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The levels of a heavy form of hydrogen in 3I/ATLAS are 30 to 40 times higher than in Earth's oceans, suggesting the comet has a cold and distant origin

OpenAI is developing a “super app” for desktop that unifies ChatGPT, its browser and its Codex app, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC. A company spokesperson told the publications that OpenAI Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the application revamp with assistance from OpenAI Pr…

Microplastics have been found accumulating everywhere from our water to our body tissues, but many of the claims have come under fresh scrutiny. Chelsea Whyte cuts through the research to tell you whether you really need to worry

For years, Jay Manuel helped create reality television. Now, he finds himself on the other side of the production.

You would think you’d get texts, emails, phone calls and letters if your insurer was about to drop you. But you may be wrong.

Missile exchanges have jarred with the spirit of the holidays underway across the region.

More than 5,500 people were under evacuation orders as severe rain pounded Hawaii on Friday. More rain is expected Saturday.

The guitarist is "undergoing a full battery of tests." AC/DC Guitarist Stevie Young Hospitalized in Buenos Aires Spencer Kaufman

A statement from his family reveals that the actor died of natural causes. Nicholas Brendon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Star, Dead at 54 Liz Shannon Miller

Here's what to stream the weekend of March 20th. Stream On This Week: Cillian Murphy’s Peaky Blinding Again, Women Are Imperfect, and Pete Holmes Recommends! Liz Shannon Miller

Can you guess which park is the most popular in your state?

Some generations are already experiencing worse mortality than those before them, according to a new analysis.

The newly released video – which Timberlake fought to keep secret – shows the pop star struggling to walk in a straight line and stand on one leg after being pulled over in New York’s Hamptons.

"I bought Sour, and then Guts (both on CD!)," Smith said. "It is hard not to fall in love with them" The Cure’s Robert Smith Fan Boys Out Over Olivia Rodrigo Paolo Ragusa

Having come into the company through the acquisition of his money-saving app, the IT chief is bringing an agile and startup culture to the 146-year-old financial services firm

The Verizon network outage may be impacting 911 calls, with multiple emergency services warning that such calls may not connect.

Certain Linux commands are no longer maintained for a number of reasons - including security vulnerabilities. Here's the list.

Virginia House Democrats passed their redistricting constitutional amendment for a second time on Wednesday, teeing it up for a vote in the state Senate as the party looks to quickly redraw the Old Dominion’s House map before the November midterms.  In a 62-33 vote, Democrats in the lower chamber pa…

French interior ministry issues ‘territorial bans’ after reports of anti-migrant activities by members of Raise the Colours movementFrance’s interior ministry has announced a ban on 10 British anti-migrant activists who travelled to the country.Officials said they took action after reports that memb…

It's not just MacKenzie Scott who's giving back to American communities.

Since 2016, dozens of American officials have come home from Cuba and China with unexplained brain trauma. Evidence shows it may be the work of another government using a weapon that leaves no trace

The Latin star showed his support for Benito's headlining slot, but confirmed he will not be making an appearance

The foreign ministers of Denmark and Greenland are meeting at the White House today after President Donald Trump once again reiterated his desire for the United States to control Greenland, the world’s largest island. In a post on Truth Social earlier today, Trump said that anything short of Greenla…

Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, whose shopkeepers helped bring Islamist clerics to power in 1979, once again became a hotspot for anti-regime rallies

BLACKPINK's first project since their 2022 sophomore album will arrive on February 27th. BLACKPINK Announce New Mini Album DEADLINE Paolo Ragusa

Can the feature do what Apple Intelligence promised? Here's what it will and won't have access to, and how it'll impact privacy.

Exclusive: Artist reminisces about his life in film using interviews recorded in last four years of his lifeFifteen years ago, Sir Ian McKellen was among the leading arts figures who criticised the Tate for not showing its collection of paintings by LS Lowry in its London galleries and questioned wh…

In his new book, Julian Hattem explores how migration can be a climate solution — not just for those who are able to move, but for their home communities as well.

