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Artificial Intelligence
Toward a future that preserves benefits of neurotechnology for all
PhD student Rachel Sava, winner of the Envisioning the Future of Computing Prize, explores transformative improvements and dystopian risks o…
Small-AI Models Gain Traction Around the World
One morning in 2019, Adebayo Alonge was in a Cape Town hotel room, preparing to demonstrate his startup’s AI answer to a serious problem in …
MIT in the media: Innovating and educating for the next 250 years of America
During a "Washington Post Live" panel discussion with ASU President Michael Crow, President Sally Kornbluth explored how universities are pr…
AI’s Volatile Power Use Quietly Tests Grid Limits
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is typically framed as an energy problem. Data centers are projected to consum…
Q&A: What is agentic AI today, and what do we want it to be?
Computer scientist Phillip Isola cuts through the hype to explain how AI agents work and what the future might hold for this rapidly advanci…
As AI Reshapes Global Energy Systems, Melbourne Leads Through Engineering Collaboration
This article is brought to you by Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) supported by Business Events Australia.As artificial intelligence accele…
Inaugural Music Technology Research Showcase celebrates work of new graduate program’s initial students
Associate Professor Anna Huang delivers the keynote address, “In Search of Human-AI Resonance,” to a capacity crowd.
The Space-based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already in Orbit
“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon M…
3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how d…
Emily Bender Sets the Record Straight on “Stochastic Parrots”
In March 2021, a group of four researchers—a collaboration of linguists and computer scientists—published their now legendary paper “On the …
David Autor named head of the Department of Economics
A faculty member since 1999, Autor is a leading researcher in artificial intelligence and the work of the future.
Poetry for Engineers: Nine Lives of Nikola Tesla
He was born into a storm, lightning split the summer sky, in avillage the world had not yet heard of.The midwife called it a bad omen, his m…
LLMs help robots understand vague instructions and focus on key details
To help robots do chores in places like homes and factories, a new approach from MIT uses one language model to clarify users’ instructions,…
The Lab Mistake That Might Revolutionize Computing
Today, you probably asked a question of a large language model, or accepted a connection suggestion on LinkedIn, or watched a recommended vi…
MIT in the media: Exploring how curiosity-driven science is an essential ingredient in America’s success
“Scientific American” showcases the history and future of America’s scientific engine, highlighting promising young scientists and icons at …
ConlangCrafter Turns AI to Imagining Languages
There are over 7,000 natural languages today, but that doesn’t stop people from occasionally making up completely new ones. These constructe…
Improving the speed and energy-efficiency of AI agents
A new system, known as Murakkab, optimizes the design and deployment of multistep workflows that power AI applications.
Why Does a Bank Need a Chief Scientist?
This article is brought to you by Capital One.After five years leading natural language understanding and eventually the entire Alexa AI org…
Exploring the societal impacts of AI
During the AI and Society Forum, leading MIT researchers examined critical questions about AI’s influence on employment and democracy.
What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math
In the mid-noughties, when music by the Killers and Franz Ferdinand blared out of every pub and nightclub I passed, I spent my days and nigh…
New chip could help tiny robots traverse complex environments
Researchers combined an efficient algorithm with dedicated hardware to rapidly generate 3D maps for navigation using minimal memory and powe…
AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn’t Even Imagine
SummaryRFIC design is a complex “dark art” that limits progress in wireless technologies like 5G, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communi…
A better way to model the behavior of metal alloys
MIT researchers’ approach captures subtle atomic patterns, improving predictions of material properties.
AI Is Learning to Read the Room
Imagine sitting down at your desk and logging in for a performance review, with an AI system analyzing the conversation. You’ve been working…
MIT in the media: For the future of tech, "Massachusetts can absolutely lead"
Leaders, faculty across MIT discuss fostering innovation and talent in Greater Boston in special series of articles published alongside the …
Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically eve…
In game theory, generalists sometimes win out over specialists
Researchers show that for certain kinds of games, an overlooked class of algorithms performs much better than expected.
IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Virtual Training Course
Large language models have moved out of the research lab and into engineers’ daily workflow. LLMs serve as reasoning engines that can orches…
Could AI tell you where you left your keys?
A new spatial memory system for robots efficiently captures details about the objects they see while exploring their environment.
Sound Waves Give Neuromorphic Chips a Brain-Simulating Edge
By mimicking how the brain operates, neuromorphic computing can use dramatically less energy than conventional electronic AI chips. However,…
MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum
In its first year, INM has worked across research, workforce development, and industry engagement to help accelerate new manufacturing techn…
How Musicians Can Get Paid for Training AI
Musicians are accustomed to getting paid each time their creative work is used. Across vinyl/CD sales, streams, radio, cover versions, and t…
Jinhua Zhao named head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning
An expert in behavioral science and transportation, Zhao combines these studies with AI and public policy to address some of the most urgent…
General Motors Is Cutting Its Development Cycles in Half
For decades, automakers enjoyed a luxury that had nothing to do with the softest leather or the smoothest engines. Their luxury was time, wi…
When it comes to predicting people’s preferences, it pays to consider “the power of three”
MIT researchers provide a major upgrade to the nearly century-old idea of random utility models.
Visual Language Models Train Robots to Read Human Emotions
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. As robots advance in terms of dexterity and…
MIT affiliates win 2026 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
The fellowships in applied sciences, engineering, and mathematics recognize doctoral students who are pursuing solutions to the most pressin…
How a Google DeepMind Spin-off Hunts Hidden Drug Targets
For more than a decade, artificial intelligence has been touted as a way to dramatically accelerate drug discovery. Yet despite billions of …
Startup’s nuclear-inspired cooling system could make data centers more sustainable
Founded by two researchers from MIT, Ferveret reduces the amount of energy and water required to cool the chips that power AI.
Timing Trick Cuts Energy Used in LLM Training by Up to 14 Percent
OpenAI’s fourth large language model (LLM), GPT-4, took an estimated 50 gigawatt-hours to train, or the equivalent of 5,000 American homes’ …
The consequences of relying on AI for accurate news
A Media Lab study shows that, much like how GPS has weakened our navigation skills, AI can make us worse at detecting fake news.
AI Can Help Track the World’s Shrinking Glaciers
Tracking how fast glaciers are shrinking is crucial for measuring the pace of climate change and projecting future sea level rises. This is …
The crucial human component in computing and AI
The MIT Ethics of Computing Research Symposium brought together experts and researchers working at the heart of ethical and social impact in…
Nvidia’s AI Hardware Comes to Windows in RTX Spark PCs
At Computex 2026, an annual computer trade show held in Taipei, Taiwan, Nvidia made a long anticipated announcement—a version of the company…
PATH to boost AI training and career opportunities for industry-aligned jobs
MIT RAISE and Georgia State University announce an initiative to connect universities, community colleges, industry, and government to expan…
NSF renews support for MIT-led AI and physics institute, expanding a new model for discovery
IAIFI enters its second phase with increased funding, broader ambitions, and a growing community at the frontier of AI and fundamental physi…
Teaching AI agents to ask better questions by playing “Battleship”
MIT researchers use the classic game as a test bed for AI agents, finding a small AI model can outperform the biggest ones at 1 percent of t…
Tod Machover receives George Peabody Medal for contributions to music and technology
The George Peabody Medal is the highest honor bestowed by the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.
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Analysis
Video: How Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding reflects key marriage trends in the U.S.
Watch this short video exploring recent trends in marriage in the U.S. You can also read the transcript, review the methodology, or download…
Methodology
About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and onl…
Acknowledgments
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Jacob Poushter, Associate Director, Glob…
Appendix B: Classifying European political parties
Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elit…
Appendix A: Detailed tables
No summary available.
How do right-wing populists view Russia, NATO and Zelenskyy?
Europeans who support right-wing populist parties tend to have warmer views of Russia and Putin. Some feel especially favorably toward NATO,…
NATO Gets High Marks From Member States
NATO is seen positively in most of 13 member states surveyed. Across 37 countries, views of Russia are negative and most people lack confide…
8 ways that U.S.-style democracy stands out globally
As the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political system stands a…
Which Americans are most likely to have spoken with a local journalist?
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Majority of Americans support banning social media for kids under 16
Across major demographic and partisan groups, more Americans support than oppose banning those under 16 from using social media.
5% of Americans say they’ve ridden in a driverless car
Regardless of whether they’ve ridden in one before, most Americans (71%) say they would be not too or not at all comfortable riding in a dri…
About a third of U.S. Democrats like political leaders who identify as democratic socialists
Democrats’ views on democratic socialists also differ by race and ethnicity, age, education, income and political engagement.
5 facts about religion in the Philippines
Nearly all Filipinos believe in God, most pray daily and 92% identify as Christian, with Catholics as the majority.
Which Americans are most likely to have spoken with a local journalist?
About a quarter of Americans have spoken with a local journalist, with education, income, race and community attachment linked to higher rat…
Buying a home has gotten harder for young adults in most U.S. metro areas
About nine-in-ten adults under 40 say buying a home is harder than it was for their parents, as rising prices and mortgage rates push homeow…
More than half of states restrict betting on elections
Lawmakers in at least 16 states have introduced legislation this year to regulate prediction markets in some way.
What happens when war breaks out in the middle of a survey?
Using statistical analysis of surveys fielded during the U.S.-Israel airstrikes on Iran, researchers tracked real-time shifts in global view…
Methodology
About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2026 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on a mix of telephone, face-to-face and onl…
Acknowledgments
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Richard Wike, Director, Global Attitudes…
Appendix B: Classifying European political parties
Classifying parties as populist Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elit…
Appendix C: 2026 Global Attitudes Survey fieldwork timeline
No summary available.
Appendix A: Detailed tables
No summary available.
European views of Trump and the U.S. are especially negative
Views of the U.S. and its president are negative across the globe, but Europeans stand out for their especially unfavorable views.
In middle-income nations, most say the U.S. interferes in other countries’ affairs
Majorities in 16 of 17 middle-income nations say this, including roughly three-quarters of adults or more in 12 countries.
Comparing how Americans and others around the world view the United States’ global role
Majorities in most countries say the U.S. does not promote peace and stability or consider other countries’ interests on policy matters.
How do views of Trump compare with other global leaders?
Of the six leaders asked about, only Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu ranks below President Donald Trump in confidence.
Trump Gets Negative Reviews Internationally as Fewer Say U.S. Is a Reliable Partner
A 36-country survey finds declining ratings for the U.S. amid rising concerns about its foreign policy and the health of its democracy.
