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Father hugging his young daughter outdoors

A Rutgers study of nearly 1,700 people found fathers of daughters felt more committed to their child’s mother than fathers of sons, and in couples tracked from pregnancy the gap began after birth

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October 2, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Researcher with a miniature horse outdoors

A UC Davis study found just three minutes with miniature horses and donkeys left 61 teenagers calmer and less lonely, and those who saw an animal choose to walk away felt the biggest drop in sadness

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October 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Elderly man walking through a green orchard

A Finnish study that followed 2,690 men for decades found 42% of those with good cardiovascular health in their early 40s lived to 90, versus 7% of those with the poorest, and they were less frail

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October 2, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Insect remains recovered from the Cruz de la Esquina cave

Researchers sifting 8,173 insect remains from a burial cave on Gran Canaria found granary weevils revealing it first stored grain, and blowflies showing the dead were placed inside right after death

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October 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Grayscale mosaic of a long wrinkle ridge crossing cratered volcanic plains on Mercury

Scientists found fewer wrinkles on Mercury’s roughest ground, and now put its lost radius at 7.2 miles

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October 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Excavated remains of the Ursoaia pottery kiln in Romania

Archaeologists in Romania excavated a 6,000-year-old pottery kiln with an 81-square-foot floor and replaceable clay slabs, the largest of its kind, suggesting potters worked beyond household needs

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October 2, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Saildrone 1092, a crewless sailboat, heading south from Storm Bay off Tasmania

In the Southern Ocean, four 23-foot crewless sailboats will measure CO2 where ships rarely go in winter

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October 2, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Medieval illustration of dogs attacking a chained bear

A bear shoulder blade found in England in 1864 helped show that bear-baiting was established by the 12th century, about 400 years before Shakespeare’s London, as imports of live bears grew after 1066

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October 2, 2026 at 8:42 AM
A silver denarius of Emperor Domitian standing upright among the 934 Roman denarii of the Wesseling hoard

A metal detectorist near Cologne stopped digging after 15 silver coins and called archaeologists, who then found 934 Roman denarii, the largest hoard from Hadrian’s time ever found in Germany

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October 2, 2026 at 6:50 AM
The Pont du Gard Roman aqueduct bridge over the Gardon River

Mineral layers in the Roman aqueduct that crosses the Pont du Gard show it stopped supplying Nîmes around AD 270, during the Plague of Cyprian, while water kept flowing to farms upstream for 140 years

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October 2, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Coated steel samples held by a researcher

University of Queensland engineers made a coating that releases rust-fighting molecules where it is damaged, and lab tests showed corrosion over 600 times slower than some top paints

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October 1, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Researcher examining ray barb fragments with a magnifying glass

Archaeologists working along Mexico’s Maya Train found ray barb fragments and a catfish spine in burials near the Usumacinta River and are studying whether the Maya used them to draw their own blood

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October 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Rendering of the neurons in the central nervous system of a male fruit fly, from the brain to the nerve cord

Janelia scientists spent 18 years mapping every neuron in a male fruit fly, 166,700 cells and 125 million connections, and days after the map came out programmers had it playing Doom

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October 1, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Greek krater with cremated remains inside Tomb 10188 at Pontecagnano

Archaeologists checking a building plot in Italy found a 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb where a Greek wine vessel painted with horsemen and a siren held the cremated bones of a person of high rank

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October 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Rock-cut tunnel of the pre-Roman aqueduct at Monteleone Sabino

Cavers in Italy’s Rieti province explored about 328 feet of a pre-Roman aqueduct carved through a hillside, and archaeologists believe small farming villages built it to drain their land

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October 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Roebuck Castle building on the University College Dublin campus

Roebuck Castle, a medieval fortress long believed demolished, is hiding inside a Victorian-looking building at University College Dublin, where walls possibly from the early 1200s survive under plaster

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October 1, 2026 at 10:13 AM
Molehills in a grassy field

Archaeologists in Belgium sifted 814 molehills near Damme and recovered 2,810 fragments that revealed a medieval gatehouse under a nature reserve, with the richest clues where moles dug least

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October 1, 2026 at 8:48 AM
GoSun Moonrider tractor charging from its solar canopy at sunset

A fully electric tractor that recharges from its own solar roof goes on sale in North America, runs about five hours per charge and could save small farms around $15,000 over five years

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October 1, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Close-up of a green kākāpō parrot held by a ranger

New Zealand’s kākāpō, a flightless parrot that fell to just 51 birds in 1995, now numbers 325 after 90 chicks joined the count, and conservationists are running out of safe islands for them

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October 1, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Purple deep-sea octopus on the seafloor off Trinidad and Tobago

Scientists on Trinidad and Tobago’s first locally led deep-sea expedition followed 219 bubble streams to 25 cold seeps and found at least 20 possible new species, including an octopus first seen in 2014

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October 1, 2026 at 6:29 AM
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