Children who spend the most time on devices or in front of screens find conversation and learning harder, the government says.

Army-aligned government returns to the capital, which was quickly overrun by the RSF in the early days of war in 2023.

Indonesia’s restriction on Grok is temporary, and X has been invited to discuss the matter.

Not everyone liked hearing Disney got into bed with OpenAI, but SAG-AFTRA thinks it could be good for transparency and progress.

HomeScienceVol. 391, No. 6781Iran’s largest river in crisisBack To Vol. 391, No. 6781 Full accessLetter Share on Iran’s largest river in crisisHamid M. Behzad, Muhammad Arif, and Arash MalekianAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience8 Jan 2026Vol 391, Issue 6781p. 132DOI: 10.1126/science.aed9259 PREVIOUS …

Picture this: You’re just about done with a transoceanic flight, and the tracker in your seat-back screen shows you approaching your destination airport. And then … you notice your plane is moving away. Pretty far away. You approach again and again, only to realize you’re on a long, circling loop th…

If you want a wireless charger for your iPhone and prefer to stick with Apple, Amazon has a sale that may pique your interest. The retailer is selling the one meter Apple Magsafe charger for $30, saving you $10 off the regular price, while also selling the two meter model for $40 ($10 off).

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We’re introducing Zoomer, Meta’s comprehensive, automated debugging and optimization platform for AI.  Zoomer works across all of our training and inference workloads at Meta and provides deep performance insights that enable energy savings, workflow acceleration, and efficiency gains in our AI infr…

The U.S. National Science Foundation Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (NSF SBE) has launched the Collaboratory to Advance Mathematics Education and Learning (CAMEL)...

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By electroplating thorium onto steel, they achieved the same results as years of work with delicate crystals — but far more efficiently. These clocks could be vastly more precise…

Reflecting a small fraction of incoming sunlight to reduce global heating is not a new idea. It is time to safely experimentThe world is warming fast – and our options to avoid catastrophic harm are narrowing. 2024 was the first full year more than 1.5C hotter than the 19th-century average. Emission…

‘Vanguard’ project builds on NASA-developed AutoNav under a $1.9 million SpaceWERX contract The post Rhea Space Activity applies optical navigation to military rendezvous missions appeared first on SpaceNews.

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Glassmaking has dramatically evolved in the thousands of years since ancient artisans crafted their first decorative beads and perfume bottles. But the...

The 6.18.5, 6.12.65, 6.6.120, and 6.1.160 stable updates have been released. They all contain a small patch set fixing a scheduling regression associated with idle balancing; the 6.6.120 and 6.1.60 updates also contain a large set of other important fixes.

Coverage of key developments, including in concise “What Just Happened” expert explainers, legal and policy analysis, and more. Check back frequently for updates. The post Collection: Just Security’s Coverage of Trump Administration Executive Actions appeared first on Just Security.

Thousands of homes and businesses across northern France and southern England were without power Friday morning and residents faced widespread travel delays after a storm swept in off the Atlantic, bringing high winds, rain and snow to the region

In 2025, Earth’s oceans quietly broke another heat record—fueling a hotter, more extreme future. A global team of scientists reports that Earth’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than in any year since modern observations began. The findings, published today (January 9) in Advances in Atmospheric S…

The federal move to no longer recommend certain vaccines for all U.S. children is not supported by new evidence and could undermine health gains.

Magnetars are ultra-dense stellar remnants with extremely strong magnetic fields. Researchers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that the magnetar SGR 0501+4516 was not born in a neighbouring supernova as previously thought. The birthplace of this object is now unknown, and SG…

The death of Renée Nicole Good has galvanised opposition to Trump’s militarised immigration crackdown

Dear Supporters of Amazon Conservation, As I begin my tenure as Board Chair, I am honored to build on the extraordinary legacy that has defined Amazon Conservation for nearly 25 years. This organization has always stood apart for one simple reason: its commitment to pairing world-class science and t…

Pete Hegseth praises U.S.-built satellites and rapid launch as Trump administration escalates pressure on legacy primes The post Pentagon chief takes ‘Arsenal of Freedom’ tour to Rocket Lab appeared first on SpaceNews.