Many Americans favor prayer in public schools, but few think it should be mandatory
Americans are almost equally split on whether the Ten Commandments should be displayed in public school classrooms. But Republicans, White e…
Catholics in Latin America generally have positive views of Pope Leo
In six Latin American countries surveyed, most Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, though his ratings trail those Pope Francis received e…
Most U.S. Catholics view Pope Leo favorably; many think Trump has been too critical of him
About eight-in-ten U.S. Catholics view Pope Leo XIV favorably, though opinions on the tension between Leo and President Trump split sharply …
Is U.S. fertility at an all-time low? It depends how you measure it
U.S. fertility rates have hit historic lows, but three common measures tell different stories about whether American families are truly shri…
What the data says about abortion in the U.S.
Six-in-ten US adults say abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Here's a look at data on abortion rates, providers, demographics and…
Americans and AI 2026: Chatbots, Smart Devices and Views on Impact
More Americans are using chatbots, and some are adopting AI summaries and smart speakers. But views about AI and how fast it’s advancing til…
Methodology
The American Trends Panel survey methodology Overview Data in this report comes from Wave 187 of the American Trends Panel (ATP), Pew Resear…
Acknowledgments
This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresear…
Appendix: Detailed chart and tables
No summary available.
Racial and ethnic differences in how adults use and view AI
Americans’ use of and views about artificial intelligence (AI) aren’t the same across groups, with race and ethnicity often playing a big fa…
The gender gap in AI
Does gender factor into how people use and think about artificial intelligence (AI)? In some ways, it does. Men report using chatbots more r…
How opinions and use of AI differ by age
For decades, age has been a key factor in Americans’ technology use, and artificial intelligence (AI) is no exception. In February, Pew Rese…
Why don’t people use chatbots?
Although chatbot use is rising in the United States, about half of U.S. adults say they never use one, according to Pew Research Center’s Fe…
What do Americans think AI is?
The existence of artificial intelligence (AI) has moved from a question of if to when, and now. But when people think of AI, they associate …
Republicans, Democrats continue to differ sharply on voting access
About six-in-ten Americans support no-excuse early or absentee voting, but partisan divides remain, with GOP support falling sharply since 2…
Video: How to spot a good poll vs. a bad poll
Anyone can ask a survey question online – but does that make it a good poll? They might call themselves a pollster, but their methods aren’t…
What are parents’ biggest challenges in finding childcare?
As many working parents struggle with the cost of childcare, the issue has become a focus for policymakers across the political spectrum. We…
How working parents divide family responsibilities
To understand how different-sex couples share household and parenting tasks when both parents have full-time jobs, we asked parents in this …
Does working from home make work-family balance easier?
As many workers face return-to-office mandates, some parents have been able to maintain remote or hybrid work arrangements. A majority of wo…
How workplace benefits and flexibility shape parents’ ability to balance work and family
As part of a larger survey about their experiences, we asked working parents what work arrangements or employer-provided benefits would be t…
For Working Parents, the Boundary Between Work and Family Is Often Blurred
Parents – especially moms – often carry the mental load that comes with trying to balance what their families need with what their job deman…
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Cybersecurity
JadePuffer: The First Complete LLM-Driven Ransomware Attack
An "agentic threat actor" successfully exploited a Langflow flaw to steal data from a production database server and encrypt other systems.
France to Stop Certifying Non-Quantum-Safe Encryption
France is accelerating its transition to post-quantum encryption: France’s cybersecurity agency ANSSI said on Tuesday it would stop certifyi…
Chinese LLMs Broaden the Gap Between Attackers & Defenders
Two new models from Chinese firms compete with top US mainstream and frontier models. Should cyber-defenders be worried?
Flock Cameras Can Surveil Cars Without License Plates
This is from a 2024 company presentation: Officers can also tap into data showing a car’s decals, bumper stickers, back and top racks—along …
Aussies Face Reduced Cybercrime Risk, as Pressure Shifts to SMBs
Improved institutional safeguards and stricter regulations have pushed the burdens of protection and risk reduction on to Australian busines…
FBI Seizes NetNut Proxy Platform, Popa Botnet
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today it worked with industry partners to seize hundreds of domains associated with NetNut, a…
Apple Reverses Age-Old Patch Policy to Keep Up With AI
Expect more compressed patching cycles from Apple going forward, as attackers leverage artificial intelligence to reduce time to exploit.
Cybersecurity Mission Creep in the US
Interesting paper: “Cybersecurity Mission Creep.” Abstract: Cybersecurity is experiencing mission creep. Policymakers are casting more and m…
FortiBleed Actors Collaborating With Inc, Lynx Ransomware Gangs
After gaining a foothold in thousands of Fortinet firewalls, the attackers are starting to monetize that access, and are also piling on a Ne…
Papa Johns Surveillance-Based Advertising
Papa Johns is spying on people’s buying activities to predict when they are low on food: The pizza chain recently tapped NBCUniversal, Insta…
Ransomware Thugs Masquerade as Interpol to Entice Small Biz
The ransomware campaign relies on basic social engineering and stretches across multiple regions, including the US, Europe, Middle East, and…
The Realities of AI Video Surveillance
The Financial Times has a good article on how AI is changing the capabilities of video surveillance, with information from both Israel/Iran …
Anthropic's AI Finds Bugs. IBM Bets $5B It Can Fix Them.
IBM and Red Hat assign 20,000 engineers to the new Project Lightwell service as Anthropic's Mythos findings ignite debate over how to secure…
Factoring RSA Keys with Many Zeros
Interesting research on a new class of weak RSA keys: keys with lots of zeros. It turns out that these keys are out in the wild. The badkeys…
Crafty Phishing Campaigns Auto-Adapt to Victim's Device, OS
Attackers fingerprint victims through user-agent data to deliver OS-specific payloads, increasing compromise rates and campaign profitabilit…
Robot Police Officers
We’ve taken one small step towards robot police officers: a drone capable of disarming a suspect: In a June 22 video posted on the Sacrament…
And the Winner in Dominant Malware Delivery? ClickFix
Researchers say the highly effective social engineering technique is no longer the exception for malware attacks — it's now the rule.
The Chinese Control the Majority of Argentina’s Squid Fleet
Chinese companies control nearly two-thirds of Argentina’s own squid fleet.
When Too Much Security Data Becomes the Risk
Rapid growth turned routine firewall logs into a security and budget liability. One CISO used artificial intelligence to filter what data tr…
Meta Is Testing Facial Recognition for Police and Military
We know that ICE wants to deploy eyeglasses with facial recognition that can identify people in real time. Turns out Meta is prototyping the…
'Phantom Squatting': An Emerging AI-Driven Supply Chain Threat
LLMs consistently hallucinate Web domains for legitimate brands that attackers can register for malicious activity in a difficult-to-detect …
One Million Passports Leaked Online
A database of almost a million passports from around the world was leaked online. Note what happened. A high-value credential—a passport—was…
Safe Events Start With Threat Intel & Digital Security
Planning ahead to defend against cyber threats is the work that keeps events uneventful.
China-Linked Group Targets Southeast Asia Critical Systems
The group compromised at least 10 regional organizations, including two state-owned entities, and deployed a new backdoor.
Fake Bug Report Hijacks AI Coding Agents at Scale
"Agentjacking" is the latest demonstration of how easily attackers can exploit an AI agent's inability to differentiate between content and …
Attackers Seize Exposed AI Endpoints to Power Offensive Ops
Threat actors don't need any special authentication to reach a target endpoint — they just need to know where it is.
Why Identity Security Is Your Cyber Career Entry Point
In this "Heard it From a CISO" video, Silverfort CISO John Paul Cunningham explains that AI in cybersecurity workflows is creating opportuni…
Phishers Gain Persistence at EU, Asia Hospitality Orgs
Separate but similar campaigns described by Microsoft and Trend Micro use malicious zip files to spread malware via social engineering and o…
AI-Generated Workflows Are a Silent Security Disaster
Teams are dealing with a truly dangerous problem — automation that works, but that no one understands.
NIST Enrichment Reductions Impact CVE Coverage, Accuracy
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scaled back the number of CVEs it selects for in-depth analysis, but the move has …
'Djinn' Stealer Targets Cloud, AI Credentials
The infostealer was delivered via CVE-2026-48558, a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in SimpleHelp, targeting credentials linkin…
Vulnerabilities Expose Private Data in Indian Government Systems
One critical vulnerability, among many discovered by a researcher, could have allowed anyone to walk in and take over a national government …
Can Clothes Make You Invisible to Facial Recognition?
Does life feel Orwellian sometimes? One researcher has a solution for you: graphic tees that confuse the neural networks in surveillance cam…
Iran, Russia, China Target Water Systems for Sabotage
Nation-state attackers breach water systems through weak passwords, exposed PLCs, and poor segmentation — not sophisticated malware.
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Amazon Q VS Extension Flaw Leads to Cloud Credential Theft
Adversaries could plant a malicious repository that can execute arbitrary code and steal cloud credentials by exploiting the vulnerability, …
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Third-Party Breaches Teach Education Sector a Costly Lesson in Vendor Risk
Rising threats from third-party actors are forcing institutions to play defense to protect student data from ransomware and other attacks.
AI Decline? Confidence in Autonomous Penetration Testing Falls
Companies are still experimenting with automated AI systems to find security weaknesses, but fewer are relying on the technology.
Cisco Adds NHI to Security Stack With Astrix, WideField Acquisitions
Cisco joins a growing list of security platform providers that are betting that securing the agentic workforce means turning identity into t…
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New Initiative Tackles Security for End-of-Life Open Source Software
The Open Source Sustainability Initiative's goal is to help enterprises manage and secure aging open source projects while maintaining regul…
AI Won't Wipe Out Entry-Level Cybersecurity Jobs
Instead of eliminating jobs for early-career cyber pros, AI is creating new opportunities for candidates with strong human decision-making s…
Meeting Trump's 2030 Quantum Deadline Will be Expensive, Complex
Getting accurate visibility into IT and OT systems will be compounded by multivendor environments, misaligned update life cycles, and intero…
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Robinhood Cuts Access Approval Time to Support High-Velocity Development
The fintech company's engineering-first application security team reengineered the process for granting system access, making it easier and …
In Less Than 24 Hours, Attackers Weaponize Cisco CUCM Flaw
The flaw enables server-side request forgery (SSRF) and escalates privileges to root, impacting Cisco Unified CM and Unified CM SME deployme…
Russian APT 'Gamaredon' Upgrades Its Arsenal, Requiring New Defenses
The FSB state-sponsored operation has gotten a lot better at loading its malware and hiding its servers.
EdTech Attackers Shift From Schools to Their Software Suppliers
Educational institutions, the edtech companies they rely on, and, more concerningly, the challenges they pose for schools are the focus of t…
Local Police Collusion Hampers Crackdown on Asian Scam Centers
With tens of billions of dollars flowing into regional economies from cybercrime, scam centers continue to flourish, despite international a…
Europe Evolves Into Ransomware's Favorite Region
After a global lull, ransomware gangs are setting sights on a rich new arena: attacking EU organizations and their suppliers.
