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The Best U.S. Winter Holiday Destinations in 2026, Ranked

Check out these charming winter getaways before you call it a year!

Mental Floss · EN

Scientists Feared This Cute but Venomous Primate Had Gone Extinct Nearly 100 Years Ago. It Was Hiding in Plain Sight All Along

The Bangka slow loris is still close to extinction, but new research suggests it continues to survive on a tropical Indonesian island. Conservationists are calling for stronger habitat protections and a breeding program, among other measures

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

Engineers Delicately Removed the Masts From This Bomb-Laden World War II Shipwreck in the River Thames. But 1,500 Tons of Explosives Are Still in Place

The operation marks a major milestone in efforts to address the risks posed by the sunken American military cargo ship, which still contains a massive cache of unexploded munitions

Smithsonian Magazine · EN

Lemelson-MIT brings invention education to classrooms from kindergarten to college

A new initiative in California, Tennessee, and New England puts learning by doing at the center of students’ STEM pathways, in step with MIT for America’s focus on helping students design, make, and innovate.

MIT News · EN

The Vera Rubin Has Found Two More of the Milky Way's Dim Satellites

The Vera Rubin Observatory has detected two more of the Milky Ways' dim, hard to see satellites. One is an ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, and one is a globular cluster. Each one is a missing piece of the puzzle in the Milky Way's merger history. By finding more of these satellites, our understanding of galaxy growth, and the role dark matter plays in it, will improve.

Universe Today · EN

Happy 65 Years: NASA’s Johnson Space Center Then and Now

Sixty-five years ago, a bold vision took root in Houston: a NASA center dedicated to human spaceflight. Since its founding, NASA’s Johnson Space Center has helped lead the nation’s human spaceflight program, supporting missions from Project Mercury through Artemis. Today, Johnson serves as NASA’s Center of Excellence for Human Spaceflight, and its workforce is helping […]

NASA Breaking News · EN

Chinese PhD students in clinical medicine can graduate without a thesis — more degrees to follow

Nature, Published online: 03 November 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03480-7 This expands the country's ‘practical PhD’ programme beyond engineering students.

Nature News · EN

Inca children were drugged before being sacrificed

Analysis of the hair and fingernails of eight mummified Inca children reveals that they were given cocaine and alcohol prior to being sacrificed high on Andean mountain peaks

New Scientist · EN

When to move is key to mobile retail

In recent years, the principle behind the humble ice cream truck has been getting a high-tech makeover. Retailers are reinventing mobile stores—both people-piloted and self-driving—often selling perishable items such as baked goods or fresh meals. BPM Analytics projects sales from retail on wheels will grow to $30 billion worldwide by 2030.

Phys.org · EN

Queen's University Belfast students find Neptune's elusive Trojan asteroids

An international team led by researchers at Queen's University Belfast has made a discovery that has eluded astronomers for decades. Beginning in 1906, telescope observations revealed a population of asteroids leading and trailing Jupiter, which came to be known as the "Trojan" and "Greek" populations. Since then, astronomers have discovered similar "families" orbiting Saturn and Uranus, but not Neptune. Thanks to the Queen's-led team, the mystery of the missing Trojans has now been resolved.

Phys.org · EN

UK storm surges have far-flung, global climate connections

Where a storm surge strikes along a stretch of U.K. coastline is decided by global climate patterns in the Atlantic, Arctic and even further afield—according to new research led by Cambridge University.

Phys.org · EN

Chinese writing developed square forms gradually, shaped by language, tools and tradition, analysis suggests

A new historical analysis challenges the received wisdom as to why Chinese characters developed their distinctive square shapes. The work, published in the International Journal of Arts and Technology, argues that their shape resulted from interacting linguistic, technological and cultural factors rather than a single cause.

Phys.org · EN

Climate change is making the tropics hotter

A new study finds that tropical areas often thought to be safe from the effects of climate change are actually experiencing significant changes in rainfall and extreme temperature events. The paper, "Shifting climate in Caribbean tropical forests: Long-term trends at La Selva (Costa Rica) and El Verde (Puerto Rico)," is published in PLOS Climate.

Phys.org · EN

Ceres' water ice can mask massive surface salt deposits

The dwarf planet Ceres is arguably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated planetary objects in the solar system. This could be because while Ceres has the same dwarf planet designation as Pluto, Ceres is largely considered an "asteroid" since it resides in the main asteroid belt. However, along with being the largest object in the main asteroid belt, Ceres accounts for between 25% and 30% of the belt's total mass.

