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Exterior of the Pioneer Building in San Francisco, housing OpenAI offices

October 2, 2026

OpenAI Fired 3 Safety Researchers for Sharing Data With Outside Group

OpenAI Fired Three Safety Researchers. Here’s Why the Timing Changes Everything. What OpenAI Says Happened OpenAI fired three employees this week. The company says they violated internal policies by sharing confidential information

Before and after satellite images showing glacial ice loss in the Swiss Alps

Environment·Science

Swiss Glaciers Lose 5.5% of Ice in Disastrous 2026 Melt

Switzerland’s Glaciers Lose 5.5 Percent of Ice in 2026, Threatening Water Supplies Switzerland’s alpine glaciers are retreating at an alarming pace. New data from Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS) reveals that these frozen landscapes lost 5.5 percent of their ice volume

October 1, 2026

California Declares Emergency as El Niño Kelvin Wave Could Raise Coastal Sea Levels Up to a Foot

Environment·Science·USA

If you live on or near the California coast, a large-scale ocean phenomenon is heading your way this fall that most people don’t know

RCA’s PhytoSymbiosis Seat Won a Silver at New York 2026 — the Design Is Meant to Look Different Every Decade

Design·Science·Sustainability

This Living Bench Uses Ivy to Change How Public Furniture Grows Most park benches are finished the day they leave the workshop. The PhytoSymbiosis

Curiosity rover image of hexagonal mud cracks in Gale Crater, used for Mars imaging and cosmic-ray context.

Science

The Mars “Jellyfish” Is a Cosmic Ray Hit, Not Alien Life — What Curiosity’s Sol 3924 Image Actually Shows

A strange, jellyfish-shaped smudge that appeared in a single Mars photo is almost certainly a cosmic ray hitting the camera sensor, not a sign of alien life. The image was actually taken

Govind Tekale

September 25, 2026

MeerKAT radio telescope dishes in South Africa's Karoo region

Science·Space

First Direct Radio Signal From an Exoplanet Ever Detected: What MeerKAT Found at β Pictoris b, 63 Light-Years Away

Astronomers have detected the first direct radio emission from a planet outside our solar system, using the MeerKAT radio telescope array in South Africa. The signal came from β Pictoris b, a

Sonali Tiwary

September 25, 2026

Large data centre facility connected to electricity infrastructure

Energy·Science·Technology

AI Data Centers Set to Consume 20% of US Power Grid by 2035 — BloombergNEF Warns of 118 GW Surge

BloombergNEF analysis warns that AI data centers could consume 20% of the US national power grid by 2035 — a 118-gigawatt surge that would reshape energy infrastructure planning. The figure is drawn

Rahul Somvanshi

September 25, 2026

Business·Science·Technology·USA

AI Data Centers Set to Consume 20% of US Power Grid by 2035 — What the 118 GW Surge Means

AI data centers are projected to consume 20% of US grid capacity by 2035, with BloombergNEF warning of a 118 GW surge ahead. BloombergNEF analysis and DOE reference data confirm the projection.

Karmactive Team

September 25, 2026

Breaking Pacific Ocean waves along a shoreline under grey sky and rough surf.

News·Science·USA

Stronger Polar Vortex, Warmer Eastern US, El Niño Odds

NOAA is forecasting a very strong El Niño event for the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter of 2026–27, with greater than a 90% chance of a very strong El Niño during fall

Karmactive Staff

September 24, 2026

Landscape view of the Durupinar formation area in eastern Turkey with rugged terrain visible.

News·Science·World

‘May Be Petrified Wood’: Drill Breaks Deep at Turkey’s 157-Metre Site

An international research team began core drilling at the Durupınar formation in eastern Türkiye on September 23, 2026. During drilling, a percussion bit broke after encountering a very hard layer about 4

Rahul Somvanshi

September 24, 2026

Science·Space

Beta Pictoris b Radio Signal Exoplanet Magnetic Field MeerKAT

If a headline about "radio signals from an alien planet" caught your eye, here's the actual science behind it: astronomers have picked up real radio bursts coming directly from a planet outside

Sunita Somvanshi

September 24, 2026

NOAA graph showing sea surface temperature conditions associated with El Niño in the tropical Pacific

Environment·India·Science·World

El Niño 451,000 Heat Deaths Projection India Climate Impact Lab

If you're in a hot, crowded part of the world over the next few months, a new study says the coming El Niño season carries real stakes for people like you. Researchers

Sunita Somvanshi

September 24, 2026

Harvest Moon rising above a dark tree line during September 2026

News·Science·USA

Autumnal Equinox 2026 Hit at 00:05 UTC on September 23 — but Equal Day and Night Won’t Arrive Yet

The 2026 autumnal equinox arrived at 00:05 UTC on September 23, marking the official start of astronomical autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. If you are expecting the day to be split perfectly

Rahul Somvanshi

September 24, 2026

NIST researchers examining a torsion balance used to measure the gravitational constant

Science

Why Gravity’s Fundamental Constant Has Baffled Physicists for 225 Years

More than 225 years after the first laboratory measurement, the gravitational constant—known as big G—is among the least precisely measured fundamental constants in physics. A NIST result published in April 2026 has

Govind Tekale

September 23, 2026

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