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Environment
María Laura Tolmos, 37, turned a childhood in the Amazon into her life’s work
Maria Laura Tolmos Coquelet grew up in the Peruvian Amazon. As a child, she explored rivers by kayak and looked for animals along the bank…
The 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program
The 20th anniversary of the NOAA Marine Debris Program Public particip…
The women leading a quiet conservation revolution in a Nigerian gorilla sanctuary
BOKI, Nigeria — The morning light fills Ulom with warmth and radiance. A dome of mountains, their green vegetation spread out like giant gre…
Sudden danger: the science and stakes of flash flood forecasting
Sudden danger: the science and stakes of flash flood forecasting An a…
War reveals the isolation of Iran’s scientists
The smiles on the faces of Iman Ebrahimi and his colleagues in the photograph are revealing: After more than a month of war in Iran, a tenuo…
NOAA announces regional priorities to advance America-first seafood strategy
NOAA announces regional priorities to advance America-first seafood strategy July 2, 2026 …
Brazil boosts budget and number of firefighters amid strong El Niño forecast
Brazil has increased wildfire spending and has hired a record number of federal firefighters in anticipation of extreme drought in the Amazo…
Contract for $99.6M awarded for NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow technology upgrade, essential maintenance
Contract for $99.6M awarded for NOAA Ship Henry B. Bigelow technology upgrade, essential maintenance July 1, 2026 …
Listen to whales to improve connection, care & ocean health (commentary)
Seventy years ago, Le Monde du Silence, a film by Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle, depicted the ocean as silent. Today, we know that the oc…
Ribbon cutting event for new NOAA facility in North Charleston, South Carolina
Ribbon cutting event for new NOAA facility in North Charleston, South Carolina June 25, 2026 …
King vultures in Costa Rica: Photo of the week
Two king vultures (Sarcoramphus papa), one of the largest vulture species in the Americas, perch on a tree branch in Costa Rica. One leans o…
Happy 250th USA! Here's your July 4th weekend forecast
Happy 250th USA! Here's your July 4th weekend forecast The NOAA Ship T…
Brazil’s expanding offshore oil frontier puts biodiversity at risk: study
In late August 2019, fishing communities along the northeast coast of Brazil reported black oily stains washing up on beaches, with crude cl…
New eDNA tool to help track recovery of sunflower sea star, a Pacific Coast ‘apex predator’
New eDNA tool to help track recovery of sunflower sea star, a Pacific Coast ‘apex predator’ …
Nepal’s birdwatchers help monitor wildlife and promote tourism
KATHMANDU — As a child, Shankar Tiwari and his friends killed birds for fun around Chitwan National Park in central Nepal, where they grew u…
Moderate harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie
Moderate harmful algal bloom predicted for western Lake Erie Visible blooms could impact coastal recreation by mid-July Jun…
Sightings off Southern Africa suggest blue and fin whales may be rebounding
Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa’s Atlantic coast have increased in recent years, according to a newly published …
U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $123.6M in fishery disaster funding to Alaska, Oregon, California and Squaxin Island Tribe
U.S. Department of Commerce allocates $123.6M in fishery disaster funding to Alaska, Oregon, California and Squaxin Island Tribe Ju…
Dusky langurs start using new canopy bridge in Malaysia’s Penang Island
Endangered dusky langurs have successfully begun using a new artificial canopy bridge in a major tourism hub on Malaysia’s Penang Island. Ca…
Sea turtles
Sea turtles Loggerhead Turtle escaping a net equipped with turtle excl…
In Southeast Asia, peer-support network boosts women’s well-being in conservation
When Jessa Cabaay began working in marine conservation in the Philippines, she frequently found she was the only woman in the room. Her isol…
What are these parrots saying?
New research shows that the yellow-naped amazon (Amazona auropalliata), a critically endangered parrot in Central America, has a sophisticat…
Tropical mountain wildlife are at high risk from climate change impacts, study finds
As the planet warms, animals living in tropical mountains may find it increasingly difficult to shift to new areas, according to a new study…
Australia’s seagrass meadows under pressure as climate change turns up the heat
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is renowned for its coral, but far less so for its expansive seagrass meadows. “People don’t dive on them, do…
New data reveals surge in human rights abuses linked to transition minerals mining
New data released by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) finds that, worldwide, South America has the most abuse allegations…
Malawi agroecologists see opportunity in Gulf fertilizer supply disruption
As the first rays of the sun streak through the misty morning early in June, James Singano spits into his right hand for a good grip of the …
Declining carp fishes in Bangladesh’s Kaptai Lake leave small-scale fishers struggling
A faded towel draped over his shoulders, 53-year-old Khokon Jaladas sat quietly in the yard of his home. Just beyond his house, a few fishin…
Running on empty: How the gulf war is threatening Kenya’s food security
Philip Kitur walks through a neat row of maize stalks, with budding leaves painting a picture of a bountiful harvest. The 71-year-old has a …
Iran rearrests prominent conservationists freed just two years ago
Iranian security forces in Tehran arrested wildlife conservationists Houman Jowkar and Sepideh Kashani, alongside Sepideh’s sister, Sima Kas…
Zambia’s bumper harvest masks likely food insecurity amid geopolitics and climate threats
LUSAKA, Zambia — The escalating conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, has prompted warnings that disruptions to the supply of fuel and…
Researchers in Nigeria successfully cultivate wild mushroom in agricultural waste
Researchers in Nigeria have cultivated a wild mushroom species using sawdust, an agricultural waste product. This could help develop farming…
Rare fungi help restore Palmyra Atoll rainforests, new study finds. Here’s how
Palmyra Atoll in the North Pacific is one of the most remote island systems on Earth. A native rainforest tree on the island performs a crit…
Can selective logging help the Congo Basin store more carbon?
The rainforests of the Congo Basin are the planet’s largest forested carbon sink: as these 3.3 million square kilometers (1.3 million square…
Indonesia’s ratification of fishing labor reforms will also boost conservation (commentary)
Indonesia’s recent ratification of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 (C188) is a historic milestone for the country’s fisheries secto…
Dutch importers linked to suspect Amazon timber, investigation finds
Two Dutch timber importers are at the center of a new investigation that shows they may have purchased suspect wood sourced to one of the la…
UK deforestation rules take step forward after a long delay
The U.K government has announced that it will advance long-delayed regulations on commodities linked to deforestation. On June 23, the Depar…
Santa Marta report by 57 nations defines rapid fossil fuel transition path
London Climate Action Week (LCAW) kicked off in June amid an unprecedented European heat wave and with a special statement by United Nations…
Sightings of humpback whales surge in Rio de Janeiro, fueling demand for whale-watching trips
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sightings of humpback whales off Rio de Janeiro’s coast are surging as they recover from decimation due to commercial …
Crackdown lets rainforest reclaim illegal road in rare win for the Amazon
A vanishing road in the Xingu region exemplifies what is at stake in Brazil’s October election.
Endangered West African leopards show signs of recovery, despite odds. ‘It’s a win’
It’s been difficult to monitor West African leopards in Benin’s Pendjari National Park: It’s a large wilderness area, situated within a hots…
Heat and pests are making it hard to grow a gourd that’s critical for Indian music
The tanpura is synonymous with Indian classical music. The sitar-like musical instrument has a long, wooden neck with four strings attached …
Illegal timber imports from Cambodia, Laos skirt Vietnam safeguards, report reveals
Illegally sourced timber from Cambodia and Laos continues to enter Vietnam’s supply chains despite recent efforts to tighten legality contro…
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Independent again: Double Fine and Compulsion react to leaving Xbox and taking all their games with them
Psychonauts and Keeper developer Double Fine Productions, and South of Midnight and We Happy Few developer Compulsion Games, have reacted to…
Xbox Parts Ways With Five Studios, Over 3,000 Layoffs Announced
Xbox has announced it is splitting from five of its development studios – Compulsion Games, Double Fine Productions, Ninja Theory, Undead La…
As ZeniMax also faces cuts, Xbox seeks a "significant overhaul" to focus on Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, Quake, and other big franchises
Following weeks of rumours and speculation, Microsoft and Xbox have announced today around 3200 jobs are being cut before financial year 202…
The Video Games You Should Play This Weekend – July 3, 2026
Happy July 4th weekend! Fireworks. Lemonade? Hot dogs. Scared pets? Sunscreen? A lake and/or beach. Heat? Sales at mattress and furniture st…
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma wants the company to "entertain more than a billion people" every day: here's why that's a deeply unrealistic thing to say
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has expressed hopes that Xbox can be a company that "entertains more than a billion people each day" amidst drastic cha…
The Soul of Soulslike
The action genre’s relationship with difficulty has been complicated.In their earliest stages, action games were often unreasonably demandin…
Nintendo has detailed rollout plans for Switch 2 product revisions in Europe with replaceable batteries, and Switch 1 consoles are being discontinued
In a move that's been brewing for a while now after Europe announced the Right to Repair directive and new battery regulations, Nintendo com…
Game Informer's Top Scoring Reviews Of 2026
At Game Informer, writing game reviews is one of our primary functions. As such, we cover hundreds of titles each and every year, hoping to …
Microsoft announces 3200 layoffs and four studio departures in "most significant" Xbox restructuring in history
The news is finally out. Microsoft is laying off thousands of people from its Xbox division and losing four game studios from its roster. Th…
GI Podcast: PlayStation Ending Physical Discs + Our 2026 Favs So Far w/ Ben Reeves
Special guest (and former host) Ben Reeves joins The Game Informer Show to discuss the big PlayStation shake-up, our favorite games of 2026,…
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Palworld developer confirms when the version 1.0 update will go live
July may be a quiet month when it comes to new game releases, but one of the biggest games of 2024 is graduating out of Early Access during …
Erosion Creative Director Talks Adventure Time Influence And Creating A Reactive World That Changes Each Time You Die
Erosion was one of the most promising upcoming titles I checked out during Summer Game Fest. Developed by a small team at Plot Twist (maker…
You can sort-of play Mario Kart on YouTube as an "interactive video" that could lead to more complex experiments
There's a whole world of shockingly creative YouTube channels out there, but it's not often we come across something as surprising as Atlas …
The PS5 And Xbox Series X Generation Has Been A Race To The Bottom
Coming into this generation, we were given lofty promises about the value to the consumer and what the new technology could afford developer…
"If anyone encounters the same error, don't panic like I did" - Steam Machine suffering "red line of death" comes back to life
The Steam Machine that suffered a "red line of death" last week that was thought to indicate a serious graphics card issue has miraculously …
Inside The Ticking Clocks Of The Blood Of Dawnwalker
The Blood Of Dawnwalker has one simple goal at the center of it: storm the castle, save your family. And not long after completing the intro…
The first reactions to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2 are in, and CD Projekt Red and Studio Trigger seem to have another winner on their hands
Last week brought us the stunning first proper trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Season 2, which is introducing and following an all-new ca…
Ontos, The Next Horror Game By The Developer Of Soma And Amnesia, Delayed To 2027
Frictional Games, developers of Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent, have delayed its next horror title, Ontos, to 2027. The game was first a…
