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Received — 13 October 2026 ⏭

What Can Four-Winged Dinosaurs Teach Us About Birds? 13 October 2026 at 05:01

What Can Four-Winged Dinosaurs Teach Us About Birds?

13 October 2026 at 05:01

Flight was probably more widespread in dinosaurs than previously thought. A newly identified species sheds light on how some achieved liftoff.

Received — 12 October 2026 ⏭

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried. 12 October 2026 at 05:02

He Helped Discover Ebola 50 Years Ago. He’s Still Worried.

NYT: Science

By: Apoorva Mandavilli

12 October 2026 at 05:02

In an interview, Dr. Peter Piot recalled when he first saw the spindly virus under a microscope and reflected on a five-decade career spent fighting two deadly pathogens.

Dr. Peter Piot was among the first scientists to see the Ebola virus, as a young researcher in Belgium in 1976.

Received — 10 October 2026 ⏭

Will We Ever Understand Dementia? 10 October 2026 at 10:28

Will We Ever Understand Dementia?

NYT: Science

By: Robert Kolker

10 October 2026 at 10:28

Since the days of Dr. Alzheimer himself, there has been a dream that severe senility might have an explanation — and a cure. The search for both has never been more urgent.

Received — 9 October 2026 ⏭

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release 9 October 2026 at 16:28

‘Breathtaking,’ ‘Devastating’: Mathematics Reels After New OpenAI Release

NYT: Science

By: Siobhan Roberts

9 October 2026 at 16:28

Hundreds of new A.I.-generated findings moved the frontiers of higher math in a single day — dispelling any doubt that the field is forever changed.

Experts say the cataclysmic upheaval to the field will affect students the most, especially graduate students on the cusp of becoming a part of this intellectual community.

What Are the Remaining Millennium Prize Problems? 9 October 2026 at 08:12

What Are the Remaining Millennium Prize Problems?

NYT: Science

By: Siobhan Roberts

9 October 2026 at 08:12

OpenAI’s trove of new math results doesn’t fully solve any of these highly prestigious open questions, but it seems to make progress on some.

A page from an 1859 manuscript in which Berhard Reimann formulated his famous hypothesis, one of the remaining Millennium Prize problems.

Received — 6 October 2026 ⏭

What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In. 5 October 2026 at 16:33

What Are the Biggest Questions in Science Today? 100 Scientists Weigh In.

NYT: Science

By: Bill Wasik

5 October 2026 at 16:33

We asked 100 scientists about unsolved problems in their fields. They sent back provocations — on the origins of life, the possibilities for human progress and much more.

Received — 22 September 2026 ⏭

Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why. 22 September 2026 at 11:00

Mathematics Isn’t Just a Game to Let A.I. Solve. History Shows Why.

NYT: Science

By: Steven Strogatz and Alex Townsend

22 September 2026 at 11:00

In our field of applied mathematics, the long, human process of trial and error — not just the solutions themselves — is often what has led to progress.