University of the West Indies student Kavita Gosine Bissessar hunts for asymmetrical DRAGNs in the VLA Sky Survey. The post Here There Be DRAGNs appeared first on National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

The child care system is under attack by the Trump administration, which is using unfounded claims of fraud to take unprecedented actions that will make child care more expensive for families, make children less safe, and make it harder for child care centers to stay open. This week, the Department …

As families hunt for the perfect gift this holiday season, soaring prices are dampening some of the holiday magic. New analysis from Groundwork Collaborative, The Century Foundation, and AFT finds that many of this season’s most popular holiday gifts are significantly more expensive under President …

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages ref…

I’ve long maintained that we’ll find compelling biosignatures on an exoplanet sooner than we’ll find them in our own Solar System. But I’d love to be proven wrong. The recent flurry of news over the interesting findings from the Perseverance rover on Mars is somewhat reminiscent of the Clinton-era e…

People say my job must make me morbid, but I think the opposite is true, I truly appreciate lifeNot many people can say their happy place is a cemetery, but mine certainly is. I didn’t set out to dig graves for a living – it’s nobody’s childhood dream – but working as a contract gardener for the cou…

New video has emerged of the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

If you're one of the many who made a New Year's resolution to read more, an ereader can help by putting your whole library (and more) at your fingertips wherever you are. While not as expensive as an iPad or another flagship tablet, these e-paper devices can be more expensive than you think, but rig…

When Iraqi helmer-writer Hasan Hadi nabbed the Golden Camera for best first feature at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival with “The President’s Cake,” Iranian director Jafar Panahi, winner of the main competition, offered some advice. “Be careful,” he said, “I got that award 30 years ago and it raised ex…

arXiv:2601.04453v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: World models have become central to autonomous driving, where accurate scene understanding and future prediction are crucial for safe control. Recent work has explored using vision-language models (VLMs) for planning, yet existing approaches typically…

arXiv:2504.03957v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive natural language processing abilities but face challenges such as hallucination and outdated knowledge. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) has emerged as a state-of-the-art approach to mitigate these issues. While RAG enhances LLM outputs, it remains vulnerable to poisoning attacks. Recent studies show that injecting poisoned text into the knowledge database can compromise RAG systems, but most existing attacks assume that the attacker can insert a sufficient number of poisoned texts per query to outnumber correct-answer texts in retrieval, an assumption that is often unrealistic. To address this limitation, we propose CorruptRAG, a practical poisoning attack against RAG systems in which the attacker injects only a single poisoned text, enhancing both feasibility and stealth. Extensive experiments conducted on multiple large-scale datasets demonstrate that CorruptRAG achieves higher attack success rates than existing baselines.

arXiv:2601.04864v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning aims to enable models to acquire new knowledge while retaining previously learned information. Prompt-based methods have shown remarkable performance in this domain; however, they typically rely on key-value pairing, which can introduce inter-task interference and hinder scalability. To overcome these limitations, we propose a novel approach employing task-specific Prompt-Prototype (ProP), thereby eliminating the need for key-value pairs. In our method, task-specific prompts facilitate more effective feature learning for the current task, while corresponding prototypes capture the representative features of the input. During inference, predictions are generated by binding each task-specific prompt with its associated prototype. Additionally, we introduce regularization constraints during prompt initialization to penalize excessively large values, thereby enhancing stability. Experiments on several widely used datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method. In contrast to mainstream prompt-based approaches, our framework removes the dependency on key-value pairs, offering a fresh perspective for future continual learning research.