"This is all about control" - industry experts speak on Sony's move away from discs, and what this means for the PlayStation 6 and the cost of games
Last week was a disruptive time in the video game industry, as Sony announced it would no longer be creating video game discs starting Janua…
One of my favourite weeks of the year is here: Summer Games Done Quick 2026 begins and anyone with a passing interest in games should dip in
Some people get very excited for our annual non-E3 blast of games news in June. Others await the Q3-Q4 release window rush of games with gle…
Valve updates SteamOS to improve your WiFi download speeds, and it's available on Steam Deck with a couple of caveats
Valve has rolled out a change to SteamOS that should help devices using a WiFi antenna get better download speeds. This latest version, 3.8.…
Death Stranding director Hideo Kojima "really sad" about Sony ending physical disc production, and says lack of media ownership has "frightening" possibilities
Hideo Kojima has spoken about Sony's cessation of physical video game disc production, with the director behind Death Stranding expressing t…
Meccha Chameleon tops another milestone, selling 15 million copies in less than 30 days
Meccha Chameleon – the viral hide-and-seek game that sold 10 million copies in just 16 days – has smashed another milestone, topping a stagg…
Crimson Desert Update 1.13.00 is live – here's what's new
Crimson Desert's 1.13.00 update is here across all platforms, adding new outfits and expanding dyeable equipment options, addressing various…
Epic Games settles a court case against former contractor accused of leaking Fortnite collaborations
Epic Games has settled a court case against a contractor accused of leaking Fortnite information. Read more
Final Fantasy 15, and others, could come to Nintendo Switch 2 – "it's not entirely impossible"
Square Enix has hinted that it's "not entirely impossible" that we could see Final Fantasy 15 on Nintendo Switch 2. Read more
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Danganronpa 2x2 delayed to 2027
Danganronpa 2x2 has been delayed to 2027. Read more
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries due to Sony's controversial PSN linking requirement – but its Steam page is still visible to blocked players
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is blocked in 132 countries, once again due to Sony's controversial PSN linking requirement. Read more
Bibidi Bibidi! is a wizardly card battler with real magic in its veins
Alongside its intriguing name and its excellent lineage, Bibidi Bibidi has a wonderful central conceit. Read more
Sony assures developers they can still order some games on disc after 2027 – but there's a catch
Sony is reportedly informing developers that they can still order disc games beyond January 2028 providing the game releases before its cut-…
Halo: Campaign Evolved really, really wants you to know you can get a physical disc even if you buy it on PS5
Microsoft is using Sony's decision to end production of discs from 2028 as a selling point for Halo: Campaign Evolved. Read more
Sony still has to ration attachable disc drives sales to "1 per order" due to "high demand" despite plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation games
Sony is still rationing its supply of attachable disc drives despite announcing plans to end production of physical discs for PlayStation ga…
What we've been playing - "As a result, I lost all my best clothes and my Switch 2"
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little about the games we've been playing. This week, Sherif determines wheth…
Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely continues its mobile investment spree with Umamusame: Pretty Derby director's new company Studio AuKnow
Mobile gaming giant Scopely has made a "strategic investment" into Studio Auknow, a new company formed by the former director of Umamusame: …
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 studio Sandfall isn't bothered that people may not like its next game, and that's the most refreshing thing I've heard all week
"Maybe people won't like it. That's life," says Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 director and Sandfall Interactive founder, Guillaume Broche, whe…
As the memory crisis continues and players begin to complain, Cinder City drops 64GB RAM requirement and ups GPU requirement instead
Cinder City is a new online co-op shooter from South Korean publisher NC. Announced earlier this week, the game looks like a cross between T…
Cyberpunk 2077 passes another extraordinary sales milestone as CD Projekt Red hails "the incredible, lasting strength" of the game
Cyberpunk 2077 has just passed another huge sales milestone for CD Projekt Red, showing that despite a somewhat disastrous launch, the retro…
"The future of gaming shouldn't come at the expense of ownership" - Anti-DRM champion GOG restates the fundamentals as PlayStation kills off discs
In the wake of Sony announcing the end of PlayStation game discs, and as concerns about game ownership swirl around it, PC digital distribut…
"Red line of death" - Steam Machine encounters its first major hardware fault and it's already got a fitting Xbox-inspired nickname
Valve's Steam Machine has encountered its first major hardware fault, and people have already given it a fitting nickname. Read more
Sony has already started repurposing its lone PlayStation disc factory, and the body of physical gaming isn't even cold
The last remaining factory where Sony makes its physical discs is already being repurposed, just days after the company announced it was cea…
Former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden on Sony's years-long debate over scrapping discs, and why this time it's probably "a straight spreadsheet decision"
Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios leader and Sony veteran of 32 years, Shawn Layden, has described Sony's surprise decision to end produc…
I love Baldur's Gate 3's queer representation, but triple-A games can still do so much more to explore lesbian stories with the depth they deserve
Hello! Eurogamer's latest week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming concludes today as Caelyn Ellis looks to…
The final Final Fantasy 7 remake game Revelation may not actually be the end of the story, leaked DLC listings suggest
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation is set to finish the story that started all the way back in 2020 with the original Final Fantasy 7 Remake. But th…
Soma dev's next game, Ontos, delayed to 2027 in order to deliver on studio's "ambitious" vision
Frictional Games - the Swedish developer behind Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent - has announced its upcoming release Ontos is being delay…
The first wave of Steam Machines has arrived at long last, but those without are left watching the waitlist
The first wave of Steam Machines have arrived in the hands of eager early adopters. But while some are celebrating their new toy, others are…
"Am I going back to PS4 days?" - Former PlayStation leader Shuhei Yoshida has tried the Steam Machine, and he doesn't sound very impressed
Former PlayStation Worldwide Studios president, and later the head of indies at PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has received his Steam Machine,…
Is yet another Microsoft studio, Obsidian, negotiating with Xbox to avoid closure? Conflicting reports emerge
A new report from The Game Business suggests that Obsidian Entertainment is another studio currently negotiating with Microsoft to avoid clo…
2025's Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine remaster that was inexplicably exclusive to PC and Xbox seemingly on its way to PS5 and Switch 2
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine - Master Crafted Edition, the remaster of the classic Relic action game, was released in June last year, less…
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‘Restraining order needed’: Trump shares doctored Meloni meme to reignite feud
On the eve of a key NATO summit, Donald Trump reignited his feud with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni by sharing a doctored image on T…
Trump confirms he asked Fifa to review Balogun ban
President Donald Trump confirms he asked Fifa to review United States striker Folarin Balogun's one-match suspension at the World Cup.
Love, deception and the real lives of Nigeria's romance fraudsters
In tonight's edition, France pulls all of its diplomats out of Burkina Faso in a tit-for-tat move after Ougadougou cut ties with Paris last …
Trump confirms he asked Fifa to review Balogun ban
President Donald Trump confirms he asked Fifa to review United States striker Folarin Balogun's one-match suspension at the World Cup.
Death toll from Venezuela quakes rises to 3,535 as more than 17,000 left homeless
The death toll from the back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela on June 24 has risen to 3,535, official figures released on Monday showe…
Charlie Kirk's family attends hearing for suspect charged with his murder
Tyler Robinson, 23, is accused of murdering Kirk, a key Trump ally and founder of youth organisation Turning Point USA.
OPEC+ raises output but cartel's future hangs in balance
A handful of OPEC+ countries have agreed to increase their output targets from August but the cartel is fighting for its survival after the …
Huge crowds fill Tehran streets for Khamenei's funeral procession
Many people were waving Iranian flags and red banners symbolising vengeance for the former supreme leader's war death.
World Cup 2026 : Watching Mexico-England in one Boston's Hispanic outskirts
Mexico-England ended in a 3-2 victory for the Three Lions at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. In Chelsea, on the outskirts of Boston, the …
More than 1,000 arrested as part of global human trafficking crackdown
Interpol says the vast majority of the 2,070 victims or potential victims identified were women being trafficked for sex.
France's Macron in first post-Assad visit to Damascus : why the Syria stopover ?
As Iran buries its Supreme Guide who was killed last February, and Hamas started to disarm in Gaza, Emmanuel Macron is going to Damascus, fo…
Ex-Syrian intelligence chief found guilty of torture and sexual abuse by Austrian court
Two former Syrian officials went on trial in Vienna, Austria, accused of crimes against opponents of former Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad
Portugal vs Spain live: Merino scores in injury time to put La Roja ahead
European champions Spain face Iberian rivals Portugal in a last-16 showdown pitting teen prodigy Lamine Yamal against 41-year-old Cristiano …
Super Typhoon Bavi strikes US Pacific islands with pummeling winds
The storm lashed the Mariana Islands, hitting Rota and prompting emergency warnings on Guam.
Frenchman convicted in missing body case confesses to killing his wife, lawyer says
Cédric Jubillar, a painter and plasterer who was sentenced last October for killing his wife Delphine, has finally confessed to the murder f…
'It's a very sad day' - Mexican fans react to loss to England
Mexico's World Cup campaign ended with a 3-2 defeat to England in Mexico City.
Death toll from DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 500 as healthcare workers threaten strike
The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 500 people, the UN health agency's figures showed Monday.…
'The spectacle Iran wants the world to see': Lyse Doucet in Tehran
Huge crowds have lined the streets of Tehran for the funeral procession of Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Tadej Pogacar wins third stage of Tour de France to take yellow jersey from Vingegaard
Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogacar won stage three of the Tour de France Monday, taking the yellow jersey from his rival Jonas Vingegaard.
Ukraine warns of interceptor missile shortage as 23 killed in Kyiv region
President Zelensky says Sunday's "massive Russian attack" on Kyiv consisted of 68 missiles and 351 strike drones.
Boston: The cradle of the American Revolution
Americans celebrated their independence on July 4th. But did you know that the revolution that led to the creation of the US began in Boston…
Sri Lanka prison riots leave 26 dead and more than 100 injured
The two days of violence at Negombo Prison are the worst prison riots in the country in years.
Ukraine must 'get the support it needs': allies prepare for NATO summit
"Allies must ensure that Ukraine receives the support it needs in its war with Russia" according to NATO chief Mark Rutte, ahead of a summit…
Wildfire in southern France forces evacuation of 10,000 people
Tour de France organisers ban spectators from stage three as a wildfire hits the Pyrénées-Orientales region.
Trump confirms call at centre of red card controversy 'with massive political consequences'
President Donald Trump confirmed he asked FIFA boss Gianni Infantino to review the "horrible" decision to hand a red card to star US striker…
Watch: Russian attack leaves gaping hole in Kyiv residential building
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford is at the scene of one of the blasts to hit Ukraine's capital overnight.
