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Dragonflies! - Bernie's Astro for October - Shattering the Big Bang Timeline - Newton's 2nd Law - Debunked! - Common drug nails COVID - Avoid dementia by Living a life of purpose - We're All Wrong About Root of Consciousness - The 'Ostrich Effect' when we start avoiding information - AI Bubble, only Thing Keeping The U.S. Economy Together - Water’s Hidden State That’s Both Solid And Liquid - DNA Data Storage only 5 Years Away - Google Bringing Android To PCs, Microsoft in Big Trouble - $100K H-1B Visa Fee Could Backfire - Trump's Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol - USA's tallest timber tower construction faces bankruptsy: Tarifs - World's highest bridge opens in China - What Really Happens Inside a Garbage Truck? - 3000-year-old copper smelting site, key to understanding origins of iron - Ancient fishing nets resurrected from pottery using X-ray CT - Million-year-old skull changes human evolution timeline - World's first mushroom-powered waterless toilet - What noise does a fish make?/Slowed down 5 x - Wookie Coral - New species of wildflowers discovered - AI Is Emotionally Manipulating You to Keep You Talking - New study reveals the truth about AI boyfriends - Average size of trees in Amazon has increased as CO₂ levels rise - 3-D map of stellar nurseries, eyecandy - Carbon Capture SCAM continues - Natural landscape eyecandy - Ice releases iron faster than water in Arctic rivers - Climate change, fewer but bigger hailstones - Mountain Valley Lost 72% of Its Bugs - Your Quantum Immortality - Unanswered mysteries - Why Dust Dances in Sunlight.
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Living with purpose may protect your brain from dementiaLiving with a sense of purpose may not just enrich life, it could also guard against dementia. A UC Davis study tracking over 13,000 adults for up to 15 years found that people with higher purpose were about 28% less likely to develop cognitive impairment. Purpose was linked to resilience across ethnicities, even in those with genetic risks for Alzheimer’s, and activities like relationships, volunteering, spirituality, and personal goals can help nurture it.

Origins of the 'Ostrich Effect': Researchers pinpoint the age we start avoiding information—even when it's helpfulIn a world of information overload, it can feel soothing to stick your head in the sand.

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Jamie Dimon Warns $100K H-1B Visa Fee Could Backfire In A Big WayJamie Dimon isn’t mincing words when it comes to the Trump administration’s sudden $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas. The JPMorgan CEO said the decis

USA's new tallest timber tower halted mid-build, future uncertainAn ambitious new timber skyscraper that's set to become the tallest of its kind in the United States – and indeed the world – has hit a snag. The building has been under construction in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for a few months now. However, despite speedy progress, it has run into some issues and the…

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Ancient fishing nets resurrected from pottery using X-ray CTIn an archaeological achievement, researchers from Kumamoto University have successfully reconstructed the structure of prehistoric fishing nets from the Jomon period (ca. 14,000–900 BCE) by analyzing impressions preserved in ancient pottery using advanced X-ray computed tomography (CT). This marks the first time in the world that nets from over 6,000 years ago have been digitally and physically resurrected in such detail. The research is published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

What noise does a fish make? New underwater tool lets ecologists ID fish from their soundsResearchers from FishEye Collaborative, a conservation-technology nonprofit, Cornell University, and Aalto University have developed a new tool that combines underwater sound recording and 360° video to pinpoint the sounds made by individual fish. The findings are published in the journal Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

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Global project unearths new species of wildflowersA long-term study compiled from field work on four continents over five decades has unearthed new species of kangaroo paws and related genera.

Average size of trees in Amazon has increased as CO₂ levels riseAverage tree size across the Amazon has increased by 3.2% every decade, consistent with a response to rising carbon dioxide levels, a new study suggests.

A Hidden Mountain Valley Lost 72% of Its Bugs. That Shouldn’t Be Possible.Despite seeing little to no impact from humans, populations of insects in a mountain valley dropped drastically with rising summer temperatures.

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Fewer hailstorms but bigger hailstones: Climate change shifts Europe's severe weather risksWarming may lead to less frequent but bigger and more devastating hail storms, new research has shown.

Bernie's Astro for October

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Newton's 2nd Law Debunked!Newton’s 2nd Law Debunked …Because Vacuum does not Exist By Stephen Goodfellow

Doctors tested a common drug on COVID. The results are stunningInhaled heparin significantly lowers the risk of death and ventilation in COVID-19 patients while also showing potential against other respiratory infections. With its unique triple-action benefits, it could serve as a powerful and accessible treatment worldwide.

Neuroscientist Says We're All Wrong About Root of Consciousness in Our BrainsA researcher went back over 100 years of brain science that lead him to a radical conclusion about consciousness.

Scientists Finally Capture Water’s Hidden State That’s Both Solid And LiquidWater may be one of the most familiar substances on Earth, but under extreme confinement it reveals hidden behaviors that challenge our understanding

Google Is Bringing Android To PCs - And Microsoft Could Be In Big TroubleGoogle is taking another swing at redefining how we use our devices, and this time it’s going straight at Microsoft’s turf. The company is buildin

Trump's Top Anti-Tylenol Expert Was Paid to Hate Tylenol, Records ShowTrump's anti-Tylenol expert received at least $150,000 as an expert witness during several lawsuits aimed at Kenvue, the maker of Tylenol.

Watch: World's highest bridge opens in ChinaThe Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge towers 625m (2,083ft) above a gorge in the country's Guizhou province.

A 3000-year-old copper smelting site could be key to understanding the origins of ironResearch from Cranfield University sheds new light onto the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age, showing how experimentation with iron-rich rocks by copper smelters may have sparked the invention of iron.

Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timelineA digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday.

World's first mushroom-powered waterless toilet appears in botanical gardenUBC researchers have launched the world's first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, the MycoToilet, at the UBC Botanical Garden. The prototype turns human waste into nutrient-rich compost using mycelia—the root networks of mushrooms—and features a modern, sustainable design that can be dropped into parks, remote communities and areas without plumbing.

Can You Guess Which Star Wars Character This Coral Is Named After?Not long ago, in a galaxy very, very near, scientists deployed a remotely operated vehicle to explore the crushing depths off the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i.

Harvard Research Finds That AI Is Emotionally Manipulating You to Keep You TalkingResearchers found that almost half of the most popular AI companion apps use emotional manipulation tactics to stop users from leaving.

Chatbot connections: New study reveals the truth about AI boyfriendsAdvances in AI technology have ushered in a new era of digital romance, where people are forming intimate emotional connections with chatbots. For many, these AI companions are a crucial lifeline, helping to combat feelings of loneliness. Yet, despite a rapidly evolving social trend that has attracted widespread interest, it has been largely understudied by researchers.

See a 3-D map of stellar nurseries based on data from the Gaia telescopeThe map, spanning 4,000 light-years from the sun in all directions, combines a chart of space dust with the effects of a rare type of young, hot star.

Behold Earth's marvels in 2025's Natural Landscape Photography AwardsI do not envy the judges of the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. Now in its fifth year, it's attracting some outrageously talented lenspeople, and I'm having a hard time even narrowing down which of the six shortlisted photographers of the year for 2025 I like best.

Ice dissolves iron faster than just plain waterNew research flips a long-held belief that frozen environments slow down chemical reactions and helps explain why Arctic rivers are turning orange. It turns out that ice is actually better than liquid water at releasing iron from common minerals.

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