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1. Elon Musk Throws Trump Under the Bus For Ukraine Intel Disruption

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:10:00 -0000

   The tech billionaire said that systems that went offline during a Russian missile attack that killed nine are “owned and controlled” by the US …

2. Climate Change Is Accelerating Faster Than We Can Respond, Scientists Warn

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:03 -0000

   The climate is warming up faster than we can respond. According to a new report published Oct. 14 in the journal BioScience, “Earth’s climate system is moving deeper into uncharted territory.” The State of the Climate, an annual report that tracks the Earth’s “vital signs,” monitors several climate …

3. NIH banned-word list kills research over climate change, DEI, gender

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:28:09 -0000

   Oct. 14 (UPI) -- The National Institutes of Health has implemented a list of 235 banned keywords used to reject grant funding for research, drawing …

4. As Lake Powell Dries Up, Mud Threatens Its Future

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:06:32 -0000

   Lake Powell’s retreat is revealing a lost world covered in deep piles of sedimentary sludge. A group of adventurers and scientists are teaming up to explore its resurrected canyons, and reveal the fate of this critical reservoir. “Don’t stand behind me,” says Cari Johnson, as she digs a small …

5. The Australian species turning up where no one wants it

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:39:52 -0000

   In brief A familiar sight in Australian waterways could be wreaking havoc far from home. • There are concerns its surging appearance across the world …

6. Trump says oil, gas and mineral exploration in Greenland is set to begin. It’s not that simple

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:03:57 -0000

   U.S. President Donald Trump said that “massive” oil, gas and mineral exploration is set to begin in “our new and beautiful Greenland,” though it …

7. A Rock Dragged 90 Km Into Earth Came Back With a Temperature Story That Breaks The Models

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:00:00 -0000

   Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago. The story it …

8. “Stunningly short-sighted” NOAA grant cuts threaten US climate resilience

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:52:47 -0000

   After Donald Trump began his second term as president of the U.S. in 2025, his administration moved to dramatically cut federal funding for agencies …

9. Trump Is Encouraging Airlines to Scam Passengers in Every Way Possible

   Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:26:43 -0000

   Biden cracked down on carriers’ junk fees and hidden fees, flight delays and cancellations, and deceptive pricing. Trump is undoing all of that …

10. As Trump Witch Hunts Go, the Cassidy Hutchinson One Is the Worst Yet

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:20:19 -0000

    Trump’s other targets were at least battle-seasoned veterans. Hutchinson was a young woman who showed enormous bravery. Besides which—the case will …

11. Ten unions call on Burnham to reject drilling at Rosebank oil field

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:01:00 -0000

    Ten trade unions – between them representing millions of British workers – have banded together to call on Andy Burnham to reject plans for drilling …

12. Aboard an icebreaker, a writer got a closer look at the Arctic's 'Sea Change'

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:42:03 -0000

    As polar ice melts in the Arctic, shipping lanes are opening up, making the region a new zone of superpower competition. Writer Rana Foroohar got an up-close look aboard the USS Healy, a Coast Guard icebreaker. She says that traversing the North Pole by ship — once a "largely conceptual" route — is …

13. Nepal is a warning: Climate adaptation must become a global priority

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:32:00 -0000

    Mitigation is essential as it limits future dangers, but adaptation protects people from existing risks. After Nepal’s flash flood in the last week of …

14. “Demonic Stuff”: Kansas GOP Accuses Democrat of Being a Witch

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:23:03 -0000

    Ty Masterson had a lot to say about witchcraft while speaking at a Wichita church this weekend. Witch hunts are back in vogue with Kansas …

15. French newspaper claims climate change is fueling child marriages, including girls as young as 12

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:49:29 -0000

    A French newspaper claimed Tuesday that climate change is accelerating child marriages in developing countries, including among girls as young as 12, citing research suggesting that natural disasters are pushing impoverished families to marry off their daughters at increasingly younger ages. Le …