Algeria's ruling FLN secures most seats in parliament with historically low turnout
Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front won the most seats in the country's parliamentary elections, the election board said Monday, secu…
Is this a breakthrough moment for soccer in the US?
Victory for the national team against Belgium on Monday could mean the sport takes further strides among American audiences.
France at 'turning point' on how to prevent and deal with sexual violence
In a new twist in a femicide case that has gripped France for years, Cédric Jubillar has admitted to the murder of his wife and has told aut…
Watch: Why Australia's PM apologised for 'inappropriate' Kylie comments
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has apologised for remarks he made about popstar Kylie Minogue in a podcast interview last week.
'His resilience, his words, his character': Mourners grieve late supreme leader Khamenei
A sea of mourners filled the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral procession of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. FRANCE 24…
Why an anti-sacrilege law in India's Punjab has sparked controversy
The dispute has revived one of Punjab's most sensitive political and religious issues ahead of state elections next year.
Avignon turns 80: Wagner Moura, Isabelle Huppert attend France's oldest theatre festival
FRANCE 24's Olivia Salazar-Winspear brings us all the latest from the Avignon performing arts festival, which is celebrating its 80th annive…
Girl trapped in Venezuela quake 'survived on ketchup and cheese'
BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela's devastating earthquakes.
Earthquake damage threatens Venezuela's beach tourism centers
The earthquakes that hit Venezuela in late June have devastated seaside towns where tourism has been a vital economic lifeline for an alread…
Why Ukrainian strikes on annexed Crimea are a blow to Putin
Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford explains why Crimea is a target for Kyiv, and why the peninsula matters to Vladimir Putin.
Does the French right have a chance of defeating the far right in the election?
Right-wing Edouard Philippe has officially launched his presidential campaign less than a year ahead of the 2027 election in France. Philipp…
'I ate ketchup and cheese,' says Venezuelan girl trapped under quake rubble for 32 hours
Fabiana was trapped in the rubble of a 10-storey residential building after two earthquakes rocked Venezuela in June.
Iranians struggle as ongoing economic crisis shows no sign of abatting
Across Iran, families are grappling with soaring living costs, as the combined weight of war, subsidy reforms and sanctions pushes basic nec…
Thousands of forgotten WW1 soldiers recognised for first time
Nearly 10,000 soldiers' names are being added to the official database of war dead, a cherished step for many of their descendants.
In pictures: Marine Le Pen’s political rise and frustrated presidential ambitions
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen could see her 40-year political career come to an end on Tuesday if French courts rule that she is…
Australia space agency has found 'likely source' of mystery space balls
The agency says that they "appear to be pressure vessels from a space launch vehicle".
How are the millions attending Khamenei's funeral remembering the late ayatollah?
The funeral procession for Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei has begun in Tehran. Millions are expected to attend, possibly leading to…
Australian PM apologises for 'inappropriate' comments about Kylie Minogue
Albanese has apologised 'unequivocally' after his remarks prompted a backlash.
Greece's Thessaloniki threatened by spreading wildfire
A fast-moving wildfire broke out in Greece's second largest city on July 4, forcing residents of three small suburbs north of the city to ev…
From 'a beautiful night' to 'world's greatest hangover', guests react to Taylor and Travis's wedding
Some of the famous guests have been posting on social media about the big day in New York.
Marine Le Pen appeal verdict: Why this moment matters for France
The leader of France's National Rally leads the opinion polls ahead of the 2027 presidential election and will now find out if she can stand…
The African fishermen who blame Chinese trawlers for their woes
Fishing crews in Sierra Leone say large Chinese ships are illegally hoovering up stocks.
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When football became a weapon of the Cold War
Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall reveal how the great ideological battle between east and west was waged on the football pitch
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How Tens of Thousands of Irish Immigrants Led the Patriots to Victory During the American Revolution
Soldiers of Irish heritage accounted for up to 50 percent of the Continental Army's ranks. Driven from their homeland by British oppression,…
The curse of the Boleyns: how Anne's fall doomed her family
The cultured charmer, the moneybags lord mayor, the powerful heiress, the scheming uncle. Anne’s colourful family shaped the mind and charac…
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During World War I, This Woman Asked Americans to Welcome Immigrants—and Urged New Arrivals to Assimilate
Progressive reformer Frances Kellor spearheaded efforts to celebrate Americanization Day, arguing that immigrants should fully embrace U.S. …
I taught history in Putin's Russia – and here's why I knew I had to leave
From a childhood obsessed with medieval history to frozen landscapes and academic chaos, Peter Jones details the harsh reality of following …
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A Century and a Half After Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn Continues to Mystify
The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate exactly how the …
This is the Nazi-era mistake that Putin wants the West to repeat
Britain once learned too late that treating Eastern European sovereignty as negotiable can embolden aggressors. As Putin continues to test t…
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How Angry, Out-of-Work Fishermen Saved the Patriots During the American Revolution
The British punished rebellious New Englanders by depriving them of their livelihood. This led unemployed mariners to enlist in the patriot …
Angry bishops, grumpy dictators and the 'wizard of dribble': 8 moments when football and politics collided
As the 2026 World Cup gets under way, Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall revisit eight football matches played during the Cold War that turned the…
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America's 150th Birthday Celebration Was Deemed the Nation's 'Greatest Flop.' What Went Wrong With the Sesquicentennial?
Philadelphia politicians hoped to replicate the success of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Instead, the 1926 world's fair lost millions of d…
Is the US celebrating independence on the ‘WRONG’ day?
Why did one date become America's national holiday while the other faded into the background? HistoryExtra’s Elinor Evans explores the drama…
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What's Behind Steven Spielberg's Lifelong Obsession With Flying Saucers and Extraterrestrial Visitors?
Half a century after "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," the director returns to the subject of UFOs with "Disclosure Day." His science fi…
A history of the US in 100 unexpected objects
Roman Mars explores the ordinary objects that can offer us a window into the story of the United States in surprising new ways
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When a Journalist Took on Corruption, He Used a Tool That Hadn’t Been Used Much in American History: the Unvarnished Truth
Lincoln Steffens was a reporter so dogged that political party bosses called him a “born crook that’s gone straight.” He and his fellow muck…
Quiz of the week: what is the oldest recorded joke in human history?
How much have you been paying attention to this week's content on HistoryExtra? Test your knowledge with our quiz…
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After the Concept of Peaceful Disobedience Was Established in America, It Traveled Around the World Before Taking Hold
“Force may subdue, but love gains”: The Quaker practice of conscientious objection evolved through Thoreau, Tolstoy and Gandhi before becomi…
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One of the Quietest Leaders in the Civil Rights Movement, Ella Baker Led by Encouraging Everyone to Get Involved
Baker's work was instrumental in the success of the NAACP and other organizations, but she did it in a way that didn’t put herself in the sp…
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Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy Is Loaded With Good and Bad, but His Work to Even the Economic Playing Field Is Often Overlooked
He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in ending WWI and strove to improve the plight of American workers. Today, his blind spots shro…
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Some Presidents Offer More Than Just Policy. Here Are Five Who Brought Their Innovative Spirit to the Office
One president invented campaign buttons so he could just stay home during election season. Another one rallied Americans to go to the moon. …
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When a Photographer Turned His Focus on Social Injustice, It Helped Usher in the First Child Labor Laws
Lewis Hine didn’t consider his job as taking pictures; it was “detective work.” Sometimes gaining access with ruse and subterfuge, he captur…
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Theodore Roosevelt Survived an Assassination Attempt Because a Speech Tucked Inside His Pocket Slowed the Bullet. He Insisted on Delivering His Remarks Anyway
"I am very much uninterested in whether I am shot or not," he told an audience in Milwaukee. Newly discovered documents shed light on how th…
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At a Pivotal Moment of the Civil War, Frederick Douglass Delivered a Speech That Reframed What Was at Stake if Slavery Stood
In “The Mission of the War,” America’s incomparable orator helped turn public sentiment in favor of the Union and Abraham Lincoln, beginning…
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country
To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
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Among All the Great Things Benjamin Franklin Invented or Discovered, His Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom
Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have o…
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A Woman’s Right to Vote Was Secured After Work That Was Inspired by Mothers and Driven by Maternal Instincts
In a poignant pattern, many of the most important contributions to suffrage were enacted—or inspired—by mothers
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When George Washington Decided It Was Time to Leave Office, He Inadvertently Set a Lasting Precedent
While history recorded his refusal to seek a third term as a legendary act of statesmanship, the opinions of the day were actually quite mix…
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During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Stories
Now on view at the New York Historical, "Revolutionary Women" spotlights figures with connections to the state, including a Jewish chocolati…
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Born in 1810, Margaret Fuller Was Labeled a Child Prodigy. She Later Used Her Intellect to Ask Important Questions About Women's Role in America
Her writing posed the novel premise: What does it mean to be a woman? Her early death meant she never saw the movement she inspired
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The American Revolution’s Overlooked Influence? Physics. How 'Common Sense' Spelled Out Astronomical Expectations for a New Nation
The manifesto leaned heavily on Isaac Newton’s theories in making a case for independence, and fellow founders drew on the notion to build a…
Smithsonian Magazine Presents: America at 250—The Revolutionary Spark
Celebrating the visionary insights & darling innovators that forged a nation.
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One Weather Forecast Changed the Course of WWII. Here's the Real Story Behind 'Pressure,' a Drama About the Meteorologist Who Convinced the Allies to Delay D-Day
A new movie starring Andrew Scott and Brendan Fraser dramatizes the tense 72 hours before the Allied invasion of Normandy, revealing how met…
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Soviet Cosmonauts Trained at Star City as They Raced to Beat America to the Moon. Now, a New TV Series Imagines What Happened Behind the Base's Walls
Apple TV's "Star City" takes place in a world where the space race never came to an end. A spinoff of "For All Mankind," the show is told fr…
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This Jewish Community in the Caribbean Smuggled Gunpowder to the Patriots During the Revolution. A British Admiral Condemned the Island as a 'Nest of Vipers'
A new exhibition at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, in Philadelphia, spotlights the little-known wartime contributi…
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The 1963 Birmingham Church Bombing Killed Four Young Black Girls. But They Weren't the Only Victims of Racial Violence in the City That Day
Hours after the attack, a police officer shot 16-year-old Johnny Robinson in the back. Then, a white teenager mortally injured 13-year-old V…
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Born and Raised in Philadelphia, This Loyalist Fled to England During the American Revolution. In His Absence, the Patriots Declared Him a Traitor and Seized His Property
Matthias Aspden spent his time abroad yearning for his "native country." His heirs later took the government to court, arguing that the esta…
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History Remembers Mary Boleyn as the Scandalous 'Other Boleyn Girl.' New Research Debunks the Myths Surrounding the Tudor Mistress
Sylvia Barbara Soberton's latest book challenges the perception of Anne Boleyn's sister as "promiscuous, intellectually incurious and unambi…
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Your family’s $300 stake in OpenAI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Op…
VHF Propagation: What Every RF Engineer Should Know
A practical educational guide to common and uncommon VHF propagation modes, covering the physics, range implications, and real-world behavio…
The Download: South Korea’s hottest bachelors, and advancing eye transplants
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. So…
IEEE’s Global Museum Brings Engineering History to You
Many IEEE members who collect historical engineering artifacts often offer them to the IEEE History and Heritage group, which includes the I…
South Korea’s hottest new bachelors are chip workers
Baek, a 35-year-old manager at the South Korean semiconductor titan SK Hynix, was enrolled in Sunoo, a matchmaking company based in Seoul, a…
AI’s Volatile Power Use Quietly Tests Grid Limits
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is typically framed as an energy problem. Data centers are projected to consum…
A device that revives eyeballs from dead donors could make eye transplants possible
It’s not easy to transplant a whole human eye. The surgery is difficult. And the eyes themselves start to degenerate as soon as they’ve left…
Why Public Speaking Skills Are Worth Investing In
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The Download: a smoking “endgame” and a new Elizabeth Bear story
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Th…
Why Mentorship Is the Most Underrated Leadership Skill
I started my professional journey as an engineer before moving into product strategy and innovation leadership roles for several global tech…
The UK’s generational tobacco ban might not work. I’m supporting it anyway.
