Archives — September 2026

ORCHARD PARK, NY - SEPTEMBER 17: Tyler Bass #16 of the Buffalo Bills kicks for a field goal during an NFL game against the Detroit Lions at Highmark Stadium on September 17, 2026 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) Getty Images The Buffalo Museum of Science opened the $3M Science Stadium interactive, a “permanent exhibit that focuses on” the Bills, Sabres and Bandits and “brings the science and engineering behind professional sports to life,” according to Michael Petro of the BUFFALO NEWS. That includes the science behind building the Bills’ new $2.2B stadium.

FanDuel parent Flutter Entertainment’s vision for diversifying its gambling portfolio through investments in India and Brazil has fallen apart, costing the company hundreds of millions of dollars in projected revenue. India passed legislation curtailing online wagers last year, spoiling the value of gaming powerhouse Junglee after Flutter had paid $237 million to acquire 95% of the company looking to gain a foothold in the world’s most populated country. The India ban cost Flutter expected revenue of about $250 million in 2026 and $310 million in 2027.

Trump’s tariffs loom over pivotal Maine Senate raceSeptember 28|Duration 2:40The Canada-U. S. trade war is hitting Maine’s economy as voters grapple with rising costs. The fallout could shape a key midterm race that will help determine which party controls the U. S. Senate. If U. S. President Donald Trump's tariffs could bring manufacturing back to places it has fled, the town of Millinocket, Maine, ought to be a likely candidate. Millinocket was for decades a thriving paper mill town, until Great Northern Paper ceased operations in 2008. Its fenced-off property sits abandoned, and although there's a growing outdoor recreation sector in the town of 4,100, its economy has struggled ever since. Then came a plan, backed in part by Norwegian investors, for a $300 million US aquaculture venture repurposing the giant lagoons on the old mill site, to be called Great Northern Salmon. "It was a marriage made in heaven," said Gail Fanjoy, the president of the local chamber of commerce. "Out of the gate, they were going to employ 50 people. That's a home run.

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Zaatari refugee camp hosts more than 80,000 Syrians and well over half are children. According to the agency, unless investment comes soon, its water and sanitation services could stop in a matter of months. UNICEF regional spokesperson Louise Wateridge pointed out that many children in Zaatari had been born in the camp. ‘A lifeline’“For them, the risk of disruption to water and sanitation services will add yet another layer of instability to lives already shaped by war and displacement. Access to safe water and sanitation remains essential for children and families who remain here,” she said. “Until they are able to return to Syria, these services are a lifeline.”Ms. Wateridge warned that declining rainfall, a lack of groundwater and rising demand are placing too much pressure on the water system. For the moment, the only solution is to bore ever-deeper wells by between seven and 10 metres every year. “We have to manage every cubic metre carefully and the plan further ahead,” the agency said, noting that its programme is 90 per cent underfunded.

Coffee may affect far more than alertness. New research suggests that both regular and decaffeinated coffee can alter the gut microbiome and may influence mood, stress, memory, and attention through the gut brain connection. Scientists at APC Microbiome Ireland, a research center at University College Cork, investigated in detail how coffee may influence communication between the digestive system and the brain.

Results mark progress on strategic research priorities Research at UM continues to gain recognition, with two subject areas placing among the world’s top 100 and six ranking in the top 10 in Canada in the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects (GRAS), The GRAS rankings analyze more than 2,000 universities worldwide, listing only the top performers in each field. In total, 21 UM subject areas are ranked. "This is an exciting achievement for UM and a reflection of the strong research taking place across our campuses," said Dr. Mario Pinto, Vice-President (Research and International).

Taiwan's nuclear regulator has completed its review of Taipower's plans for the restart of the Maanshan nuclear power plant, which was submitted earlier this year. The two pressurised water reactors were taken offline in July 2024 (Maanshan unit 1) and May 2025 (Maanshan unit 2) following the expiry of their 40-year operating licences, in accordance with Taiwan's nuclear phase-out policy.

The oldest known person in the United States and the second-oldest person in the world just celebrated her 116th birthday. Naomi Whitehead is only the 33rd person in recorded history to reach this ripe old age. She is the last surviving American to be born in 1910. Long before scientists understood DNA, hers was quietly shaping an exceptional life. When Whitehead was born, scientists did not yet know that DNA was structured like a double helix or that it carried hereditary genetic information. They didn't even know how many chromosomes humans had. Now, in 2026, we know that genes can shape our health and longevity. In fact, emerging research suggests that the genes we are born with can explain as much as 50 percent of the variability in our lifespans. That's far more than previous estimates suggested. Some of us, like Whitehead, may have unknowingly struck genetic gold. The study combined more than a century's worth of data from three Scandinavian twin cohorts to find that current estimates of longevity heritability are much too low. Previous estimates suggested that genes explained around 20 to 25 percent of differences in survival to the mid-80s.

Two of the “godfathers” of modern AI and senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have warned governments to prepare for an AI “intelligence explosion”, which they say could be the most consequential technological development in history. A report co-authored by the Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton and the Canadian computer scientist Yoshua Bengio, considered godfathers of modern AI for their work in the field, urges politicians to act now before there is runaway progress in the technology. The authors say they are concerned about an “intelligence explosion”, which they describe as a “dramatic AI-driven acceleration of AI progress, compressing advances that would otherwise take years into months or less”. The paper, titled “What if automating AI R&D triggers an intelligence explosion?”, is authored by more than 20 people including Hinton and Bengio. Other authors of the paper include Jack Clark, a co-founder of Anthropic, and Jakub Pachocki, the chief scientist at OpenAI. Their concerns focus on the possibility of AIs being able to improve themselves without human intervention, a process known as “recursive self-improvement”.

Part of Siddharth's STEM experience was spent at an iD Tech BattleBots robotics camp. There, he collaborated with instructors and fellow students to design, build and field test a combat robot. This past summer, several Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge (Thermo Fisher JIC) alumni embarked on a variety of STEM camps that fed their curious minds. First- and second-place STEM Award winners from the 2024 and 2025 Thermo Fisher JIC received funding towards their choice of STEM summer camps for their exceptional skills and promise in science, technology, engineering and math.

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The Phillies will open the postseason without trade-deadline acquisition Luis Arraez due to a left ankle injury. Here's the latest.

Green praised Gui Santos, welcomed De’Anthony Melton’s health and said the Warriors benefited from working together before camp.