Iranian demonstrators crowded into the streets of Tehran and other cities on Thursday, with images circulating of government buildings on fire and the authorities blocking internet access but failing thus far to restore order.The intrigue: Early this week, U.S. intelligence assessed that the protests lacked sufficient energy to challenge the stability of the regime, U.S. officials told Axios. But that view is being reassessed in light of recent events."The protests are serious, and we will continue to monitor them," a senior U.S. official said.Driving the news: The protests have grown and spread over the past 12 nights, with Thursday night's being the largest so far.They are driven mainly by the country's economic turmoil, which has deepened amid President Trump's renewed push to tighten sanctions and after the damage inflicted during the 12-day war in June. Some of the crowds on Thursday were openly chanting for the downfall of the regime, according to various media reports.What they're saying: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformer within the context of the theocratic regime, admitted in recent days that the Iranian government doesn't have solutions to the crisis.He ordered the security forces on Thursday not to harm peaceful protesters, but drew a distinction for armed or violent rioters. Iranian state media is downplaying the size of the protests. Meanwhile, the internet went down almost entirely nationwide on Thursday, according to NetBlocks.Trump has warned multiple times that the U.S. could use military force if Iran kills protesters.But he was relatively restrained when discussing the situation during an interview on Thursday on The Hugh Hewitt Show. Trump claimed some of the more than 30 protesters who have been killed so far died because of "problems of crowd control."He also declined to endorse Reza Pahlavi, the son of the Shah who was deposed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution. Pahlavi has attempted the seized the political spotlight and called for more protests at 8pm local time on Friday."I think that we should let everybody go out there, and we'll see who emerges," Trump said, adding that it wouldn't necessarily be "appropriate" for him to support Pahlavi.What to watch: There were major protests in Iran in 2022 which weakened the regime but didn't bring it down.Some hawkish figures in D.C. are expressing hope that, this time, the regime really does fall. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) called on Iranians to escalate the protest and stressed Trump will back them. "Thugs, dictators, bullies and killers who defy President Trump do not last long in this world. Make Iran Great Again," he wrote on X.

It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

A New York law grants patients the right to request aid in dying. But do the clinicians who guide them through that decision have the training to do so?

President Trump says he is directing the federal government to buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds, a move he said would help reduce mortgage rates at a time when Americans are worried about home prices.

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Trump orders withdrawal from 1992 climate treaty The U.S. is exiting a landmark 1992 climate treaty, President Trump announced this week. © AP Photo/Alex Brandon Trump said in a presidential memorandum that the U.S. would pull out o…

Hybe America has named former Motown and Universal Publishing top exec Ethiopia Habtemariam as president of music, effective immediately. She will be based in Los Angeles and Atlanta. According to the announcement, in the role, Habtemariam will help advance the company’s long-term growth strategy, s…

The agent who shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday was pulled about 100 yards by a car last year while firing a stun gun at the driver. A cut on his arm required 20 stitches.

HomeScienceVol. 391, No. 6781Iran’s largest river in crisisBack To Vol. 391, No. 6781 Full accessLetter Share on Iran’s largest river in crisisHamid M. Behzad, Muhammad Arif, and Arash MalekianAuthors Info & AffiliationsScience8 Jan 2026Vol 391, Issue 6781p. 132DOI: 10.1126/science.aed9259 PREVIOUS ARTICLERethinking drug use and addictionPreviousNEXT ARTICLEIran’s ancient Hyrcanian forests on fir…

Influencer and podcaster Trisha Paytas teased a Congressional run on TikTok. We have some questions.

Around 15 thousand meters of drilling fluid leaked out of the well where Brazilian oil company Petrobrás has been drilling, near the Amazon River Basin.