As the parent of two little girls, I often think about how their childhood is different from mine. The seven-year-old is learning about AI a…
As AI Reshapes Global Energy Systems, Melbourne Leads Through Engineering Collaboration
This article is brought to you by Melbourne Convention Bureau (MCB) supported by Business Events Australia.As artificial intelligence accele…
Achieving operational excellence with AI
Frameworks like Lean Six Sigma and business process management (BPM) first gained traction because they promised clarity in the chaos—a stru…
The Space-based Data Center Hype Machine Is Already in Orbit
“The lowest-cost place to put AI will be in space, and that will be true within two years, maybe three at the latest,” SpaceX founder Elon M…
Teaching AI to run with the turbines
Artificial intelligence may have captured the public imagination through chatbots and image generators, but some of its most consequential u…
The History and Mystery of Fireworks
In the 1970s, American Fireworks, a family-run pyrotechnics company in Hudson, Ohio, used a “home run box” to offer quick and easy fireworks…
The Download: a startup has a solution for AI’s groupthink problem
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. LL…
Poetry for Engineers: Nine Lives of Nikola Tesla
He was born into a storm, lightning split the summer sky, in avillage the world had not yet heard of.The midwife called it a bad omen, his m…
Why California’s carbon manure math doesn’t add up
Something stinks in California’s climate policies. Years ago, the state set up a system that pays cattle farmers across the country to turn …
The Lab Mistake That Might Revolutionize Computing
Today, you probably asked a question of a large language model, or accepted a connection suggestion on LinkedIn, or watched a recommended vi…
How America Engineered Its Independence
In 1839, J.M.W. Turner painted The Fighting Temeraire. The old warship, once a hero of the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, glides like a ghost …
This Senior Member Solves Complex Product Lifecycle Challenges
What do an instinct to fix things and the 1999 global panic over whether computers would survive the date change to 2000, known as the Y2K b…
Why Does a Bank Need a Chief Scientist?
This article is brought to you by Capital One.After five years leading natural language understanding and eventually the entire Alexa AI org…
What it Means to Be a Mathematician When AI Does the Math
In the mid-noughties, when music by the Killers and Franz Ferdinand blared out of every pub and nightclub I passed, I spent my days and nigh…
How IEEE Awardee Karen Panetta Became Bewitched by Engineering
When considering the 1960s sitcoms Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie, both of which featured women with supernatural powers navigating life w…
Make an Origami Circuit Board
What could you do if you could make a circuit trace by just bending a piece of paper? How about bridging modern technologies and traditional…
AI Is Designing Radio Chips That Humans Couldn’t Even Imagine
SummaryRFIC design is a complex “dark art” that limits progress in wireless technologies like 5G, autonomous vehicles, and satellite communi…
Home Broadband Is 5G’s Surprise Killer App
5G telecommunications, according to industry hype when 5G first launched in 2019, was going to be all about buzzy applications like mobile a…
Why the U.S. Uses Only Half of Its Grid Capacity
By most accounts, the United States appears poised to fall woefully short of meeting new electricity demand over the next five years as data…
AI Is Learning to Read the Room
Imagine sitting down at your desk and logging in for a performance review, with an AI system analyzing the conversation. You’ve been working…
Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically eve…
War Taught this Ukrainian Entrepreneur the Value of Resilience
Salome Mikadze-Struk is no stranger to adversity. The daughter of refugees, she built a software-development business as an undergraduate at…
IEEE Rolls Out Large Language Models Virtual Training Course
Large language models have moved out of the research lab and into engineers’ daily workflow. LLMs serve as reasoning engines that can orches…
What Amazon’s Astro Taught Me About Giving Robots a Soul
In 2018, Amazon brought me in as the lead UX Sound Designer for Astro, its first consumer home robot. Astro used cameras and other sensors t…
IEEE’s 2026 Education Week Events Emphasized Lifelong Learning
The rapid evolution of the global engineering landscape requires continuous education. For one week in April, the IEEE community focuses on …
Behind the Scenes of a Technical Interview
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How Musicians Can Get Paid for Training AI
Musicians are accustomed to getting paid each time their creative work is used. Across vinyl/CD sales, streams, radio, cover versions, and t…
Andrew Ng: Unbiggen AI
Andrew Ng has serious street cred in artificial intelligence. He pioneered the use of graphics processing units (GPUs) to train deep learnin…
How AI Will Change Chip Design
The end of Moore’s Law is looming. Engineers and designers can do only so much to miniaturize transistors and pack as many of them as possib…
Atomically Thin Materials Significantly Shrink Qubits
Quantum computing is a devilishly complex technology, with many technical hurdles impacting its development. Of these challenges two critica…
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Tributes to veteran MP and minister Sir George Howarth
Sir George Howarth served in Parliament for almost 38 years and was a minister under Tony Blair.
Maine Senate candidate Platner says campaign is deciding 'best path forward' after new sexual assault allegation
A woman who previously dated Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, acco…
WATCH: Trump talks about White House renovation projects, Nicki Minaj at Rose Garden luncheon
President Donald Trump said Monday he's putting "a lot of love" back into the White House.
McConnell is 'continuing his recovery,' but details are scarce after a lengthy hospital stay
According to his staff, McConnell was admitted to the hospital on June 14.
PM intervened in row over Mexico-England kick-off time
Fifa had been set to bring the match forward by six hours, due to a forecast of thunderstorms.
WATCH: Trump says he never talks to his kids about business as president but 'I think I'm allowed to'
President Donald Trump also offered a dubious history lesson, suggesting that, as president, George Washington had two desks — one for busin…
Treasury sees defence as a drain not a driver for growth, says Healey
John Healey quit his cabinet role as defence secretary over a long-delayed military spending plan.
WATCH: Trump praises 'really brilliant decision' on Balogun's red card after he called FIFA's Infantino
President Donald Trump on Monday took credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued against the United States' star forward Folarin Ba…
Grooming gang leader 'could still be deported'
A Home Office minister says they were examining changing the law to deport recently freed Shabir Ahmed.
WATCH: Trump says he thinks an end to Ukraine war is 'getting close' despite Russian strikes on Kyiv
"I think we're getting much closer than people realize. And President Putin wants it to end, I will tell you that very strongly," President …
Why is Farage facing renewed scrutiny over his finances?
The Reform UK leader faces further pressure after reports he did not declare support from an ally.
Prosecutors push for a trial for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk
Defense attorneys have sought to get the death penalty taken off the table, so far unsuccessfully.
Man sues DHS after agents tracked him down for sending a scathing email to ICE
Federal agents tried to track David Streever to his home and hotel, and left him a warning notice that a critical email he sent the former h…
Burnham provided 'error-filled' article about devolution, says WalesOnline
The news site said the MP provided an article similar to others written for Scotland and London.
WATCH: Sen. Cruz thanks Trump for 'getting rid' of Folarin Balogun's World Cup red card
Speaking alongside the president, Cruz began his remarks at an event on Trump Accounts by thanking Trump for working to get FIFA to reverse …
Farage says he's 'done no wrongdoing' after benefits from ally not declared
The Liberal Democrats have asked the Reform UK leader to be "straight with the British people".
Trump posts a doctored photo portraying Obamas boarding Air Force One spray-painted with graffiti
This follows a previous racist post by Trump depicting the Obamas as primates, which was deleted after intense, bipartisan backlash.
Chris Mason: Accusations around Farage leave him looking vulnerable to his rivals
The Reform UK leader is in the news and at the heart of the headlines are questions about power, transparency and money.
FIFA questioned as Trump, Infantino defend actions surrounding ruling to let Balogun play in U.S. match
"Sometimes rules are open to interpretation. In this case not," UEFA said, adding "the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility…
UK fighter jets intercept Russian plane over Norwegian Sea
The Ministry of Defence calls Moscow's activity "unsafe" and "unprofessional".
WATCH: Trump officially launches Trump Accounts for kids, ringing Wall Street opening bell
President Donald Trump on Monday rang the opening bells for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the golden confines of the Oval …
Under Trump, spouses of U.S. citizens face policy changes in the immigration system
Spouses of U.S. citizens have traditionally had a special place in immigration law. That's no longer the case, according to the administrati…
Overseas voters moving to UK could face £100,000 donations cap for year
The planned changes are part of the government's response to a review of political funding.
Democrats and Republicans pitch different visions of America on July 4th
Both parties used the Fourth of July holiday to pitch their vision for the country.
Police leadership needs fundamental overhaul, review finds
Development and recruitment processes in the service need reforming, an independent report says.
How Trump marked the 250th anniversary of independence
NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Sarah Isgur, senior editor at The Dispatch, about President Trump's celebration of the 250th anniversary of th…
White House report brands Smithsonian leadership as radical activists who can't be trusted
The report released late on Independence Day by the White House Domestic Policy Council comes in the midst of Trump's aggressive campaign to…
Former Marine says military veterans running for office advance bipartisan politics
A former Marine says in a new book that military veterans running for office can bring Washington the courage to work across party lines.
Democrat Mallory McMorrow suspends her Michigan Senate campaign and scrambles the pivotal race
McMorrow's exit comes after many Democrats increasingly viewed her as a long shot for the nomination. It also creates a fresh dynamic in one…
Some voters in Louisville, Kentucky, got wrong ballots for years
Some voters in Louisville. Kentucky have been voting given the wrong ballots in elections for several years. That's the result of an investi…
NATO chief faces challenge at summit as Trump demands 'loyalty' and not just burden-sharing
Since he started work as NATO secretary-general almost two years ago, Mark Rutte has spent much of his time trying to keep the United States…
Netanyahu wants meeting with Trump as Israel continues Lebanon strikes
Tens of millions attend Ayatollah's funeral and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants a sit down with Trump.
