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Nature, Published online: 01 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03141-9 Coloured stripes across the sky and a crab caught in jellyfish tentacles are among this month’s sharpest science shots. Plus, a ‘speech clock’ could determine how fast you’re ageing and how invasive plant species are displacing farmers in Africa.
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A chance and "extremely rare" discovery in an outback fossil pit has uncovered an unknown bird species from more than a hundred million years ago.
Finding alternatives to precious metals in chemical manufacturing may be less like sourcing a substitute and more like tuning an instrument already in hand.
On September 22, the Coronagraph Instrument on NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope opened its eyes to cosmic light for the first time.
On October 1, NASA astronaut and former Caltech postdoc Jessica Watkins will serve as commander of NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 mission, as the team of four astronauts launches to the International Space…
Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.
