Timing Waves
Daniëlle Futselaar (artsource.nl) / Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy
Illustration of merging black holes and their effect on pulsars and Earth.
Pulsars are incredibly precise cosmic clocks. So precise that we…
Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says in report that maps path back below danger zone
In a strategic retreat in the fight against climate change, the United Nations has acknowledged that Earth has lost its chance to prevent some of the worst of global warming’s harms….
Transplanted pig kidney works in US man’s body for record 271 days
A man has lived for a record nine months with a transplanted pig kidney while waiting for a human transplant.
Genetically modified pig kidney keeps man alive for record nine months
Organ kept Tim Andrews off dialysis and acted as a ‘bridge’ while he waited for a human transplant in the USA genetically modified kidney from a pig called Wilma has…
French hospital fined €500,000 after breach exposes data of 727,000
France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Hôpital privé de la Loire €500,000 ($580,000) for failing to adequately protect patients’ and their relatives’ data. […]
Scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing win 2026 Ig Nobel prizes for quirky science
Ten research teams were honored Thursday at a satirical science awards ceremony that was hosted outside the U.S. for the first time due to travel concerns.
The Voice of an Ordinary Iranian
Tehran Diaries: Dispatches from Iran Under Siege, published this July by OR Books, carries weight disproportionate to its small size. The book itself is just 90 pages long, and they’re…
Coder’s registry infrastructure compromised to push malicious modules
Attackers compromised Coder’s Cloudflare infrastructure and added unauthorized registry servers that delivered malicious Terraform modules containing credential-stealing code. […]
Minister tells Brits to stock up on days of supplies after ‘supersize’ El Niño warning
Exclusive: Angela Eagle urges UK citizens to be ‘a bit more resilient’ as they plan for national emergenciesBritish people have been urged to have enough food and water on hand…
Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF Will Appeal
A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief of copyright infringement, even when that belief is unreasonable and…