https://wunder.news/stories/thwaites-glacier/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/thwaites-glacier.jpgThwaites Melting FasterAntarctica's Thwaites Glacier may be losing ice faster than scientists thought. A new study in the journal Nature Communications, from glaciologists at UC Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, rebuilt the glacier in a computer model. The key change: instead of a thin line where ice lifts off the seafloor, the model includes a grounding zone, two to five kilometers wide, where warm ocean water seeps underneath and melts the ice from below.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/thwaites-glacier-9x16.mp4542026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/beige-book/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/beige-book.jpgThe Fed's Economy Check-UpEight times a year, the Federal Reserve takes the temperature of the economy by asking businesses across the country how things are going. It's called the Beige Book, and the October edition came out this week. The picture: slow growth.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/beige-book-9x16.mp4532026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/exercise-prescription/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/exercise-prescription.jpgDoctor's Orders: MoveShould your doctor prescribe exercise like a medicine? The American College of Cardiology says yes. In a new scientific statement published in its journal JACC, the group says exercise should be a core part of preventing and treating heart disease.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/exercise-prescription-9x16.mp4522026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/dragon-docks/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/dragon-docks.jpgDragon Delivers New Solar WingsA SpaceX Dragon cargo ship has arrived at the International Space Station. It launched from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday, October 13th, and docked on its own Thursday morning at 10:27 Eastern, on the space-facing port of the Harmony module. This is SpaceX's 35th resupply mission for NASA.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/dragon-docks-9x16.mp4562026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/winter-outlook/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/winter-outlook.jpgEl Niño Shapes WinterNOAA just released its winter outlook, and one word dominates it: El Niño. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center says a strong-to-very-strong El Niño is likely to last through March, with better than an 83 percent chance. Ocean temperatures in parts of the eastern Pacific are running more than four degrees Celsius above normal.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/winter-outlook-9x16.mp4522026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/penguin-snow/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/penguin-snow.jpgPenguin Poop Turns Snow GreenIn Antarctica, some snow isn't white. It's red, or even bright green. The color comes from tiny algae living in the snow, and a new study says penguins help keep it green.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/penguin-snow-9x16.mp4572026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/september-prices/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/september-prices.jpgWhy Prices Jumped in SeptemberIf filling up the car felt pricier last month, you weren't imagining it. The Bureau of Labor Statistics says prices for everyday goods and services rose 3.7 percent over the past year, up from 3.4 percent the month before. That measure is called the Consumer Price Index, a giant shopping basket the government prices every month.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/september-prices-9x16.mp4542026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/flu-early/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/flu-early.jpgFlu Season Starts EarlyFlu season usually takes off around November. This year it's getting an early start. The CDC's latest weekly flu report says flu is still low across the country, but it has been climbing since late summer, higher than usual for this time of year.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/flu-early-9x16.mp4552026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/moon-base/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/moon-base.jpgNASA's Moon Base Takes ShapeNASA wants to do more than visit the Moon again. It wants to stay. The agency is building what it calls humanity's first lunar outpost, a Moon Base near the Moon's South Pole.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/moon-base-9x16.mp4512026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/stories/fall-chill/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/fall-chill.jpgBig Chill Sweeps the U.S.Fall just showed up all at once. A strong cold front is sweeping across the country. Ahead of it, warm, wet air from the Gulf of Mexico is getting pushed up and squeezed out as heavy rain.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/fall-chill-9x16.mp4572026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/2026-10-16/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-16/daily-show.jpgWunder News 2026-10-16Five stories. One curious world.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-16/daily-show-16x9.mp43202026-10-16T12:00:00-07:00https://wunder.news/2026-10-15/https://wunder.news/posters/2026-10-15/daily-show.jpgWunder News 2026-10-15Five stories. One curious world.https://media.wunderlearning.com/wunder-news/2026-10-15/daily-show-16x9.mp42592026-10-15T12:00:00-07:00