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September 2026

Every article published in September 2026. 465 articles · Back to full archive

17-year-old built a $100 earthquake detector that warns LA seconds before shaking hits

By Ainura Kalau · Sep 24, 2026

Earth & Environment

France's dam demolition freed Atlantic salmon to spawn upstream for first time in decades

By Kiran Journals · Sep 24, 2026

Concrete made with crushed glass bottles gets stronger than normal, slower to peak

By Ainura Kalau · Sep 24, 2026

Brain & Behavior

Handwriting activates brain regions for speech and movement when recognizing letters

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 24, 2026

Brain & Behavior

Caffeine doesn't give you energy, just hides how tired you actually are

By Daniel Moran · Sep 23, 2026

Your brain mistakes relaxing muscles for the sensation of falling

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Arizona's rubber highway coating cuts freeway noise by 11 decibels

By Ainura Kalau · Sep 23, 2026

Researchers secretly put GPS trackers inside 205 old printers and monitors to see where America’s electronic waste really went

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Engineering student's $217.77 NASA tape purchase became a $1.82 million moonwalk recording

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Octopuses hurled debris at each other 102 times in footage from an Australian bay

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Guam drops poisoned mice from helicopters to kill invasive snakes

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Tiger sharks with cameras revealed Earth's largest seagrass meadow

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026

Louisiana's fur boom nutria collapsed when pelts fell from 1.3 million yearly to 134,000

By Ainura Kalau · Sep 23, 2026

Extinct antelope returns to African desert after zoos secretly saved it

By Science Blog Editorial Team · Sep 23, 2026