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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2026/press-release/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49990470
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DATE: October 7, 2026 at 02:45AM
SOURCE: SOCIALPSYCHOLOGY.ORG
TITLE: "Complete Devastation": How NSF Gutted Its Social Sciences Research
Source: Science
Social scientists in the U.S. have known for months that their National Science Foundation funding was threatened but were unsure how dire the situation was. With the end of the 2026 fiscal year on September 30, the extent of the damage is now becoming clear. "For entire disciplines, this is existential," says Wendy Naus, head of the nonprofit Consortium of Social Science Associations. Among those disciplines defunded at NSF: social psychology.
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☣️ A Russian lab technician from the Irkutsk Research Anti-Plague Institute of Siberia is reported to have died of pneumonia of “unknown” origin
🗨️ Professor Raina MacIntyre from The Kirby Institute and UNSW responds
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/expert-reaction-russian-lab-worker-from-anti-plague-lab-dies
Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2026/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49976265
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🌅 Standard time is likely better for population health than daylight saving time, according to Canadian researchers
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https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/daylight-savings-or-standard-time-which-is-better
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Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs–and Not Just Once
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49944451
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📅 Sluneční paprsky již klesají k horizontu, ale světlo poznání neutuchá! V uplynulém týdnu došlo na milník ve vývoji nosiče Starship, zvýšení nervozity meteorologů kvůli bizarní hurikánové sezóně i oznámení, ehm, neregulace na poli umělé inteligence! Víc na našem webíku či ve streamu dnes s JaRonem a Ladislavem ► https://vedator.org/tvv2026_40s 📺 #veda #věda