'Posh George': Who is aristocrat and convicted criminal at heart of Farage controversy?
The 32-year-old reported crypto entrepreneur, once convicted of fraud in the US, is a long-time Farage ally.
Trump won spending promises from NATO last year. This week, he'll try to enforce them
President Donald Trump is heading to Ankara, Turkey, for the annual NATO summit. Last year, he pushed NATO allies to spend more on defense. …
Trump's administration won't seek new bids to repair the Reflecting Pool
Like President Donald Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he was 100% sure that vandals caused the damage to the century-old Reflecti…
Polanski says he will pay any council tax owed linked to houseboat
The Green Party leader told the BBC he is waiting for a decision from Waltham Forest Council.
WATCH: Trump delivers keynote address at 'Salute to America 250' event on the National Mall
Speaking in Washington after storms prompted a roughly two-hour evacuation of the National Mall, Trump honored veterans, including several f…
Police inquiry into Yes Scotland campaign's 'missing £1.5m' claim
It is claimed funds raised for the group which campaigned for independence in the 2014 referendum are "unaccounted for".
WATCH: Trump hails U.S. exceptionalism, warns of communist 'threat' in speech at Mount Rushmore
While the language was similar to several other speeches Trump has given in recent days, it was notable for being delivered in a national pa…
Police leadership needs 'ethical reset', Lord Blunkett tells BBC
The former home secretary has co-authored a major report that has found the running of forces in England and Wales needs a "fundamental over…
Brooks and Capehart on whether the Supreme Court has stood up to Trump
David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including major Supreme Court …
The massive scramble behind the scenes before the new PM arrives
As Starmer gets ready to pack his bags, there's a "bunfight for jobs" in Whitehall, one MP tells Laura Kuenssberg.
A Belgian diamond group is gifting Trump a lavish ring after that industry won tariff relief
It's a glitzy window into the role that ostentatious – and almost always gilded — gifts are playing by those seeking to curry favor with the…
Starmer tells of 'intensely personal' decision to quit and warns Burnham in first interview since resigning
In an untypically candid interview, the outgoing PM tells the BBC it was "really tough" to accept his political career was over.
The FBI is directing hundreds of analysts to its investigation of Georgia's 2020 presidential election
Georgia's votes in that year's presidential race were counted three times, including once by hand, and each count affirmed Democrat Joe Bide…
Police criticise timing of decision on pubs staying open for England match
The "late announcement" extending opening hours to 05:00 on Monday means taking officers away from other duties, the National Police Chiefs'…
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See the Space Shuttle 'Endeavour' in a Unique Vertical Display Before Its New Exhibition Launches at the California Science Center
This November, visitors to the new Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in Los Angeles will get to see the "ready-to-launch" "Endeavour" compl…
Scientists solve a 30-year rye pollen mystery that could transform cancer research
Scientists have finally solved a nearly 30-year-old mystery surrounding two unusual molecules found in rye pollen that once showed an intrig…
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Early Flowering Plants May Have Relied on Dinosaurs to Eat Their Fleshy Fruits and Spread Their Seeds
According to fossils preserved by volcanic ash, the plants, known as angiosperms, began producing relatively large, blueberry-size fruits mi…
Engineers solved an airflow mystery hidden nearly a mile underground
Engineers at a deep underground research facility noticed something strange during major rainstorms: airflow underground sometimes reversed …
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A New Expedition Will Create 3D Digital Twins of Polar Shipwrecks Tied to Voyages of Rival Explorers Who Raced to the South Pole
Robert Falcon Scott led an expedition aboard the ship ‘Terra Nova’ and Ernest Shackleton led one from the ship ‘Quest’—but neither explorer …
Streetlights are trapping thousands of pill bugs in giant “death spirals”
Researchers discovered that artificial streetlights can trap thousands of woodlice in mesmerizing circular "death spirals" never before seen…
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See Ten Spectacular Images From This Year's Astronomy Photographer of the Year Contest That Capture the Wonders of the Universe
The pictures, on the competition's shortlist, reveal the remarkable celestial objects that lie above our heads, both in deep space and close…
Astronomers witness the birth of a magnetar for the first time
A strange "chirping" signal from a distant supernova has revealed the birth of a magnetar, confirming that these incredibly magnetic neutron…
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An A.I.-Generated Alexander Hamilton Chats About Economics at the Museum of American Finance, Opening This Weekend in Boston
The museum, which started in New York and hasn't had a permanent exhibition space in several years, depicts the history and influence of U.S…
Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer's kills brain cells
Researchers have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death that appears to play a major role in Alzheimer's disease a…
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Scientists Say They've Made Cells That Feed, Grow and Reproduce, Bringing Them One Step Closer to Building Life From Scratch
The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for that many genera…
5,000-year-old wolves found on remote island rewrite what we know about domestication
Scientists discovered ancient wolves on a tiny Baltic island where they could only have been brought by humans, suggesting an unexpectedly c…
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3D Printing Gives New Life to an Ancient Game Board Discovered at a Roman Fort Near Hadrian's Wall in England
Soldiers and civilians alike enjoyed the strategy game Ludus Latrunculorum in the Roman Empire, especially in Roman Britain
Record-breaking ocean drilling reveals why Japan's 2011 tsunami was so deadly
Scientists have uncovered a hidden weakness beneath the Pacific Ocean that helps explain why Japan’s catastrophic 2011 earthquake and tsunam…
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Puzzled by Mark Rothko's Captivating Color Field Paintings? Look to the Renaissance Masters Who Inspired Him
During trips to Europe, the American painter developed a fascination with how 15th- and 16th-century artists and architects had designed the…
Ancient bees turned tooth sockets into tiny nurseries 20,000 years ago
A stunning fossil discovery shows that ancient bees used the empty tooth sockets of mammal bones as tiny nests after owls scattered the bone…
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The Oldest Black Church in the U.S., the Wright Brothers' Home and a New York Hospital Are Among the American Heritage Sites in Urgent Need of Preservation
For its “Irreplaceable America” list in honor of the 250th birthday of the United States, the World Monuments Fund chose endangered historic…
Quantum mechanics once baffled scientists. Now it's changing the world
Quantum mechanics has journeyed from a strange and controversial idea to the foundation of some of humanity’s most advanced technologies. No…
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An Archival Discovery Became a Treasure Map Leading a Diver to a 17th-Century Shipwreck Carrying Coins and Gold Jewelry
See artifacts recovered thanks to a clue about the last resting place of a lost captain from an East India Company ship that went down near …
Scientists discover the deep sleep circuit that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain
Researchers have identified the brain circuitry that links deep sleep with the release of growth hormone, revealing how the two regulate eac…
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Earth Might Be Home to 20 Million Insect Species—More Than Three Times as Many as Previously Thought, a Study Suggests
Recent estimates have come to the consensus that our planet hosts roughly six million species. But new research reveals that those counts ma…
NASA's Hubble spots a stellar sparkler for the Fourth of July
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a spectacular red, white, and blue view of one of the Milky Way's oldest star clusters to celebra…
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Alexander Hamilton's First National Bank Revolutionized the U.S. Economy. After Sitting Shuttered for Years, the Philadelphia Landmark Reopened as a Museum
A controversial idea right after the American Revolution, the First Bank of the United States proved prescient. Visitors can now check out i…
NASA's Hubble captures a crimson stellar nursery sparkling with blue and white stars
Hubble has captured a spectacular view of LH 95, where about 2,500 young stars are still on their journey to becoming full-fledged stars. Sc…
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'The Greatest Cosmic Movie Ever Made': The World's Largest Digital Camera Begins a Historic, Decade-Long Survey of the Night Sky
After a year of testing, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has started capturing data as part of the much-anticipated Legacy Survey of …
NASA's Hubble captures a star-spangled sea of 500,000 stars
Celebrating the United States' 250th anniversary, NASA released a stunning Hubble portrait of Messier 3, an ancient globular cluster with mo…
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Vintage ‘READ’ Posters Adorning Libraries and Classrooms for Decades Go on Auction as the American Library Association Turns 150
Taylor Swift, Serena Williams and famous fictional characters lent their iconic faces to encourage people to pick up a book
Scientists may have finally solved the black hole information paradox
Researchers have proposed that black holes stop evaporating at the last moment, leaving behind tiny remnants that preserve all the informati…
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After Decades of Debate, Scientists Say These Fossils Belong to the Largest Known Scorpion, Which Lived 415 Million Years Ago
Researchers have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a giant crustacean called an isopod or some other creature. A new analysis of museu…
NASA celebrates America's 250th birthday with incredible views of space
NASA is marking the United States' 250th birthday with four striking red, white, and blue images of deep space from the Chandra X-ray Observ…
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As France Prepares to Light Up the Statue of Liberty for America's 250th, Peek Into the History of the Symbol of Trans-Atlantic Friendship
Here’s how three French idealists—an abolitionist, a sculptor and the engineer behind the Eiffel Tower—brought the representation of freedom…
New optical centrifuge unlocks the secrets of frictionless superfluids
Physicists have developed a new optical centrifuge that can precisely spin molecules inside a superfluid for the first time. The advance cou…
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This Ancient Monolith That Archaeologists Unearthed in Mexico May Depict People Receiving ‘Divine Liquid’ in a Ritual
The stela was found with a large, decorated platform and remnants of offerings in the state of Veracruz
New research reveals the hidden pollution left behind by fireworks
Scientists have uncovered new evidence that fireworks can pollute both the air and water in ways that extend beyond the visible smoke. The f…
These Male Fruit Flies Have Sperm That Are Nearly as Long as Their Bodies. Here's How the Cells Don't Become a Tangled Mess
Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage org…
Scientists discover why some brains resist Alzheimer's
Some brains appear to fight back against Alzheimer's by helping immature brain cells survive damage instead of succumbing to it. Understandi…
A popular climate fix could accidentally trigger massive changes to global weather
A new study found that not all geoengineering ideas are created equal. Brightening marine clouds over the eastern Pacific could dramatically…
Scientists make quantum time flow backward in stunning physics breakthrough
Researchers have created quantum control techniques that can make a system appear to run backward in time. By precisely managing quantum mea…
A strange LIGO signal could reveal the missing link behind dark matter
An unusual gravitational wave signal has renewed hopes that primordial black holes, long considered purely theoretical, may finally be withi…
Scientists stunned as bumble bees solve a classic intelligence test
Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The discovery adds…
This spray-on powder can stop life-threatening bleeding in 1 second
A new spray-on powder developed by KAIST can stop life-threatening bleeding in about one second by instantly forming a strong gel over a wou…
Climate scientist who “proved” humanity is warming Earth says government report got it wrong
A pioneering climate scientist is challenging a U.S. government report that cited his research while reaching what he says is the exact oppo…
How asteroids may have sparked life on Earth
Ancient asteroid impacts may have done more than reshape Earth's surface—they could have helped spark life itself. New computer models show …
390 gravitational wave detections reveal hidden population of black holes
Astronomers have released the largest gravitational wave catalog ever, revealing 161 new black hole collisions and pushing the total number …
Scientists reveal what really happens when water is trapped in tiny spaces
A decades-old puzzle about water has finally been unraveled. Researchers found that water trapped in tiny nanoscale spaces is not inherently…
Great ape laughter reveals a hidden origin of human speech
The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancien…
Modern neuroscience is rediscovering an idea Freud had 130 years ago
What if Sigmund Freud was onto something that modern neuroscience is only now beginning to explain? A new paper argues that today's leading …
Scientists discover a surprising link between vitamin C and brain health
Could something as simple as vitamin C help support a healthier aging brain? In a study of more than 2,000 older adults in Japan, researcher…
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NASA Takes Flight For America's 250th
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July 4, 2…
NASA Takes Flight For America’s 250th
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned Northrop F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on …
Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe
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NASA Seeks Industry Input on Second Phase of Commercial Space Stations
On Monday, NASA released a draft Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking feedback from American companies on the next phase of its commercial sp…
The most spectacular aurora of the εpsilon mission (so far!)
