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China's far-side Moon samples help explain the Moon's two faces

Rocks from Chang'e-6 suggest heat from Earth's tides drove molten rock across the young Moon, thickening the far side's crust.

14 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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Swiss scientists have charted where lipids sit in the mouse brain, and found pregnancy reshapes them more than sex differences do.

13 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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Late fourth-century coins at a newly found fort near Frenni Fawr suggest the Mabinogion's tale of Magnus Maximus had a basis in fact.

12 October 2026 Source: The Guardian

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A Cochrane review of 80 trials and nearly 30,000 people found high-certainty evidence for nicotine e-cigarettes.

11 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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A study of 277,000 adults found the effect was strongest in men, and that a healthy lifestyle did not offset it.

10 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Sophie Adenot and Andrey Fedyaev are home from the space station.

9 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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A newly described adult fossil from Drimolen is about 200,000 years older than adult Homo erectus fossils elsewhere.

8 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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An Oxford-led study of fossils in Mongolia suggests animal life could date back 800 million years.

7 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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Blocking an age-related protein reversed cartilage loss and prevented arthritis after injury in a Stanford study.

6 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily

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Saturn reached opposition on 4 October, and the Orionids peak on 21 to 22 October.

5 October 2026 Source: ScienceDaily