Phys.org · EN

Study dives into lesser-known climate impacts of global reforestation

Simon Fraser University researchers are zeroing in on how global forestation efforts impact our climate system beyond CO₂ removal in a new study.

Phys.org · EN

How political disagreement with our neighbors relates to whether we bother casting a ballot

In the 2025 federal election, Canadians voted at the highest rate since 1993. Explanations for high or low turnout usually focus on the national election campaign, including how close the race was and what seemed to be at stake.

Phys.org · EN

Why large dogs age faster than small ones, and other October research highlights

Plus invisible tattoos, medieval skeleton gets an ID, trapping a single antimatter particle, and more.

Ars Technica Science · EN

Bizarre Fruit-Eating “Hell Chicken” Suggests Dinosaurs Played a Role in Flowering Plant Evolution

Its jaws were fruit-mashing machines The post Bizarre Fruit-Eating “Hell Chicken” Suggests Dinosaurs Played a Role in Flowering Plant Evolution appeared first on Nautilus .

Nautilus · EN

DeepSeek 团队把 Agent 设计成“操作系统”：多任务的上限不该是人的注意力

DeepSeek Harness 团队发了一篇架构长文，讲他们怎么做出一个"永远在线"的 Agent。文章有一句话很精辟： 单任务的上限取决于模型能力，多任务的上限取决于人的注意力。 他们观察到，一个人通常只能同时跟进 3 到 5 个活跃 Session。因为现有 Agent 都以单个 Session 为单位，Session 之间彼此独立——你并行推进多项工作...

开源中国 · ZH

:fire::fire: ApiGo 开源接口平台 Go 版本发布

ApiGoo 是 ApiGo 的go语言版本，是一款在线接口开发和管理平台，多数据库插件化数据源框架、SQL2API 。支持 WorkBuddy、千问办公、Trea Work、豆包等 AI 办公平台 MCP 接入。支持接入（mysql、oracle、达梦、TiDB、DolphinDB、DuckDB ）等 SQL 或 NoSQL 数据源，在线可视化编写 SQL 快速发布接口，支持接口上下线、接口管...

开源中国 · ZH

Excelize 开源基础库发布 2.11.1 版本更新

Excelize 是 Go 语言编写的用于操作 Office Excel 文档基础库，基于 ECMA-376，ISO/IEC 29500 国际标准。可以使用它来读取、写入由 Excel、WPS、OpenOffice 等办公软件创建的电子表格文档。支持 XLAM / XLSM / XLSX / XLTM / XLTX 等多种文档格式，高度兼容带有样式、图片(表)、透视表、切片器等复杂组件的文档，并提供流...

开源中国 · ZH

Go 语言重构 Java 项目会提升了多少

把Java项目ApiGo使用Go语言重构为ApiGoo，提升了哪些 背景: ApiGo 是一个gitee上开源的 SQL2API 平台——在线写 SQL，AI对话即可快速发布成 REST 接口。Java版是 Spring Boot 4 + Mybatis，实现MySQL/Oracle/SQLServer/达梦/ClickHouse 等十几种数据库的 JDBC 驱动全打进一个 fat jar。ApiGoo 现在用 Go(Gin + database/...

开源中国 · ZH

开源数据库管理工具 CloudDM 发布新版本，支持团队多级审批工单

CloudDM 是一款免费且开源的团队化数据库管理工具，提供统一 Web 数据库访问、权限控制、数据脱敏、SQL 审核、流程协同和数据库 CI/CD 等能力。 亮点 新增团队化审批节点，解决单个审批环节只能设定一个人的问题。 内置团队设置，不强依赖外部钉钉、企业微信、飞书等三方应用，解决复杂配置、可能的网络依赖等问题。 新增...

开源中国 · ZH

Jync v1.10.0 · 性能曲线与 SAP HANA

新增数据库与同步任务性能曲线、可选的 Prometheus 指标端点，六种分析型引擎接入实时同步，SAP HANA 升级为实时同步类型；同时修正了 CDC 延迟口径与一批同步正确性问题。 新增 性能曲线：新增数据库性能页与同步任务性能页，覆盖连接延迟与可用性、库内会话 / QPS / 缓存命中率 / 锁等待、表数 / 行数 / 占用空间，以及...

开源中国 · ZH