16. Climate scientists issue a sobering diagnosis about Earth's 'vital signs'

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Earth faces “rapid destabilization” as a result of climate change, an international group of scientists find in the latest edition of an annual …

17. This Everyday Food Outranked Steak, Salmon, and Eggs in a New Protein Analysis

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 07:18:41 -0000

    A new ranking of 20 protein sources considers everything from saturated fat and cholesterol to grocery prices and greenhouse gas emissions. Gone are the days when protein powder and bars were the extent of the protein universe. Now, protein chips, protein coffee (or “proffee”), and even protein …

18. New Mexico and El Paso Spent Millions on Climate Plans. Three New Data Centers Could Undo Them.

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:00:03 -0000

    Last December, New Mexico officials celebrated publication of a plan to address climate change, designed to dramatically reduce the state’s …

19. ‘Super’ El Niño is breaking records. Here’s what it could mean for winter in Florida

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:32:59 -0000

    With Hurricane Isaias in the rearview mirror, the Atlantic appears set to resume the status its held all hurricane season — quiet. But the weather …

20. In 1960, scientists predicted the world would end on November 13, 2026

    Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    And yes, doomsday falls on Friday the 13th. In exactly a month, on November 13, 2026, the world will end. Fittingly, our impending apocalypse falls on Friday the 13th. At least, that was the prediction made by University of Illinois physicist Heinz von Foerster in a highly cited Science paper …

21. Record highs in Alabama for third straight day

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:51:20 -0000

    Several Alabama cities had record high temperatures on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. And more records could fall on Thursday, …

22. We can rescue the AMOC after its collapse – but it won’t be easy

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    A collapse in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) would be catastrophic, bringing “ice age” winters to Europe, raising sea levels …

23. California is building a $400 million shield to protect Yosemite’s most dangerous highway

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Near the end of the drive to Yosemite National Park, Highway 140 comes to an abrupt stop. A pair of traffic lights installed deep in a canyon direct …

24. New weather model may finally offer a reliable six-week forecast

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    And it challenges 50 years of chaos theory in the process. Even after decades of meteorological advances, weather forecasting remains infamously difficult. Today’s most trusted models are rarely accurate beyond a two-week window due to a constant cascade of atmospheric and climatic variables. These …

25. Mont Blanc rises by almost two metres, now standing at 4,807.47 metres

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:39:46 -0000

    An altitude that "is close to the historical value" measured at the end of the 19th century, but still not enough to draw conclusions about the …

26. Tom Cruise’s Big Flop Is a Secret Masterpiece

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:02:19 -0000

    I didn’t want to see “Digger.” The trailers, in which Tom Cruise, in heavy old-man makeup, plays a cartoonish oil baron named Digger Rockwell, looked empty, grating, unfunny. What’s more, I already knew the film’s big twist, which has been widely spoiled, and which I will also spoil, below. My …

27. Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:06:04 -0000

    With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy. Senate nominees are making their cases in the final stretch of their midterm campaigns, sparring in heated debates in some of the most …

28. Scientists Alarmed As Super El Niño Collides With ‘Strange Uptick’ In Galapagos Iguana Trafficking - Eurasia Review

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:37:52 -0000

    Key Takeaways: The world’s only sea-foraging lizard, the Galapagos marine iguana, faces dual threats from peaking black-market trafficking for the …

29. Stanford Scientists Find New Way to Revive Bleached Coral

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:55:00 -0000

    Bleached corals have a remarkable ability to recover, when put in contact with a healthy clone and beneficial algae, Bay Area researchers announced …

30. How Trump’s disaster aid delays and FEMA cuts could galvanize the ‘movable middle’ in the 2026 elections

    Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:19:10 -0000

    When Hurricane Isaias hit the Florida Panhandle on Oct. 9, 2026, it was just the latest weather disaster for Americans in a year that continues to …