Tuesday 15 September 2026Paper No. 1,386

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Science

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Bouncy Castle Linked to MRSA Outbreak Affecting 48 Children in Ireland

Proteomics unlocks secrets of ancient Egyptian glues and adhesives

NASA Pledges Open Data Sharing for Artemis Moon Missions

United Launch Alliance's Financial Struggles May Force Sale as Competitors Embrace Reusability

Europe to Proceed Alone on Venus Mission After NASA Withdraws Radar Instrument

11 Sept· 2 sources

NASA Begins Work on U.S. Space Academy, Invites States to Host

Artemis II commander and pilot become NASA's first astronaut emeriti

10 Sept· 2 sources

The Boring Company raises $3B as European space startup also secures record funding

10 Sept· 2 sources

NASA Adds Relativity Space's Terran R Rocket to Launch Services Contract

Curiosity Rover Marks 5,000 Martian Days on the Red Planet

European Space Startup The Exploration Company Raises $450 Million to Challenge SpaceX

Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion in Series E, Unveils Larger Nova Rocket

8 Sept· 2 sources

UK unveils £7.8bn space strategy spanning military, communications, and science

Stoke Space Raises $1 Billion to Build Fully Reusable Rocket, Aiming to Rival SpaceX

Isar Aerospace reaches orbit with Spectrum, delivering Europe's first fully commercial rocket launch

6 Sept· 4 sources

Farmed salmon loses omega-3 punch, USDA-led research finds

6 Sept· 2 sources

Isar Aerospace Makes History with First Private European Orbital Launch from Continental Europe

6 Sept· 3 sources

BepiColombo Sheds Power Module, Begins Final Approach to Mercury

BepiColombo Mission Nears Mercury Orbit After Eight-Year Journey

Coroner Confirms Measles Killed 6-Week-Old Baby in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Medieval Parchment Provides DNA 'Time Capsule' of Ancient Sheeppox Virus

5 Sept· 2 sources

Second Complete Fruit Fly Brain Map Completed, This Time a Male

5 Sept· 2 sources

NASA Captures Image of Three Tropical Cyclones Spinning in the Pacific

Pig kidney transplant sets record at 271 days before failing; patient receives human kidney

4 Sept· 2 sources

Primate Diarrhea Outbreak Provides Unexpected Boost for Shigella Vaccine Research

2026 Ig Nobel Prizes Awarded for Splash-Free Urinals, Mosquito Proboscis Nozzles, and Buried Underwear Research

4 Sept· 2 sources

NASA shifts to simpler 'Sortie Suit' for initial lunar landings, wary of Artemis IV timeline

3 Sept· 2 sources

NASA Rocket Takes First Multi-Point Look Inside Radio-Disrupting Clouds

Toyohiro Akiyama, first Japanese citizen and journalist in space, dies at 84

3 Sept· 2 sources

UN warns global heating will reach at least 1.8C, overshooting Paris goal

2 Sept· 2 sources

NASA Taps Blue Origin to Build Mars Telecommunications Network

AI Helps Plot $15 Million Mission to Alpha Centauri by 2029

ESA's Cluster Quartet Ends as Final Satellite Set for Reentry

Artemis II Heat Shield Performs Well After 2022 Concerns, NASA Reports

2 Sept· 2 sources

Physicists Report Most Compelling Hint of Dark Matter Yet, but Caution Urged

Private group aims for 'cheapest possible' mission to Alpha Centauri

NASA shifts Mars exploration to helicopters, shelving new landers and rovers

1 Sept· 3 sources

Startup Switch Bioworks aims to cut fertilizer emissions with engineered microbes

El Niño now stronger than at any point in 1,000 years, coral study finds

1 Sept· 2 sources

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Begins Commissioning on Three-Month Voyage to L2

NASA's $4.3 Billion Roman Space Telescope Launches to Probe Cosmic Mysteries

31 Aug· 3 sources

NASA's Roman Space Telescope Launches to Probe Dark Energy — and Maybe Upend Cosmology

President Trump Unexpectedly Dials Into NASA News Conference for Roman Space Telescope

31 Aug· 2 sources

Roman Space Telescope Launches Aboard Falcon Heavy on Trek to L2 Lagrange Point

31 Aug· 2 sources

Al Jazeera asks: Can 'super coral' and ocean cooling save reefs?

