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• Science News2026-10-15✓ Read

  Many American diets may not include enough of this essential nutrient

  With the proliferation of fancy salts and changing dietary habits, there are signs people aren’t getting enough of the crucial mineral iodine.

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• Science News2026-10-15✓ Read

  A telling hole in a Neandertal bone hints at a bitter end

  An excavation at an iconic Neandertal burial site uncovers evidence for one individual's potential fatal wound as well as an injury endured for years.

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  Brain implants are helping people who’ve lost their voice

  The technology could get those with ALS, Parkinson’s disease and brain injuries “talking” again.

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• Science News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Can math stay human in the age of AI?

  As AI churns out mathematical proofs, a DeepMind study raises a bigger question: What do we lose when we focus only on the answers?

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• Science News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Tiny implants can use the body itself to talk to each other

  Researchers made a rat’s front-leg movement trigger its back leg. The experiment could point to a new kind of body-based network to connect implants.

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• Science News2026-10-14✓ Read

  Going the distance

  On November 18, Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth. It’s still finding surprises in interstellar space.

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• Science News2026-10-13✓ Read

  To turn invisible, we need to tweak the path light travels

  Turning invisible is a handy superpower in fiction — we don’t see you, Sue Storm! — but the technology to make it work in real life has a way to go.

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• Science News2026-10-13✓ Read

  A duo goes against the tide to explain an origin of human endurance

  Theories that aquatic foraging drove human evolution have a fraught past. But the pair argue it granted stamina that other primates lack.

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• Science News2026-10-13✓ Read

  What happens when you lose your voice?

  Losing your voice can feel like losing part of yourself. Can voice-cloning technology help people find themselves again?

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• Science News2026-10-12✓ Read

  Scarred blood vessels may be one clue to APOE4’s Alzheimer’s risk

  Scientists know APOE4 raises Alzheimer’s risk. A surprising change in blood vessel cells may help explain how.

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• Science News2026-10-12✓ Read

  When climate change brings the heat, what happens to a mighty redwood?

  In heat wave-like temperatures, coast redwoods' photosynthesis slows down, which may put one of Earth's most efficient carbon storers in jeopardy.

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• Science News2026-10-09✓ Read

  How the Grand Canyon could have lost 1 billion years of geologic history

  The rise and fall of a continent-spanning cliff may help explain a mysterious 1-billion-year gap in Earth’s geologic history, a new study suggests.

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