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SpaceX’s Starship Succeeds in Final Test Flight of 2025

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 8:30 PM

With the successful eleventh test flight of its Starship megarocket, SpaceX is on the cusp of a new era in spaceflight ... Read full Story

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Coral Die-Off Marks Earth’s First Climate ‘Tipping Point’, Scientists Say

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 2:00 PM

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread coral reef bleaching and death around the world ... Read full Story

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Nobel Prize Winner Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How He Discovered Regulatory T Cells

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 1:00 PM

Nobel laureate Shimon Sakaguchi reflects on the role of regulatory T cells in peripheral immune tolerance and how the cells could transform treatment for cancer, autoimmune disease and organ transplant rejection ... Read full Story

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Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 1:00 PM

Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your immune system. ... Read full Story

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Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 11:10 AM

Geological records hint that earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone might trigger the San Andreas Fault. ... Read full Story

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AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 10/13/2025 10:46 AM

A new AI tool reveals that Campi Flegrei experienced more than 54,000 earthquakes between 2022 and 2025. By mapping these events, researchers discovered a huge, crisp, ring-shaped fault. ... Read full Story

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'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than 'Planet Nine'

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 9:22 AM

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth than the hypothetical Planet X, which astronomers have been hunting for almost a decade. However, the evidence for this newly theorized world is "not definitive." ... Read full Story

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What is type 5 diabetes? Newly recognized form of the disease gets name

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 9:00 AM

First spotted decades ago but largely forgotten, a newly named form of diabetes stems from undernutrition and is thought to affect millions. ... Read full Story

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'An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts': Scientists warn 'day zero droughts' could hit before 2030

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 8:42 AM

Three-quarters of the world's drought-prone areas are at risk of extreme water shortages — known as "day zero droughts" — this century, and some could be hit before 2030. ... Read full Story

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Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 8:00 AM

Researchers have identified a massive red supergiant on the brink of supernova in images from the James Webb Space Telescope, shedding light on a decades-old star mystery. ... Read full Story

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An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 7:24 AM

Chunks of river ice tore down trees after a landslide caused a tsunami in the Yukon in December. ... Read full Story

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Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 7:00 AM

Texas lawmakers want to move the Smithsonian’s retired space shuttle to Houston. It’s “a vanity project that is apt to destroy a near-priceless American treasure,” one historian says ... Read full Story

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$100,000 quadrillion asteroid Psyche may be the product of metal volcanoes, study hints

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 7:00 AM

The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more likely if the space rock is made of the same chemicals as metal-rich meteorites, a new study suggests. ... Read full Story

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Scientists Map Microbiome Hidden Deep inside Tree Trunks

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 6:45 AM

Trees’ inner heartwood harbors methane-producing microbes adapted to oxygen-poor swamps and cow guts ... Read full Story

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2025 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry Explained

By Scientific American | | 10/13/2025 6:00 AM

The CDC updates COVID vaccine guidance and stirs controversy over childhood immunizations. And global health experts warn of rising child malnutrition in Gaza. ... Read full Story

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Miniature Skeleton: A ghostly 2,000-year-old party favor from a Roman banquet

By LIVE SCIENCE | kkillgrove@livescience.com (Kristina Killgrove) | 10/13/2025 6:00 AM

This spooky skeleton was likely made to remind Roman banqueters that life is short. ... Read full Story

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Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after

By LIVE SCIENCE | sascha.pare@futurenet.com (Sascha Pare) | 10/13/2025 5:43 AM

Researchers incubated permafrost samples from Alaska at different temperatures and found that microbes from the last ice age can reactivate and resume breaking down carbon. ... Read full Story

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What if Christopher Columbus had never reached the Americas?

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/13/2025 5:00 AM

How would history have unfolded if Christopher Columbus had never reached the New World? ... Read full Story

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Physicists capture rare illusion of an object moving at 99.9% the speed of light

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/12/2025 7:00 AM

For the first time, physicists have simulated what objects moving near the speed of light would look like — an optical illusion called the Terrell-Penrose effect. ... Read full Story

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Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week

By LIVE SCIENCE | | 10/12/2025 6:00 AM

The Hubble Space Telescope reveals how color filters tease out the life cycles of stars in spiral galaxy NGC 6000 — while a surprise asteroid streaks through the frame. ... Read full Story

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13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

by The List | Mar 03 2025

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Kiernan Shipka's Halloween Essentials Include Horror Flicks, Candy, and Beauty Sleep Before a Costume Party

by ET Online | Oct 13 2025

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Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

by NY Post | Oct 10 2025

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Is Meta’s stock in trouble? OpenAI’s new app has Wall Street worried.

by MarketWatch.com | Oct 13 2025

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No steamer for your coffee? Here’s how I still make perfectly steamed milk at home

by THE MANUAL | Oct 13 2025

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Baptism by Fire: Looking for Value on the Jaxson Dart Prop Market Ahead of First Giants’ Start

by ESNY | Sep 26 2025

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FBC: Firebreak Had "Weak Sales" Despite Turnaround, Says Remedy

by GameSpot | Oct 13 2025

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Ryder Cup: U.S. and European Golfers Face a Challenge at Bethpage Black

by NY Times | Sep 25 2025

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Here’s the Real Reason We Say “Riding Shotgun” When We’re in the Front Seat

by Reader's Digest | Oct 08 2025

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5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

by thehealthy.com | Sep 09 2025

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Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

by United Press International, Inc. | Oct 13 2025

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Diane Keaton had another successful decades-long career — in renovating and flipping homes

by NY Post | Oct 13 2025

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Pelé's life in pictures

by CNN | Apr 16 2023

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Madonna di Campiglio – Ski Resort and Perfect Summer Destination in Italy

by The Travel Magazine | Oct 13 2025

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I Look Like I Have It Together, But I'm Living with High-Functioning Depression

by Self.com | Oct 10 2025

Word of the Day

utopia

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for October 14, 2025 is:

utopia • \yoo-TOH-pee-uh\ • noun

Utopia refers to an imaginary place in which the government, laws, and social conditions are perfect; a utopia is a place of ideal perfection.

