Astronomers detect mysterious burst of energy from a galaxy far, far away
Intense flash of radio waves is more than 10bn years old and has travelled through ‘approximately 80% of cosmic history’A long time ago in a…
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Webb Measures Distance to Farthest Fast Radio Burst, Suggesting Origin
First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts are enigmatic, millisecond-long flashes of radio emission from the distant universe. Their origin remains uncertain, particularly since most…
Cloudflare Keeps 1.1.1.1 Out of Piracy Blocking, Escapes Penalties in France
Cloudflare doesn’t block pirate sports streaming sites through its 1.1.1.1 DNS resolver in France, only through its CDN. The Paris Judicial Court has now accepted…
How El Niño is playing a role in Hurricane Isaias
One of the strongest El Niño years on record meant a quiet first four months of the Atlantic hurricane season, but that’s no longer the…
It’s DAF Day! Wait…What’s a DAF?
Today is DAF Day! This event highlights the millions of donor-advised funds (DAFs) people have set up to make charitable donations and change the world. If…
‘Protect Value and Preserve Options’: New Evidence in Exxon Mobil Climate Deception Case
Documents reveal new details about internal deliberations at the oil giant.
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Is Boston the Future City of Commuter Rail?
A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.
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WATCH: Trump awards Elon Musk the National Medal of Science, among other awards for tech execs
The president gave the National Medal of Science to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, and Lisa Su, CEO…
Early-onset cancer rising worldwide: Causes, risk, prevention
Across Latin America, early-onset cancer rates have risen, with Chile and Brazil seeing the fastest growth, especially of bowel, breast and cervical cancers. But it…
‘Ominous signs’ of winter pressures as NHS waiting list grows
NHS winter pressures appear to be building already, with rises in waiting times for planned surgery.