El Niño 2026 has broken daily ocean-temperature records months before its expected peak. Our explainer covers the science, the numbers and what comes next.
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El Niño 2026, Explained: Why This One Is Breaking Records
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Horseshoe Crab Blood: A 450-Million-Year Blue Story
Oct 11, 2026
Horseshoe crabs are not crabs at all: their copper-blue blood has guarded drug safety for decades, and a lab-made alternative has just won official acceptance.
Type: Article6 min
Giant Isopod: The 32-Centimetre ‘Roly Poly’ in a Museum Drawer
Oct 9, 2026
A 32-centimetre giant isopod sat unrecognized in a German museum drawer for decades. Scientists just named it Bathynomus tuebingoborikensis.
Type: Article8 min
Ancient DNA, Modern Bats: The Spotted Bat’s 2,000-Year Story
Oct 8, 2026
A bat with polka dots, pink ears and a voice humans can hear. Ancient DNA from a desert cave reveals how the spotted bat survived 2,000 years.
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