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The traditional Inca chronology has collapsed. New radiocarbon dates show the empire lasted longer than was previously thought—and met more resistance. Learn more this week in Science: scim.ag/4yOd9Ah
New radiocarbon dating efforts are rewriting a long-accepted timeline for many sites along the Qhapaq Ñan, an ancient road system, pictured here, that was built through the Andes by the Incan empire. The revised timing reveals hints of local resistance to the empire’s expansion during the 15th century. Photo: José Luis Matos Muñasqui, Archivo del Proyecto Qhapaq Ñan–Sede Nacional del Ministerio de Cultura del Perú

ALT New radiocarbon dating efforts are rewriting a long-accepted timeline for many sites along the Qhapaq Ñan, an ancient road system, pictured here, that was built through the Andes by the Incan empire. The revised timing reveals hints of local resistance to the empire’s expansion during the 15th century. Photo: José Luis Matos Muñasqui, Archivo del Proyecto Qhapaq Ñan–Sede Nacional del Ministerio de Cultura del Perú

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Join #ScienceWebinars for their next #Technology broadcast on Wednesday, 21 October at 12 p.m. ET ➡️ Battle for the gut: From microbial competition to therapeutic communities. Register now: bit.ly/482ybzm
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In Science, researchers present RFdiffusion3, a new generative AI system that designs proteins and nucleic acids atom by atom, which could enable the ability to engineer novel biomolecules with precise, complex functions. Learn more: scim.ag/4hOQVIF
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Honey bees inject venom with a two-stroke stinger. Learn more: scim.ag/4yXrVF5 @NewsfromScience
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By parsing metabolic data from more than 18,000 participants in China, scientists have derived new “clock” models of metabolic #aging that incorporate novel metrics linked to higher chronic disease risk and all-cause mortality. @ScienceTM scim.ag/4ynTiXI
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"Governments across the world are treating data as a strategic asset. But data alone are not enough. Infrastructure must be developed that can provide signals about which data are 'fit for purpose' for the increasingly vast number of potential uses," write Julia Lane and Natasha Noy in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/4hSEydb
A quote on a white background reads, "We shouldn’t all need to be data experts to make use of data." Below, it attributes the quote to Julia Lane and Natasha Noy. A red quotation mark is styled above the text.

ALT A quote on a white background reads, "We shouldn’t all need to be data experts to make use of data." Below, it attributes the quote to Julia Lane and Natasha Noy. A red quotation mark is styled above the text.

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In the latest #SciencePodcast🎙️, Contributing Correspondent Lizzie Wade dives into how archaeologists are revisiting the standard Inca chronology as radiocarbon dates mix up the timeline for the empire’s inception and growth. 🎧 Listen here: scim.ag/4jmkwKA
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Applying Fc engineering, researchers fashion potent bispecific antibodies against #SARSCoV2 that can be delivered via mRNA to target multiple viral epitopes and can constrain the virus’ ability to evade recognition. @ScienceTM scim.ag/4jpH795
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"I’m still not the person who has the loudest voice, or who speaks first or most frequently in a meeting. I still feel the urge to wait for perfect words. But I have become more willing to offer my voice." #ScienceWorkingLife scim.ag/4dGTutR
An illustration of a woman's head getting bigger and bigger. The text at the top reads, "How I learned to speak up with confidence.

ALT An illustration of a woman's head getting bigger and bigger. The text at the top reads, "How I learned to speak up with confidence.
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Science is publishing an Erratum for the July 2026 Research Article “Enabling sustainable supply of the essential cancer medicines etoposide and teniposide in yeast.” scim.ag/4hLkSJy
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A Moscow court sentenced Russian ornithologist Sofya Rozenfeld to 3.5 years in a penal colony on 7 October over two small donations to an anticorruption organization proscribed by the Russian government. scim.ag/4s2ZMcU @NewsfromScience
Russian ornithologist sentenced to prison for anticorruption donation Sofya Rozenfeld, an expert on Arctic waterfowl, paid the equivalent of just $27 to a proscribed organization founded by former opposition leader

ALT Russian ornithologist sentenced to prison for anticorruption donation Sofya Rozenfeld, an expert on Arctic waterfowl, paid the equivalent of just $27 to a proscribed organization founded by former opposition leader

