Crooked Bough News Round-up

— One with the world? A new look at brains transformed by psychedelics.

 

at 10/10/26 5:15am

Participants meditated inside an MRI tube, with and without psilocybin.

[Category: Science, brain, Neuroscience, psilocybin, psychedelics]

— Neanderthal wooden tools from Spain found preserved in stone

 

at 10/9/26 4:34pm

Dissolved rock precipitated around the tools, which then decayed.

[Category: Science, Archeology, Neanderthals, woodworking]

— What's been driving Hawaii's lava fountains?

 

at 10/9/26 3:05pm

Before the lava fountains started, the ground was expanding by half a meter a day.

[Category: Science, Earth science, eruptions, fountains, geology, Hawaii, Kilauea, lava, Magma]

— AI disqualification yields new Nikon Small World in Motion winner

 

at 10/9/26 12:44pm

New winner is Nguyen Nam Nhat of Vietnam for video of a roundworm and single-celled Dileptus.

[Category: AI, Science, Nikon Small World in Motion video]

— RIP Margaret Hamilton, whose code saved the Apollo 11 Moon landing

 

at 10/8/26 2:15pm

Hamilton also coined the term "software engineering" and founded two successful software companies.

[Category: Science, Space, Apollo 11, Chaos theory, Margaret Hamilton, Obituaries, obituary]

— An experimental tour-de-force: Entanglement between glass bead and light

 

at 10/8/26 12:45pm

Getting a glass bead to act like a quantum object by entangling it with light.

[Category: Science, entanglement, lasers, Physics, quantum mechanics]

— Chemistry Nobel goes to reactions like those that gave life a hand

 

at 10/7/26 12:48pm

Altering molecular handedness has implications for the origins of life.

[Category: Science, catalysts, chemistry, chirality, origin of life, reactions]

— If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency

 

at 10/7/26 5:00am

"We are in the era of people interested in having good deals, and LISA is a very good deal for the US."

[Category: Features, Science, Space, european space agency, gravitational waves, Lisa, NASA]

— It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane

 

at 10/6/26 1:55pm

To date, this Atlantic tropics year has been exceptionally quiet.

[Category: Science, Atlantic, El Niño, hurricane, science]

— Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize

 

at 10/6/26 10:53am

Francis Halzen of University of Wisconsin-Madison led development of IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

[Category: Science, astrophysics, Francis Halzen, IceCube, multi-messenger astronomy, neutrino astronomy, neutrinos, Nobel Prize in Physics, nobel prizes, Physics]

— Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel

 

at 10/5/26 11:59am

The entire field of optogenetics traces back to light-seeking algae.

[Category: Science, Biology, neurobiology, nobel prizes, optogenetics, physiology]

— New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"

 

at 10/4/26 10:00pm

Fresh analysis of First Dynasty mass burials finds signs of fatal blunt force trauma on 39 percent of skulls

[Category: Science, ancient egypt, Archaeology, bioarchaeology, burial practices, forensic archaeology]

— Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: A spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife

 

at 10/4/26 9:34am

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo's new documentary Africa: Earth's Wild Home.

[Category: Culture, Science, disney plus, documentaries, Hulu, National Geographic, science documentaries]

— Lions and cheetahs and chimps, oh my: a spotlight on Africa's diverse wildlife

 

at 10/4/26 9:34am

Wunmi Mosaku (Sinners, Loki) narrates NatGeo's new documentary Africa: Earth's Wild Home

[Category: Culture, Science, disney plus, documentaries, Hulu, National Geographic, science documentaries]

— All hail electrification. But let’s talk about the hard part.

 

at 10/4/26 5:05am

The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity.

[Category: Science, electrification, International Energy Agency, syndication]

— The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton

 

at 10/3/26 5:15am

The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.

[Category: Science, Tech, exoskeleton, robotic exoskeleton, robots, syndication]

— The 2008 economic crisis changed the US's relationship with energy

 

at 10/2/26 12:56pm

It wasn't obvious at the time, but the US uncoupled carbon emissions and GDP growth.

[Category: Science, carbon emissions, economic growth, Energy, gdp]

— Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed

 

at 10/2/26 12:17pm

Also: Spooky action at the LHC, Ice Age psychoactive use, yeast for building homes on Mars, and more.

[Category: Science, Archaeology, biomaterials, cosmoramas, Dark Matter, engineering, Galileo Galilei, Large Hadron Collider, materials science, Physics, psychoaoctive compounds, quantum entanglement, science, telescopes]

— Rocket Report: SpaceX completes launch triple-header; Rocket Lab nets big contract

 

at 10/2/26 7:54am

Blue Origin seeks FAA approval for up to 50 New Glenn launches and 50 booster landings per year.

[Category: Science, Space, blue origin, Boeing, falcon 9, rocket lab, rocket report, spacex, starliner, starship, united launch alliance, vulcan]

— Venus' mysterious haze is actually cosmic dust

 

at 10/1/26 4:27pm

A physical model show that iron dust and sulfuric acid create the right properties.

[Category: Science, astronomy, atmospheric science, Haze, planetary science, Venus]

— SpaceX describes surgical intervention before launch of latest crew mission

 

at 10/1/26 4:07pm

With Crew-13, Jessica Watkins became the first Black woman to lead a mission into space.

[Category: Science, Space, commercial crew, Commercial space, crew dragon, Crew-13, human spaceflight, international space station, NASA, spacex]

As of 10/13/26 6:45am. Last new 10/10/26 6:08am.