How one of Earth's worst volcanic disasters affected societies in prehistoric Japan
A new international study led by Lund University examines what happened to population levels after the Kikai-Akahoya vol...
TikTok bans Musk documentary account
Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account fro...
Simulations explore nuclear mitigation of asteroid threats
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are developing three-dimensional simulations to examine how a...
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Salt crystals could hold clues to life beneath Enceladus's ice
The ocean beneath Saturn's moon Enceladus lies under kilometers of ice, but some of its contents...
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Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites
After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scra...
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Pikmin 4 is $20 off ahead of its $10 Nintendo Switch 2 update
If you’re wondering what video game to play this weekend, my colleague Sheena Vasani spotted a d...
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Jad Abumrad loves a butterfly knife and a good springy pillow
It's hard to overstate Jad Abumrad's impact on the podcasting world. He created and hosted Dolly...
Business 4 things investigators learned about the dysfunction at Trump's Labor Department
A report from Labor Department investigators found former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer violated her own department's policy prohibiting harassment. She r...
Chevron to expand in Venezuela, days after the U.S. and Venezuela strike oil...
New lawsuits claim OpenAI execs put image ahead of safety in Canadian mass s...
Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Uni...
How a comic book store got swept into the tariff storm
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The ambiguous costs of climate change
As human activity has increased temperatures globally, determining the costs directly incurred b...
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SpaceX’s ambitious, expensive gamble to replace AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
Today, I’m talking with Walter Piecyk, a partner and analyst at LightShed Partners who covers te...
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Lone, starless cloud may be a 'dark' galaxy
Astronomers using China's FAST radio telescope have discovered a compact cloud of hydrogen with...
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Red-sensitive pigments in mantis shrimp eyes act as reversible light switches
With about 30 visual pigments, compared to just three in humans, mantis shrimp possess a visual...