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  1. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Alan Simmons

    Bats Likely Originated in Europe, Landmark Study Finds (opens the original)

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    Bats — the only mammals capable of true powered flight — most likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago before spreading across the globe, according to the largest combined study of bat genomes and fossils ever undertaken. The findings, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, overturn long-standing hypotheses that placed the group's origins in Asia, Africa or North America. The research was carried out by the Bat1K consortium, an international collaboration of 137 researchers fr

  2. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Alan Simmons

    Super El Niño Could Cause 451,000 More Heat Deaths (opens the original)

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    A super-strength El Niño could cause about 451,000 more heat-related deaths worldwide through February than a typical year would, according to a projection released Wednesday by the University of Chicago's Climate Impact Lab. The report combines seasonal temperature forecasts with local estimates of how heat affects mortality in more than 24,000 regions, then compares the results with conditions close to the average of the past three decades. The figure is a modeled estimate, not a count, and th

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Alan Simmons

    New Wild Cat Found in Bolivia for First Time in a Century (opens the original)

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    A small, spotted wild cat living in Bolivia's cloud forest has been confirmed as a species previously unknown to science, marking the first time in more than a century that a genuinely new feline species has been formally named and described. The discovery, published Thursday in the journal Current Biology, comes not from a remote expedition but from a decade of painstaking genetic detective work that began when a sanctuary worker received a puzzling phone call about "a weird cat." The animal is

  4. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Alan Simmons

    US Confirms It Has Deployed Weapons in Space (opens the original)

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    The United States has weapons deployed in orbit, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday, the first time a Pentagon official has publicly acknowledged that American weapons systems are currently operating in space. Meink made the disclosure in a keynote address at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, an annual gathering of military and industry leaders focused on the services' evolving capabilities. "Today we continue to ensure we

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Alan Simmons

    August Ties for Hottest Month on Record, Oceans Hit High (opens the original)

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    August 2026 tied July 2023 as the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service reported, in a month that also produced the highest sea surface temperatures in the agency's records — both for any August and, on a daily basis, for any day since satellite-era monitoring began in 1979. The global average surface air temperature reached 16.96 degrees Celsius, 1.65 degrees above the estimated pre-industrial average for the month and 0.85 degrees above th

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