A new David Byrne cover version of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” has been released to celebrate Thursday’s fifth anniversary of the release of her blockbuster debut single. It’s the first in what is promised to be a series of other artists’ interpretations of the songs from her first album, “So…

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President Trump on Wednesday said he “will not permit” defense companies to issue dividends or buy back their own stock until they invest more in military equipment production and address several other of his complaints. In a lengthy post to Truth Social, Trump said that “massive” shareholder divide…

Data: OpenAI; Chart: Axios VisualsMore than 40 million people globally turn to ChatGPT daily for health information, according to a report OpenAI has shared exclusively with Axios.Why it matters: Americans are turning to AI tools to navigate the notoriously complex and opaque U.S. health care system…

Focusing on the futuristic tech that appears in sci-fi without paying attention to the actual point of the story is a big mistake, says Annalee Newitz

This 14-mile section of the Sandstone Trail crosses an ancient landscape of hills, woods and ridges, bookended by two fine old inns Deep in the heartland of rural Cheshire, there’s a wind-scoured ridge of sandstone that hides a two-storey cave known as Mad Allen’s Hole. Here, on the flanks of Bicker…

The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sightsOn 30 May last year, Kim Sajet was working in her office in the grandly porticoed National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC. The gallery …

The fire danger level for northern Victoria will be set at the highest level.

The US president demanded that defence contractors cap their executives' pay until new production plants are built.

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.

Dexter Original Sin actor Patrick Gibson will star as the British spy when the game releases on 27 May.

The Bowers & Wilkins Px8 feature premium materials and luxurious sound.

US President Donald Trump, whose renewed threats to seize Greenland from NATO member Denmark have rattled the transatlantic alliance, said Wednesday he doubted allies would "be there for us if we really needed them." FRANCE 24's Gabrielle Nadler reports.

The Hood Pediatric Innovation Hub brings together clinicians, researchers, and industry to bridge the gap between discovery and care.

Virgin and rPET bottles in Michigan and California leached additives and hazardous chemicals, per a study funded by the Alliance for Mission-Based Recycling. It’s the latest research to raise questions about plastic packaging.

Data: KFF; Map: Erin Davis/Axios VisualsWith the 2026 midterm season approaching, voters on both sides of the abortion debate are likely to head to the polls to influence reproductive care laws in several states. Why it matters: Abortion laws in many states have been in limbo since the Supreme Court…

When the concept of “Web 3.0” first emerged about a decade ago the idea was clear: Create a more user-controlled internet that lets you do everything you can now, except without servers or intermediaries to manage the flow of information. Where Web2, which emerged in the early 2000s, relies on centralized systems to store data…

The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced two new Dear Colleague Letters (DCL) and one program solicitation that implement key elements of the Trump administration's executive order...

In the sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia, jagged landforms reach like fingers into the turquoise-blue ocean waters. Along the coastline north of Derby, they used to reach even farther. But rising sea levels submerged part of the coastal landscape, giving rise to hundreds of is…

The latest word-of-mouth hit arrives in the UK after setting pulses racing across the Atlantic.

Stimulating the liver to produce some of the signals of the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations and enhance response to vaccination.

The Trump admin can't arbitrarily set university reimbursements to a low flat rate.

A complete rundown of the most important events across the music business.

Find answers to some of the most-asked questions about being a New England Aquarium volunteer. The post Volunteering at the Aquarium FAQ appeared first on New England Aquarium.

Democrats condemn move in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, calling it ‘vindictive’ and ‘cruel’Donald Trump’s administration is freezing more than $10bn in federal childcare and family assistance funds to California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York, the Department o…

This month’s open thread. We’re not great ones for New Year’s resolutions, but let’s try. How about we resolve to stay substantive, refrain from abusing one another, and maintaining a generosity of spirit when interacting with others? Lots of things get updated in January and we’ll try and keep up, …

Incident investigation can be a daunting task in today’s digital landscape, where large-scale systems comprise numerous interconnected components and dependencies DrP is a root cause analysis (RCA) platform, designed by Meta, to programmatically automate the investigation process, significantly reducing the mean time to resolve (MTTR) for incidents and alleviating on-call toil Today, DrP is used [...] Read More... The post DrP: Meta’s Root Cause Analysis Platform at Scale appeared first on Engineering at Meta.