The origins of the building blocks of life may be even more widespread than we realized, as per a new discovery from the asteroid sample NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission brought back to Earth from the space rock Bennu.
At least 14 of the 20 amino acids…
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Tracking outbreaks, classifying novel microorganisms, and researching microbiomes has…
Tracking outbreaks, classifying novel microorganisms, and researching microbiomes has…
Tracking outbreaks, classifying novel microorganisms, and researching microbiomes has…
On India’s railways, stowaways are not limited to ticketless passengers. Some arrive without limbs, luggage or much interest in timetables. A paper recently published in Biotropica suggests that king cobras (Ophiophagus kaalinga) may…
Having trouble following the latest Epstein Files revelations?
Every few weeks now it seems like there’s a new release of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and his ties to the…
AI-generated content, which some call slop, is everywhere. And the 2026 Winter Olympics are no exception, now that Czech ice dancers have come under fire for using AI-generated music in…
The former boss of a U.S. maker of hacking and surveillance tools stole and sold technology that can hack millions of computers and people worldwide, U.S. prosecutors have confirmed for the first time.
In October, Australian national Peter…
February 11, 2026
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The largest-ever satellite of its kind just unfurled its wings in low-Earth orbit
BlueBird 6 features the biggest commercial communications array antenna ever deployed in orbit around Earth,…