Video: 00:01:17 This timelapse was published on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot with the following caption: Day 139, or…
NASA’s CAPSTONE Completes Extended Mission Testing Lunar Technologies
As NASA prepares for a sustained human presence on the Moon, missions will increasingly require spacecraft that can navigate and communicate…
Week in images: 29 June - 03 July 2026
Week in images: 29 June - 03 July 2026 Discover our week through the lens
NASA Webb Uncovers Unusual Galaxy Shaped by Cosmic Collision
In new images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into somethin…
Earth from Space: Grand Canyon, US
Image: The Grand Canyon, a stunning natural feature in the landscape of Arizona, US, is featured in these two satellite views.
Examining Algal Blooms in Blue Mesa
Using satellite data, researchers connected harmful algal blooms with warm water and low water levels at one of Colorado’s largest reservoir…
Good Morning, Earth!
A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth's atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as…
NASA’s Hubble Spies Stellar Sparkler for July 4th
Red, white, and blue stars glitter like a sparkler being waved on a dark night in this new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Surface CubeSat contracted for Ramses asteroid mission
The European Space Agency has contracted Spanish company EMXYS for the first CubeSat designed to operate on the surface of an asteroid. Don …
NASA’s Hubble Captures Crimson Cloud Sparkling with White, Blue Stars
Blue and white stars shine brightly against crimson gas in this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope.
Authorisation paves the way for Aeolus-2 wind mission
Building on the remarkable success of the Earth Explorer Aeolus wind mission, the European Space Agency has given Airbus Defence and Space i…
NASA’s Hubble Spots Star-Spangled Cosmic Scene
More than 500,000 stars blaze red, white, and blue in this NASA Hubble image of the globular cluster Messier 3 (M3).
LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA's Swift Observatory
A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wall…
NASA’s Artemis II Breaks Agency Streaming Record
NASA’s live coverage of the Artemis II mission mission drew unprecedented public interest – including more than 149.4 million views of the l…
Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star
An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to watch the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b tra…
Good Morning, Earth!
NASA astronaut Chris Williams took this photo of an orbital sunrise from the International Space Station on June 26, 2026. In 24 hours, the …
Mediterranean Sea breaks June surface heat record
Image: This image shows the sea surface temperature anomaly detected in the Mediterranean Sea on 29 June 2026.
Starry Chandelier Cluster
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.
NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk
Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, te…
Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way
This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of …
Millions of Stars in Cigar Galaxy
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently observed edge-on starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), nicknamed the Cigar Galaxy.
Roman Telescope Comes to Kennedy
NASA’s Pegasus barge arrives at the Launch Complex 39 turn basin at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace…
Hanging in the Balance
The Moon's rocky, uneven, and otherworldly surface features are highlighted by the terminator – the difference between light and darkness.
NASA's Chandra Finds Possible Supernova Remnant
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in an intriguing neighborhood in the middle…
Stages of Star Formation
This NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month shows the giant molecular cloud Orion A, an area of the sky replete with s…
Hubble Sees Swarm of Galaxies
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster MACS0329-0211.
Aurora Australis
The aurora australis arcs over Earth during an active solar event in this photograph taken at approximately 11:32 p.m. local time from the I…
San Francisco's Patchwork Streets
A period of unsettled weather brought scattered showers and thunderstorms to California’s Bay Area on May 27, 2026. That afternoon, a break …
Black Eye Galaxy
Easily identified by the spectacular band of dark dust that partially obscures its bright core, Messier 64, or the Black Eye Galaxy, is char…
Soccer Meets Space Science
Researchers tested soccer balls aboard the International Space Station to study how internal mass affects motion and stability in microgravi…
Train Ride to NASA Kennedy for Artemis III Booster Segments
A train transports eight booster motor segments for the SLS (Space Launch System rocket) that will power NASA’s Artemis III mission from Nor…
Artemis III Crew Announced
NASA announced the Artemis III crew on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist; ESA (European Space Agency) …
Supersonic!
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircra…
First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk
A year after America’s first spacewalk, Gemini IX-A Eugene Cernan stepped outside his spacecraft for an ambitious extravehicular activity sc…
Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter
During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet's north…
Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88).
Look Up!
Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in…
Pretty in Pink
This image of Westerlund 2 features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and James Webb infrared data (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue).
Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017.
Going Low and Slow in Testing
NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing fo…
Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge
Katherine Rauscher, of Michigan Technological University, prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’…
Chennai City Lights
Chennai, on India's southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LED st…
Webb Studies Star Clusters
This near-infrared image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51).
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope images reveals the lenticular galaxy, NGC 1266. This enigmatic post-starburst galaxy has a bright center an…
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What's the oldest Americana flown in space?
From a Revolutionary War flag to the Statue of Liberty...
Microsoft cuts 4,800 jobs and shrinks Xbox in 'significant restructure'
The sweeping layoffs equate to 2.1% of Microsoft's workforce, with 1,600 immediate job losses at Xbox.
NRC is (sort of) getting rid of "as low as reasonably achievable" standard
Its issues with current nuclear safety standards are termed semantic, not physical.
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Adrienne Murray meets the team using technology to preserve a historic warship in Sweden.
Katalyst's satellite rescue mission is now in pursuit of NASA's Swift
It will take several weeks for the Link spacecraft to rendezvous with NASA's Swift observatory.
Parents warned not to publicly share children’s images amid AI abuse risks
The NCA says there is a growing threat of children's images being used to create child abuse material.
Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance
Anthropic accused of spying on users; engineer says “experiment” is over.
A hot summer trend in the sharing economy? Rental swimming pools
The Airbnb-style company Swimply said there have been about 275,000 private pool reservations so far this year.
The incredible shrinking Xbox: Five studios, 3,200 employees let go
Move affects ~20% of the gaming division, which will refocus on its biggest franchises.
AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence?
Leading AI researcher Yan LeCun has a start-up which is developing a more flexible AI system.
F1 in Britain: Automated software to blame for crushing expectations
Sometimes races finish behind a safety car, but it's not always satisfying.
Meta glasses wearers hit with paywall to use built-in feature
A feature in Meta's glasses which boosts the voice of people will be capped at three hours for free use.
There were not one, but two asteroid encounters this weekend
The Torifune asteroid turns out to be shaped like a peanut.
Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals
A Google spokesperson said the judgement "fails to recognise" the firm's "significant investment to ensure Android remains open."
UK regulator warns of "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services
FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions.
Don't expect connected car apps to save your stolen car, experts say
Kia told the BBC UK law prevented its location tracking function being used to live track vehicles.
Bentley teases its first EV, the Torcal
The new model will be officially unveiled in late September.
PlayStation will stop releasing games on discs in 2028
The firm said future games would still be sold in shops, but they would come with a digital code only.
The Czinger 21C might be the wildest car we drive all year
This hybrid V8 has organic-looking 3D-printed components and shatters lap records.
Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice
The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate.
Chemical accidents rise as Trump administration proposes weakening safety rules
Chemicals from accidents that injured or killed people increased by nearly 50 percent in recent years.
Why is crucial tech vulnerable to the heat?
Energy grids and train services are among the vital services that are vulnerable to very hot weather.
The missing 500 million: Cosmic bombardment melted Earth's first crust
The heat of the Hadean may have come from impacts as well as the interior.
E-scooters being advertised for commuting despite UK road ban
A Press Association investigation found major retailers advertising e-scooters for "commuting" and "urban riding".
Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests
It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.
Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own predictio…
When the ability to smell goes away
Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health.
Tech Life
We hear concerns that shadow banning is limiting access to health advice for women.
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.
WhatsApp to let people chat by swapping usernames instead of phone numbers
The app's new usernames feature will be rolled out globally over the next few months.
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.
Ford rehires human engineers after AI fails to match quality checks
The car-maker found AI quality checks failed to match the skill of veteran technicians.
Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.
Red, white and glowing blue: Trump's push for new reactors reaches the finish line
A program initiated by the Trump administration has allowed small companies to rush their testing of several new nuclear reactor designs. So…
Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America
It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.
Study finds Australia's social media ban for children has barely affected access
Despite Australia promising tougher penalties for a world-first social media ban for children, a new study indicates that six months in, the…
Visiting the stars (and planets, and telescopes) in VR
Walkthrough experience includes visits to stars, exoplanets, and observatories.
Australia to double potential fines over child social media accounts
Australia plans to double potential fines for social media platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, who fail to prevent Australian child…
Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
C:\ArsGames takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie.
Tech firms are blaming AI for mega device and console price rises
Xbox consoles, Nintendo's new Switch 2 and Valve's Steam Deck are just some of the gadgets seeing price hikes in recent months.
Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model
The U.S. government is asserting a new level of influence over AI, controlling which companies can access Anthropic's new models. OpenAI agr…
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Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media
Observers said on Friday the government is responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Fac…
Tech Life
The prompt that made ChatGPT generate disturbing images. What does this tell us about AI?
Despite AI bubble fears, memory chip makers work to fill insatiable demand
Markets have been on edge about the AI investment boom, but earnings from the biggest U.S. memory chip maker, Micron, signal no end in sight…
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Check before check-in. What's behind a new safety campaign about power banks on aircraft?
U.S. military works on building a better meal for the troops
The drone-infested battlefields of modern warfare and the need to make troops' loads lighter has the U.S. military looking for new forms of …
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