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Did a medieval flying monk spot Halley's comet, twice? It's complicated

University of Leicester historian thinks Eilmer of Malmesbury saw two different comets: in 1018 and 1066

14 Jun 2026 9:32 pm
Threads of underground fungal networks are long enough to reach beyond the Solar System

Researchers have quantified the length and mass of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks globally.

13 Jun 2026 4:48 pm
Anthropic shuts down Fable, Mythos models following Trump admin directive

Commerce dept. worries that a Fable 5 jailbreak could be a national security threat.

13 Jun 2026 8:30 am
PeopleSoft 0-day affecting hundreds of organizations steals gigabytes of data

Vulnerability in the Oracle-owned PeopleSoft software is about as critical as they come.

13 Jun 2026 12:56 am
Controversial FISA spying law expires tonight. The spying will continue.

Section 702 of FISA to expire tonight, but certification lasts until March 2027.

13 Jun 2026 12:27 am
Here's what Jeff Bezos' new startup Prometheus will do

It isn't the only startup tackling physical AI, but it's one of the best-funded.

13 Jun 2026 12:15 am
Have politics finally come for the National Academies of Science?

A pending report on climate attribution may be setting the stage for conflict.

13 Jun 2026 12:01 am
Lawsuit: ChatGPT validated suicidal woman's distrust of crisis lines

Did chatbot abandon mental health guardrails when a vulnerable user pushed back?

12 Jun 2026 8:33 pm
Ebola cases in DRC rise to 676 as Kenya protests erupt over US plans

Outbreak responses are still playing catch-up as US works to isolate itself.

12 Jun 2026 5:00 pm
Pokmon Go players unwittingly contributed to tech with military drone uses

The repurposing of Pokmon Go data for AI training continues to draw scrutiny.

12 Jun 2026 4:45 pm
Verizon sent man a refurbished phone with MDM, then deleted his data remotely

Failure raises questions about how Verizon prepares refurbished phones for new users.

12 Jun 2026 4:30 pm
Did Iron Age Britons remove brains of the dead?

Archaeologists found apparent scrape marks inside a skull; long bones may have been sharpened into tools.

11 Jun 2026 10:51 pm
Alaskans will be flying blind after NSF decommissions ocean monitoring network

Alaska's multibillion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities at risk.

11 Jun 2026 6:49 pm
The first complex cells had genes from a complex mix of species

Our ancestors' genomes were built through successive waves of gene transfers.

11 Jun 2026 6:14 pm
Several things I like about macOS 27 Golden Gate that have nothing to do with AI

AI aside, Golden Gate includes a bunch of subtle-but-helpful improvements.

11 Jun 2026 4:30 pm