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How does Jonathan, the world’s oldest terrestrial animal at 194 years young, defy aging? Researchers in @ScienceAdvances sequenced the Aldabra giant tortoise’s genome to discover possible molecular factors related to his remarkable longevity. scim.ag/4ydQXib
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A 1960 prediction, published in Science, that global population growth would culminate in a mathematical singularity on 13 November 2026 is proving inaccurate. In this #ScienceBooks Essay, Jaiver Birchenall uses this failed prediction to highlight the risks of treating historically contingent trends as enduring laws in forecast modeling. scim.ag/4ebjFZH
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Women are more likely than men to develop dementia, and not just because they tend to live longer. One reason may be menopause, the time in midlife when sex hormones drop and menstruation stops—and which some researchers are coming to see as a stress test for the brain. Learn more: scim.ag/47atALj @NewsfromScience
Menopause puts the brain at risk. Researchers are starting to learn why

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Tinnitus—a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears that affects about 15% of people—is difficult to understand and even harder to treat. In 2020, scientists found that shocking the tongue—combined with a carefully designed sound program—can reduce symptoms of the disorder, not just while patients are being treated, but up to 1 year later. Learn more: scim.ag/474VmsH #ScienceMagArchives
Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears In study, stimulating sound and touch together molds the brain, reduces tinnitus

ALT Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears In study, stimulating sound and touch together molds the brain, reduces tinnitus

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Join #ScienceWebinars for their next #Technology broadcast on Wednesday, 21 October at 12 p.m. ET ➡️ Battle for the gut: From microbial competition to therapeutic communities. Register now: bit.ly/482ybzm
Science Webinars promotional image featuring colorful illustrations of various microbes against a blue background. Text includes the webinar title "Can gut microbes help keep pathogens out?" and the date "21 October 2026," with time zones listed. Sponsored by Noster.

ALT Science Webinars promotional image featuring colorful illustrations of various microbes against a blue background. Text includes the webinar title "Can gut microbes help keep pathogens out?" and the date "21 October 2026," with time zones listed. Sponsored by Noster.

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Borrowing an idea from one research discipline to solve a thorny problem in another is an age-old scientific trick. Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection, for example, famously inspired algorithms in computer science that “evolve” solutions to complex problems. But such clever leaps are fleetingly rare. For #AI, however, hopping between fields can be a breeze. Researchers highlighted that ability with the release of 36 preprints produced with a single suite of AI tools called BootLoops. The so-called harness can be used with any large language model, such as Anthropic’s Claude or OpenAI’s ChatGPT. And in just 3 months, researchers used Claude outfitted with BootLoops to cross-pollinate at a massive scale, spotting—and precisely solving—problems in seemingly unrelated fields that share the same mathematical structures. The resulting papers range widely, from figuring out the age of sunspots, to analyzing government health policies, to attempting to decipher a mysterious medieval manuscript. Learn more: scim.ag/3TUUyDJ
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Researchers in @ScienceAdvances have demonstrated that brief physical contact between healthy and bleached coral can restore algae to the bleached coral, leading to their full recovery. scim.ag/4s40Tt3
Two coral samples are shown side by side in a comparison. On the left, labeled "Week 0," the corals appear lighter, with distinct white and brown patterns. On the right, labeled "Week 9," the same corals are noticeably darker with more prominent brown hues, indicating changes over time.

ALT Two coral samples are shown side by side in a comparison. On the left, labeled "Week 0," the corals appear lighter, with distinct white and brown patterns. On the right, labeled "Week 9," the same corals are noticeably darker with more prominent brown hues, indicating changes over time.

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Tall ice cliffs can calve faster than previously thought, but new observations suggest they are unlikely to trigger the runaway retreat feared in some projections of Antarctic ice loss. Learn more in Science: scim.ag/4yjj5R3
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In @SciSignal, scientists show that intracellular changes to receptor conformation alter how activating molecules bind to a biologically important GPCR from outside the cell through an “inside out” mechanism. scim.ag/4ynGkcI
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In a new #ScienceEditorsBlog, Editor-in-Chief Holden Thorp talks to reporter Jeff Horwitz, who shared the 2026 Pulitzer Prize with Engen Tham for their coverage of Meta, which exposed information that was held internally at the company on how Facebook and Instagram were causing harm. This reporting also served as inspiration for the movie "The Social Reckoning." ⁠ ⁠ Thorp and Horwitz discuss the Science papers at the center of the story, which raised questions about the extent to which Facebook was knowingly stoking political polarization, as well as the challenges of conducting research about the impact of social networking platforms.⁠ ⁠ Learn more: scim.ag/4inBrve
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