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		Irène and Frederic Joliot-Curie shared the Nobel Prize in 1935. Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images – By Artemis Spyrou, Professor of Nuclear Physics, Michigan State University And by Andrea Richard, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University Published: 2025 Oct 02 – The adage …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Jane Goodall appears on stage at 92NY in New York on 2023 Oct 01. Charles Sykes/Invision/AP – By Mireya Mayor, Director of Exploration and Science Communication, Florida International University Published: 2025 Oct 01 – Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the …	
	        
        				
						
			            			
																												
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		A paw print in baked mud at Joshua Tree National Park, likely from a coyote. Brad Sutton/National Park Service – By Steven Sullivan, Director of the Hefner Museum of Natural History, Miami University Published: 2025 Sep 29 – Your neighborhood is home to all …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		The Rapa Nui people are mostly invisible in the origin story of rapamycin. Posnov/Moment via Getty Images – By Ted Powers, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis Published: 2025 Sep 29 – An antibiotic discovered on Easter Island in 1964 …	
	        
        				
						
			            									
																						
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Low-dose radiation treatment may delay knee replacement surgery in people with osteoarthritis. Wikimedia Commons/NP2025 CC BY-SA 4.0 – By Paul McClure 2025 Sep 28 – In a clinical trial, six sessions of low-dose radiation significantly eased knee osteoarthritis pain and improved function for months …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Rivers are also heating up as global temperatures rise. Darwin Fan/Moment via Getty Images – By Li Li (李黎), Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Penn State Published: 2025 Sep 25 – When you think about heat waves, you might picture sweltering cities, shimmering …	
	        
        				
						
			            															
																
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Along the Potomac River in Maryland, more than 100 abandoned World War I steamships make up the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay.  Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Sep 25 – Old Nazi warheads and US warships have …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Scientists now know how HIV (the tiny yellow particles seen here) integrates into the human genome. NIAID – By Paul McClure 2025 Sep 20 – A groundbreaking discovery reveals how HIV integrates its genetic material into human DNA, exposing a key viral vulnerability that …	
	        
        				
						
			            																					
										
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Hobbits are exceptions to the rule that older ancient humans had proportionally larger wisdom teeth and smaller brains. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images – By Tesla Monson, Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington University And by Andrew Weitz, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Western Washington …	
	        
        				
						
			            																									
							
							
									
				
					
	
					
	
		Dao Nguyen examines a vial of lutein formulation for use in eye-drops. Will Wright/RMIT University – By Bronwyn Thompson 2025 Sep 12 – Scientists have developed a new eye-drop that can ferry protective compounds all the way to the retina, paving the way for …