilder outfits – with Ossie Clark
Ahead of a new London exhibition celebrating her partnership with Ossie Clark, 85-year-old Celia Birtwell reveals she co-designed Burberry's entire catwalk collection — and reflects on Hockney's death
Can you solve it? Isaac Newton’s tower drop puzzle
A Guardian puzzle revisits Isaac Newton's 1679 tower drop problem — where a falling object lands given Earth's rotation — tracing how the exchange with Robert Hooke reignited Newton's interest in grav
Lymph Node Immune Pathway Drives Tau-Related Brain Damage
A WashU Medicine study in Nature Neuroscience shows that immune cells driving Alzheimer's-related brain damage are primed in lymph nodes outside the brain, and blocking that pathway dramatically prote
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