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Astronomers have released the largest gravitational wave catalog ever, revealing 161 new black hole collisions and pushing the total number of detections to 390. Among the highlights are the clearest gravitational wave signal ever recorded, the most accurate location of a black hole merger, and growing evidence that some black holes are the products of previous black hole mergers. With discoveries now arriving several times a week, gravitational wave astronomy is entering an exciting new era.

A decades-old puzzle about water has finally been unraveled. Researchers found that water trapped in tiny nanoscale spaces is not inherently more reactive. Instead, the intense pressures created inside these microscopic gaps explain most of the effect, while the surrounding material can further enhance water's chemistry if it interacts with the reaction products.

A new quantum device can generate precisely controlled bursts of sound-like particles, or phonons, by forcing electrons through an ultra-thin crystal at extremely low temperatures. The surprising behavior pushes beyond the limits predicted by current theories, suggesting scientists need to rethink how energy moves through advanced materials. In the future, the breakthrough could lead to phonon lasers, faster communications, improved medical technologies, and powerful new sensing systems.

AI's externalities are growing faster than the industry can address them

Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.

The rhythm of human laughter appears to have deep evolutionary roots shared with chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, and orangutans. That ancient pattern may offer one of the clearest clues yet to how the vocal control needed for human speech gradually evolved.

A clearer hierarchy for archive settings, per-email overrides, and content-level paywalls.

Fourth of July weekend is the last great grill and griddle sale of the summer, including $250 off my favorite pellet smoker.

Cellular download speed and reception is nearly a solved problem for my needs. Battery life is not.

Web forums were rough around the edges and faded in relevance as seemingly better options emerged. But what if we had stuck with them?

When I was a kid, I loved the Stainless Steel Rat series by Harry Harrison. The main character of the series is James Bolivar “Slippery Jim” di Griz, a master thief turned elite police agent in an interstellar civilization in the distant future. The first several books of th...

In his keynote talk at the first Perl conference, Larry Wall couldn’t get the Windows computer on the podium to behave. So he SSH’d into his own machine and said, with relief and joy: “Home sweet home”. Three decades on, software developers still live in the terminal, now more than ever as coding agents dethrone … Continue reading “What is the terminal?”

How companies are burning through their AI tokens; and the fake AI-generated flowers all over Etsy, eBay, and Amazon.

Fans’ euphoric reactions to the Mexican national team’s recent victory in the 2026 World Cup caused a series of unusual vibrations that were detected by seismic warning systems.

OpenClaw finally dropped its iOS and Android apps this week, meaning you can now ditch the Telegram and WhatsApp methods

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No democracy can endure when justices are untouchable.

Just months after arriving at dealerships, Subaru’s new electric SUVs are outselling the Solterra.