World-first trial finds statins safely cut heart attack and stroke risk in healthy over-70s

29 Aug· 2 sources

World-first trial shows common cholesterol drug cuts heart-attack risk

29 Aug· 3 sources

Trump Signs Executive Order to Establish U.S. Space Academy

29 Aug· 5 sources

Trump awards Artemis II crew Congressional Space Medal of Honor

29 Aug· 2 sources

30-million-year-old fossilised fruit rewrites evolutionary history of Australian plants

Doctors Begin to Rethink Antidepressant Withdrawal, Paving Way for Better Management

Scientists Warn of Gaps in Global Seed Vault Network

Startup Claims Injectable Drug Combination Rejuvenates Blood, but Experts Raise Skepticism

Fossil Fuel Burning Supercharges El Niño Patterns, Study Finds

NASA unveils Artemis-themed livery for its iconic T-38 astronaut training jets

28 Aug· 2 sources

Black-Market Peptide Tests Reveal High-Dose Risks as Social Media Demand Surges

28 Aug· 2 sources

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches, Trump Praises Mission He Once Sought to Cut

28 Aug· 7 sources

1,000 Citizens Bury Their Underpants for Science in Unprecedented Global Soil Health Study

28 Aug· 2 sources

Satellite Imagery Links Rock Landslide and Glacial Collapse to Deadly Floods in Nepal and Tibet

US FDA Approves Daraxonrasib, a Breakthrough Treatment for Pancreatic Cancer

Physicists Directly Image Quantum Fluctuations of Empty Space, Marking Major Breakthrough

London neurosurgeons perform world's first AI-assisted brain tumour removal, saving patient's sight

Radical Overhaul to Milk Production Would Use Up to 96% Less Land Than Cows, Study Suggests

Scientists Discover Vast Underground Temperature 'Anomaly' Beneath Mars' Southern Hemisphere

FDA Approves First-in-Class Targeted Therapy for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer

Gastroenterologist reveals five signs that a stomach ache requires emergency care

27 Aug· 3 sources

Roman Space Telescope Arrives at SpaceX Hangar, Launch Set for Sunday

FDA Grants Expedited Approval to First-of-Its-Kind Pancreatic Cancer Pill Daraxonrasib

27 Aug· 2 sources

Early-Life Sugar Consumption Linked to Longer Telomeres, Study Suggests

Scientists Achieve Dual Genetic Code Operation in Synthetic Biology Breakthrough

27 Aug· 2 sources

Psychiatry's diagnostic manual set for biological upgrade after years of criticism

Seattle Company Aims to Harvest 15,000 Years of Solar Wind in Four Hours from the Moon

27 Aug· 2 sources

Large UK study finds hormone replacement therapy linked to lower dementia risk in postmenopausal women

SpaceX Unveils $100 Billion Louisiana Spaceport Plans, Promising Thousands of Jobs and Environmental Cooperation

Study Finds at Least One in Four Deceased NFL Players Had Brain Disease CTE

Ketamine Found to Be an Opioid at Molecular Level, Study Says

Australian researchers unveil cyborg cockroach swarm for targeted drug delivery

26 Aug· 3 sources

India’s Gaganyaan crewed space program to launch first test flight this year after repeated delays

Sulphur emissions from industry likely damaging Murujuga rock art, new research finds

No, Earthquakes Aren't Becoming More Frequent: Statisticians Say 2026 on Track for Below-Average Count

MIT-Developed mRNA Adjuvant Supercharges T-Cell Response, Boosting Cancer and Infectious Disease Vaccines

Study: 1 in 4 Deceased Former NFL Players Had CTE, Majority of Head Impacts Occur in Practice

SpaceX Shifts Launches from Florida to California, Pausing Busiest Spaceport Ahead of Starship

26 Aug· 2 sources

Non-invasive endometriosis tests enter UK trials, promising faster diagnosis

NASA's Pandora Mission Begins Detailed Study of Exoplanet Atmospheres

SpaceX to Invest Up to $100 Billion in Louisiana 'Starbase' Spaceport

26 Aug· 3 sources

Chemistry comes to the rescue of glow-in-the-dark fashion: Preserving Stephen Sprouse’s vibrant legacy

Fusion startup Pacific Fusion breaks ground on New Mexico demonstration facility

Manipulated Images Found in Marketing for Over 17,000 Commercial Antibodies

26 Aug· 2 sources

World First: Mitochondria from Patient's Leg Injected into Her Eyes to Treat Vision Loss

Three minutes a day may prevent common sleep problem, experts say

25 Aug· 3 sources

SpaceX and Nvidia Plan to Send AI Data Centers to Orbit by 2027

Big pharma’s next $10 billion gamble: Ozempic for your brain

25 Aug· 3 sources

Climate change could halve omega-3 levels in fish, study warns

New study finds ‘green capping’ landfill with soil and plants matches traditional methods

25 Aug· 2 sources

NASA's MAIA Sensor Maps Addis Ababa Air Pollution as Perseverance Captures Another Martian Eclipse

25 Aug· 3 sources