Month: February 2026
Climate Physicists Face the Ghosts in Their Machines: Clouds
In October 2008, Chris Bretherton lifted off from the coast of northern Chile in a C-130 turboprop plane. It was too dark to see the
‘Angry’ Trump may launch war after having ‘worst day’ due to Supreme Court: ex-GOP insider
Former Republican lawmaker Adam Kinzinger issued a bleak warning Friday that, in the wake of the Supreme Court’s bombshell ruling on President Tweety McTreason’s tariffs
Bannon uses Supreme Court’s ‘stunning blow’ for gold-hawking scheme: ‘Be convinced today’
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon seized on the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Tweety McTreason’s tariffs to push gold purchases on his “patriot” viewers.
US Defense Department takes issue with Anthropic over ethical stance
The US Department of Defense is on a collision course with Anthropic, which may prove bad news for the AI company. According to political website
AI agents still need humans to teach them
AI agents need skills — specific procedural knowledge — to perform tasks well, but they can’t teach themselves, a new research suggests. The authors of
Jesse Jackson was a defender of LGBTQ+ rights
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026. A protégé of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Jackson was among the last
Artemis II update: NASA targets March 6 for launch of historic moon mission following successful ‘wet dress rehearsal’
NASA is targeting March 6 as the earliest possible launch date for the Artemis II mission to the moon following a successful ‘wet dress rehearsal’
A coffin holding a dead ‘princess’ fell from an eroded cliff over 100 years ago — archaeologists just solved a major mystery about her
Dendrochronological analysis of a mysterious log coffin that tumbled from a cliff a century ago reveals clues to life in Roman-era Poland.
‘Proof by intimidation’: AI is confidently solving ‘impossible’ math problems. But can it convince the world’s top mathematicians?
AI could soon spew out hundreds of mathematical proofs that look “right” but contain hidden flaws, or proofs so complex we can’t verify them. How
Is the FDA is Hiding “Evidence” the COVID Vaccine Killed Children?
It’s everything anti-vaxxers have been crowing about for decades. The post Is the FDA is Hiding “Evidence” the COVID Vaccine Killed Children? first appeared on
Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
A ransomware attack has forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close clinics and cancel elective procedures for a second day
“Million-year-old” fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans
Two skulls from Yunxian, in northern China, aren’t ancestors of Denisovans after all; they’re actually the oldest known Homo erectus fossils in eastern Asia. A
It’s outright war for the Iron Throne in House of the Dragon S3 teaser
With HBO’s critically acclaimed A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms gearing up for its season finale on Sunday, it’s time to check in on that