Science & Technology — November 2, 2026

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NASA’s Swift telescope will crash to Earth. After a failed rescue mission, the NASA observatory is slipping lower in orbit, and researchers are tracking when and where it will come down.

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Common pesticide tied to higher Parkinson’s risk. A UCLA study linked long-term exposure to a common pesticide with more than 2.5 times the risk of Parkinson’s disease and showed how the chemical damages brain cells.

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Egyptian fossil challenges ape origins story. A 17-million-year-old lower jaw unearthed in the Egyptian desert suggests the ancestors of humans and modern apes may have first evolved in North Africa, researchers report.

Interesting Engineering · Read more

Hundreds of AI apps hide abusive deepfake tools. A WIRED investigation found roughly 400 apps and websites that look like ordinary AI tools but contain hidden features for generating sexually abusive deepfake images and video.

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