Classic American Cryptids

WNISR 2026 says solar generated more electricity than nuclear in 2025, as renewable output and capacity grew faster than the nuclear fleet.

NASA’s Oct. 14 Astronomy Picture of the Day shows Mars near the Beehive star cluster beneath an aurora photographed in northern Sweden.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 455 lists a Stanford meetup date change, a donation match for Legal Impact for Chickens and an AFFINE residency.

Antarctic sea ice likely peaked at 17.59 million square kilometers on September 14, the third-lowest annual maximum in the satellite record.

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Three forecasting sources assign 1% or less to more than 1,000 plague deaths worldwide in the next year, while key details about a Russian lab worker’s death remain uncertain.

Astral Codex Ten’s Open Thread 454 shares a BYU meetup update, translated Fatima documents, archived book reviews and a physicians’ AI safety group.

During sols 5029–5035, Curiosity completed CheMin work on a drilled Mars sample and prepared SAM analyses, while collecting supporting observations.

NASA’s Perseverance rover is investigating light-toned rocks near Jezero crater, including possible deep-crust gabbro and a bedrock breccia.

Peter Sahlins traces how science and popular culture reshaped Neanderthals, from racial hierarchy and brute stereotypes to ancient DNA.