Honeybee Swarms Have Been Misread for Centuries, Biologists Say
In a new review paper, Dr. Hannes Bonhoff of Lund University and Dr. Heikki Helanterä from the University…
Prepare for the unexpected with the coming super El Niño and NZ’s ocean weather
Comment: Residents of Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington know it is always wise to prepare for any weather – to…
NASA’s hunting for a secret underground cave on the moon
Are there secret underground caves on the moon? NASA has a new program that aims to find out.…
Short-range excitonic correlations and enhanced excitonic susceptibility in 1T-TiSe2
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Signals From Another World: Wouldnt it be cool if we heard “kia ora” back?
https://waateanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Professor_Jan_J._Eldridge___NZ_Theoretical_Astrophysicist.mp3 It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it! Scientists are reporting radio emissions associated with a…
Separatists win in Quebec – but does that bring separation from Canada any closer? | Quebec
The victory of the Parti Québécois in Monday’s election in Quebec might seem to bring its signature goal,…
Using Claude Science to produce the first complete map of the sky in UV light \ Anthropic
Here, Brice Ménard, an astrophysicist at Johns Hopkins University and a researcher at Anthropic, explains how he worked…
Two mysterious red dots in space: are supermassive black holes set to collide?
Two mysterious red dots in space: are supermassive black holes set to collide? – Futura-Sciences October 8, 2026…
Jurassic Fossil Shows Mammal-Like Throat Evolved Far Earlier Than Thought
Megacauda sungei, a furry, otter-size mammaliaform that lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China, some 165 million…
Rising seas threaten the world’s migratory shorebirds
Birds undertake some of the world’s most impressive migrations, travelling hundreds to thousands of kilometres every year in…
SpaceX calls for better coordination in orbit after near-misses with Starlink
“My fundamental ask here is that we need to make headway here and begin sharing data across all…
Magnetic control of an exciton–polariton condensate in a van der Waals magnet
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