Friday, September 11, 2026

Scientists have discovered various Denisovan remains in Southwest China dating to the late Middle Pleistocene, including the first Denisovan forearm bone (radius) ever found, alongside over 1,360 stone tools at Bianfu Cave in Yunnan Province.^[1]

Apple unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone, featuring a 7.6-inch inner display when open and a 5.4-inch outer display when closed, priced at $1,999 and scheduled for release on October 23.^[2]

Paleontologists discovered an extremely well-preserved feather from an extinct bird inside fossilized dinosaur faeces, which may help explain why ancestors of modern birds survived the mass extinction 66 million years ago.^[3]

The European Central Bank raised its three key interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing the deposit facility rate to 2.50% and the main refinancing rate to 2.65%, as Middle East conflict continues to fuel inflationary pressures.^[4]

French President Emmanuel Macron called for "shared governance" of space and urged Europe to develop its own crewed spaceflight capability at the two-day International Space Summit in Paris, which drew officials from about 120 countries.^[5]

The 51st Toronto International Film Festival opened with Sian Heder's documentary "Being Heumann" and a lineup of more than 200 films, with stars including John Malkovich, Penelope Cruz, and Chris Rock attending through September 20.^[6]

Researchers used artificial intelligence to uncover a previously unknown way cells control how proteins move inside them, a process essential for growth, communication and movement that is often disrupted in cancer.^[7]

Scientists captured DNA strands zipping together for the first time using advanced imaging techniques, solving a decades-old mystery about how DNA interacts at the molecular level.^[8]

Fossil discoveries in southernmost Patagonia, Argentina, reveal that giant titanosaur dinosaurs incubated their eggs in the chilly southern reaches of the planet near the end of the dinosaur era, with over 250 shell fragments found.^[9]

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio completed a three-nation South American tour with stops in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru to strengthen regional security partnerships and coordinate efforts against drug trafficking organizations.^[10]