// It’s a nice place to live, but it’s no utopia.

See the entry >

Examples:

“Despite the rest of the group arguing with and (mostly) disagreeing with him for half the evening, my colleague stuck to his guns: it would be handy to have robots writing poetry for people. … But at the heart of my colleague’s provocative position was a utopian ideal: of a future in which technology was advanced enough to ‘do everything,’ even write poetry, so that no one needed to work. Yet this position wasn’t convincing either. His utopia sounded more than a little dull, and nobody wants to be bored out of their minds.” — Surekha Davies, Humans: A Monstrous History, 2025

Did you know?

There’s quite literally no place like utopia. In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled Utopia, which compared social and economic conditions in Europe with those of an ideal society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas. More wanted to imply that the perfect conditions on his fictional island could never really exist, so he called it “Utopia,” a name he created by combining the Greek words ou (“not, no”) and topos (“place”). The earliest generic use of utopia was for an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. The current use of utopia, referring to an ideal place or society, was inspired by More’s description of Utopia’s perfection.

SpaceX’s Starship Succeeds in Final Test Flight of 2025

Coral Die-Off Marks Earth’s First Climate ‘Tipping Point’, Scientists Say

Nobel Prize Winner Shimon Sakaguchi Reflects on How He Discovered Regulatory T Cells

Mysterious chunks of DNA called 'inocles' could be hiding in your mouth

Link between Cascadia and San Andreas Fault earthquakes discovered 30 years after lost vessel stumbled across key data

AI reveals hidden 'ring fault' that is unleashing earthquakes at Italy's Campi Flegrei volcano

'Planet Y' theory hints at hidden Earth-size world lurking in the solar system — and it could be much closer to us than 'Planet Nine'

What is type 5 diabetes? Newly recognized form of the disease gets name

'An increasing attack on water resources from multiple fronts': Scientists warn 'day zero droughts' could hit before 2030

Hidden 'doomed' star revealed by James Webb Space Telescope could solve decades-old mystery

An 'ice tsunami' in 2024 ripped through the Yukon with such force it tore up trees and the riverbed

Moving NASA Space Shuttle to Texas from DC Could Damage It, Experts Say

$100,000 quadrillion asteroid Psyche may be the product of metal volcanoes, study hints

Scientists Map Microbiome Hidden Deep inside Tree Trunks

2025 Nobel Prize Winners in Medicine, Physics and Chemistry Explained

Miniature Skeleton: A ghostly 2,000-year-old party favor from a Roman banquet

Scientists 'reawaken' ancient microbes from permafrost — and discover they start churning out CO2 soon after

What if Christopher Columbus had never reached the Americas?

Physicists capture rare illusion of an object moving at 99.9% the speed of light

Hubble went supernova hunting — and found something unexpected: Space photo of the week

13 Major Hair Transformations Celebrities Still Regret

Kiernan Shipka's Halloween Essentials Include Horror Flicks, Candy, and Beauty Sleep Before a Costume Party

Kevin Jonas’ wife Danielle Jonas was diagnosed with Lyme disease after experiencing this ‘very traumatic’ symptom

Is Meta’s stock in trouble? OpenAI’s new app has Wall Street worried.

No steamer for your coffee? Here’s how I still make perfectly steamed milk at home

Baptism by Fire: Looking for Value on the Jaxson Dart Prop Market Ahead of First Giants’ Start

FBC: Firebreak Had "Weak Sales" Despite Turnaround, Says Remedy

Ryder Cup: U.S. and European Golfers Face a Challenge at Bethpage Black

Here’s the Real Reason We Say “Riding Shotgun” When We’re in the Front Seat

5 Drinks To Help Lower Cholesterol, According to Science

Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

Diane Keaton had another successful decades-long career — in renovating and flipping homes

Pelé's life in pictures

Madonna di Campiglio – Ski Resort and Perfect Summer Destination in Italy

I Look Like I Have It Together, But I'm Living with High-Functioning Depression

Word of the Day

10 Odd & Fun

1.Unexplained feeling leads N.C. woman to $1.86M lottery jackpot

2.Look: Firefighters help round up escaped bull named Carl in Massachusetts

3.David Rush breaks fist-bumping record on sidelines of '99 to Beat'

4.Watch: Cat stows away for 100 miles atop family's vehicle

5.Look: Marine rescuers save dolphin calf caught in fishing line

6.British farm boasts world's tallest donkey, another with longest ears

7.Watch: Struggling jaguar rescued from Brazilian river

8.Watch: Ohio police chase runaway inflatable pumpkin

9.Watch: Kentucky man's Halloween display aims for Guinness World Record

10.Watch: Mystery cow roped by cowboy on horseback on Pennsylvania highway