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- A predawn opening could help skywatchers catch October’s Orionids
The next opportunity to watch the Orionid meteors is approaching on the night of 21–22 October 2026. NASA and the American Meteor Society identify that…
- Bone health: preventing fractures before and after a warning
For World Osteoporosis Day on October 20, the International Osteoporosis Foundation, or IOF, is calling for attention to bone health throughout life. Its…
- Mouse study points to an immune pathway in radiation lung injury
A study published in Nature Communications on October 20 examines a possible contributor to lung injury after radiotherapy. In a mouse model, researchers…
- Salesforce plans Braze purchase to expand its marketing tools
Salesforce announced an agreement to acquire customer engagement specialist Braze on October 20. The proposed transaction has an enterprise value of…
- Small psychosis study finds an ultrasound signal worth testing further
A small study published on 20 October in npj Acoustics explores an experimental way to ease some symptoms of psychosis. A NYU Langone team tested brain…
- Blocked routes threaten water supplies and hospitals in Taiz
United Nations agencies warned on October 20 that the humanitarian crisis in Taiz, Yemen, was worsening. Restrictions on movement were preventing…
- Brazil election: Meta given a day to demonstrate equal treatment
On Monday, 19 October, Brazil's election judges set a 24-hour deadline for Meta to substantiate its equal treatment of the two presidential campaigns.…
- IMF: Global growth at 3.1% in 2026, risks persist
The world economy is expected to grow by 3.1% in 2026 and 3.4% in 2027, according to the World Economic Outlook released on October 13 by the…
- AI cyberattacks: G7 prepares financial sector exercises
G7 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed to prepare exercises simulating cyberattacks that use artificial intelligence. Japan's finance…
- Gaza funding shortfall leaves 500,000 people outside WFP support
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday, 19 October, that funding shortages were forcing it to reduce assistance in Gaza by roughly a third.…
- Climate: IPCC deadlocked over 2028 and 2029 reports
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suspended its 65th session, held in Addis Ababa, on October 16 after governments failed to agree on…
- Shakahola deaths: Kenyan preacher convicted on 191 murder counts
A court in Mombasa found Kenyan preacher Paul Mackenzie guilty on Monday, 19 October, of murdering 191 people, including 190 children. Prosecutors said…
- Ukraine reports aerial drone rescue of a wounded soldier
A flying drone was used to rescue an injured serviceman at the front, Ukraine's military says. The 92nd Assault Brigade describes the operation as a…
- West Bank olive harvest disrupted by settler violence
Dozens of masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian families harvesting olives near Abu Falah, close to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on Friday…
- Delhi arrests founder of India's youth protest movement
Delhi police detained Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), on Friday 16 October, shortly before a march he had called in the…
- Ordinary web ads can become a route for zero-click spyware
Israeli advertising agency Discover-Tech is alleged to have acted as a conduit for spyware capable of infecting a device without any action by its user.…
- At −253°C, two experimental alloys keep cracks in check
Extreme cold can make a metal harder to deform while leaving it more vulnerable to cracking. Researchers have studied two experimental alloys based on…
- Terminal collision at Coquelles leaves nineteen injured
A minibus carrying lorry drivers struck a stationary freight train on Thursday, 15 October, in a boarding area at the Coquelles terminal near Calais.…
- GFS Pride sinks in Hormuz; all 21 crew members evacuated
The container ship GFS Pride sank after sustaining damage and a fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Singapore's Maritime and Port Authority, the MPA, announced…
- Jodi's auction display raises questions about access to fossils
A dinosaur skeleton on display in New York is prompting a discussion that goes beyond its price. Nicknamed Jodi, the specimen is due to be offered by…
- Ancient amphorae off Kekova offer clues to a lost cargo
Ceramics found near Kekova island in southern Turkey are attributed to a merchant vessel thought to have sunk between 4,400 and 4,700 years ago.…
- Kenya's second reported Ebola case detected during quarantine
Kenya's Health Ministry announced a second confirmed case of Ebola virus disease on 14 October. According to The Star and Pulse Kenya, the person was a…
- Maduro and Flores dispute additional charges in New York
On Thursday, 15 October, Nicolás Maduro appeared with his wife, Cilia Flores, before a federal court in New York, following the addition of…
- Black Sea rescuers search for seven Wine Trader crew members
Seven people from the Wine Trader's crew remained missing after the vessel caught fire near Romania on Thursday, 15 October. Reports from the BBC and…
- Nord Stream trial opens with a dispute over the defence's case
The trial of a former Ukrainian officer accused of participating in the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines opened in Hamburg on 14 October. On the…
- Apple brings its new Siri into the home with HomeView
Apple unveiled HomeView on Tuesday, October 13, a small display designed to control a connected home. Priced at 299 dollars in the United States, it has…
- Chicago crowns Kipruto as Debrunner lowers her world record
Third in 2024 and second in 2025, Kenya's Amos Kipruto finally won the Chicago Marathon on Sunday, October 11, in 2 hours 1 minute 9 seconds. The 48th…
- Menopause study finds a biological shift, but experts urge caution
A study published on Monday, October 12 in Nature Medicine describes an abrupt change in the average trajectories of several biological markers around…
- Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for stabilisation research
The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, commonly called the economics Nobel, was awarded on Monday, October 12, to…
- Webb maps an unexpectedly dense core in an ancient galaxy cluster
New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal more about the structure of XLSSC 122, a galaxy cluster known since 2014. The findings were…