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Study estimates nearly 183,000 Aldabra giant tortoises
Aldabra Atoll is home to almost 183,000 adult and subadult giant tortoises, according to a new study that used statistical modelling to estimate animals missed by surveyors.
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- Study estimates nearly 183,000 Aldabra giant tortoises
- Restored Oyster Reefs Could Provide $12 Trillion a Year
- Study links Mars cloud to rare ice-forming process
- WMO: El Niño likely to persist through February 2027
- Vienna and Beijing teams demonstrate thorium clock prototypes
- NHS Lothian transplants frozen tissue in UK first
- Study links ADHD to higher risk of later cognitive impairment
- Lab detects more cases of rare brain fungus
- Biohub expands virtual biology effort to $1.8 billion
- Statins linked to lower glaucoma risk in observational study
- Jonathan’s genome offers clues to extreme longevity
- Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Restored Oyster Reefs Could Provide $12 Trillion a Year
A study estimates that fully restored oyster reefs in 10 hotspot countries could provide $12 trillion in gross ecosystem product each year, a modeled measure of benefits to people and the environment.
Study links Mars cloud to rare ice-forming process
A study published in Nature Geoscience proposes that a rare ice-forming process helps explain the long cloud that regularly appears near Arsia Mons on Mars.
WMO: El Niño likely to persist through February 2027
The World Meteorological Organization says El Niño is strengthening and is likely to persist through February 2027, with the climate pattern forecast to peak in December and potentially rank among the strongest since...
Vienna and Beijing teams demonstrate thorium clock prototypes
Teams at TU Wien in Vienna and Tsinghua University in Beijing have built and operated separate prototype clocks based on thorium-229 nuclei, demonstrating two ways to use nuclear transitions for precision timekeeping.
NHS Lothian transplants frozen tissue in UK first
NHS Lothian doctors have transplanted a 19-year-old man’s testicular tissue, frozen before chemotherapy, back into his body in the first procedure of its kind in the UK.
Study links ADHD to higher risk of later cognitive impairment
A large U.S. study found that adults diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder were more likely than those without ADHD to develop cognitive impairment later in life, including mild cognitive impairment...
Lab detects more cases of rare brain fungus
A University of Washington reference laboratory detected more cases of the rare fungal infection Cladophialophora bantiana in 2024 and 2025 than in earlier years, but researchers say they cannot determine whether the...
Biohub expands virtual biology effort to $1.8 billion
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub has expanded its Virtual Biology Initiative into a $1.8 billion effort with federal agencies and private partners to build biological datasets and computing resources for artificial intellig...
Statins linked to lower glaucoma risk in observational study
Statin use was associated with a lower five-year rate of open-angle glaucoma diagnoses and less need for additional treatment among people with glaucoma in a large observational study, but researchers said the finding...
Jonathan’s genome offers clues to extreme longevity
Researchers who sequenced the genome of Jonathan, an Aldabra giant tortoise estimated to be about 194 years old, identified genetic variants and unusually youthful patterns in some DNA-related processes that may help...
Kagan and Soai win 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai for discoveries in nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, research that he...
Fossils from Sphinx limestone identified as new crocodile
Paleontologists have identified Herugavialis cairensis as a new genus and species of extinct gavial crocodile, reclassifying fossils collected in Egypt nearly a century ago.
Astronomers find evidence of a possible second-generation planet
Astronomers report evidence that a gas giant may have formed from material expelled by a dying star and now orbits the star’s remnant, a white dwarf.
Seven cancer types rose among under-50s in England
A World Cancer Research Fund analysis of English NHS data found that rates of seven cancer types rose among people under 50 between 2001 and 2023, including increases in prostate, bowel, kidney, womb, breast, liver an...
Francis Halzen Wins 2026 Physics Nobel for IceCube Work
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Francis Halzen the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin...
Skull injuries support theory of sacrifice near royal tombs
A forensic reexamination of 46 skulls from burials near royal tombs at Abydos found potentially lethal injuries in 18, adding evidence that some people buried alongside Egypt’s First Dynasty rulers may have been kille...
Three scientists share 2026 Nobel medicine prize for optogenetics
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet on October 5 awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-gated ion cha...
Mouse study links cannabinoids to threat avoidance
A study of mice published in Nature Communications reports that cannabinoid exposure intensified defensive reactions to a threatening odor and increased activity in a group of neurons in the central amygdala, a brain...
Studies link GLP-1 use with nail and hair symptoms
Two studies presented at the 2026 European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology Congress found that people taking GLP-1 medicines reported nail and hair symptoms more often than people with obesity or type 2 diabete...
