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- 1Mega El Niño blamed for end-Permian mass extinction●"Mega El Niño instigated the end-Permian mass extinction" "oh" https://www. science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc e.ado2030 edi
A study published in Science argues that a Mega El Niño pattern, producing extreme and prolonged climate swings, triggered the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, the deadliest extinction event in Earth's history. The researchers say runaway warming destabilised ecosystems beyond what species could tolerate. The paper is being shared widely, with an open-access version of the full text available.
- 2NIH Employees Describe Culture of Fear, Start Documenting●"NIH Employees Lived in A Culture of Fear, So They Started Keeping Receipts." https://www. psychologicalscience.org/publ
Current and former National Institutes of Health employees describe working in a culture of fear and say they have begun keeping detailed records of their experiences. Among those speaking out is Sylvia Chou, an 18-year NIH veteran and former program director at the National Cancer Institute, who discusses internal pressures and the decision to preserve documentation. The account is fueling wider debate about morale and management at the agency.
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A Chemistry World of Derek Lowe-style storytelling: a new post on Science.org's blog recounts an unusual impurity problem in chemical research, walking through how an unidentified contaminant complicated analysis and what it reveals about the messy realities of laboratory chemistry. Readers on Hacker News are sharing and discussing the anecdote, with chemistry buffs swapping their own impurity war stories.
- 4Chemistry blog post on impurities draws attention●Now That's an Impurity Story Article URL: https://www. science.org/content/blog-post/ now-s-impurity-story Comments URL:
A new post on Science.org's chemistry blog explores an impurity story, examining how trace contaminants have shaped a chemical or pharmaceutical case. The piece has been shared on developer and tech discussion forums, where readers are weighing in on the details of the analysis and the broader lessons about quality control and unexpected substances in chemical products.
- 5Nazi Germany had no hope of an atomic bomb, uranium cubes show●Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal Article URL: https://www. science.org/content/ar
New analysis of uranium cubes from Germany's wartime nuclear program indicates Nazi Germany was far from building an atomic bomb. The findings, reported by Science, suggest the program lacked the material, scale and coordination needed to produce a weapon, reinforcing historians' view that the German effort never came close to matching the Manhattan Project.
- 6Climate Central to hold monthly climate briefing on October 14●RE: https:// fediscience.org/@ZLabe/1173684 08621578631 # ClimateCentral monthly briefing 14. October 2026 18:00 CEST on
Climate scientist Zack Labe is sharing details of Climate Central's monthly briefing, scheduled for 14 October 2026 at 18:00 CEST and hosted on Zoom. The announcement is circulating among climate science and data visualisation communities, where Labe is well known for his climate graphics and outreach.
- 7Nazi Germany had no hope of building an atomic bomb, uranium cubes show●Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal https://www. science.org/content/article/na zi-g
Analysis of surviving uranium cubes from Germany's wartime nuclear program indicates Nazi scientists were nowhere close to developing an atomic bomb. The findings, reported by Science, reinforce the historical view that the German effort lagged far behind the Manhattan Project in scale, materials, and understanding.
- 8Chemistry blog explores a story of impurities●Now That's an Impurity Story https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/now-s-impurity-story # HackerNews # Tech # Scienc
Derek Lowe's chemistry blog on Science.org has published a new post titled 'Now That's an Impurity Story'. The piece appears to discuss a case involving chemical impurities, a recurring topic of interest in pharmaceutical and synthetic chemistry circles. It is currently circulating among tech and science readers on link-sharing forums.
- 9Nazi Germany had no hope of building an atomic bomb, uranium cubes show●Nazi Germany had no hope of making an atomic bomb, uranium cubes reveal https://www.science.org/content/article/nazi-ger
New analysis of surviving uranium cubes from Germany's wartime nuclear programme indicates Nazi Germany was never close to developing an atomic bomb. The findings suggest the country's research effort was too small, disorganised and under-resourced to produce a working weapon before the end of the Second World War.