They call it stupid hot for a reason: Heat muddles animal brains
On a blazing hot day in South Africa, female southern pied babblers can’t think straight. The medium-sized black-and-white birds are trying to get at tasty
Month: May 2026
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to Boston University’s CTE Center, his family says
Claude Lemieux’s brain is being donated to the Boston University CTE Center to research the long-term effects of repetitive brain injuries, his family said Saturday
Mike Pence says the Trump administration has ‘departed’ from conservative principles
Former Vice President Mike Pence said the second administration of President Tweety McTreason has “departed” from traditional conservative principle in the president’s second term.
The people who trained Tesla’s self-driving AI won’t ride in it
Reuters interviewed nine former Tesla data labelers and a former self-driving engineer about their views on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving mode. Seven of the nine data
DuckDuckGo installs jumped 18% after Google killed the blue links. On Apple devices, the spike hit 70%.
DuckDuckGo US app installs jumped by an average of 18% week over week between 20 and 25 May. The growth sustained for six consecutive days
Japan rejects ‘new militarism’, says China is rapidly arming
Japan accuses China of lacking military transparency and stresses the importance of dialogue for regional stability.
South Africa’s World Cup 2026 departure delayed over Mexican visa debacle
World Cup delegation held up as players await visas for Mexico, whom South Africa face in the opening game in 11 days.
Four-time champion Swiatek out as French Open continues to deliver shocks
Swiatek handed straight-sets defeat by Ukraine’s Marta Kostyuk in the round of 16 a day after Gauff’s ouster.
Laos cave survivors help with plan to find last two missing men
So far, five men have been freed from the narrow, flooded cave but efforts are ongoing to locate two more.
South Africa made to look like fools after World Cup visa issues, says minister
The country’s football association says it is working to resolve the problems that have delayed the team’s departure to Mexico.
Hundreds arrested and dozens of police injured after Champions League riots in France
Nearly 800 people were arrested after clashes with police which saw 219 people injured, including 57 police officers.
20 Snap alumni launched an angel fund for the next generation of social media. They think “social” and “media” have split.
Twenty Snap alumni have launched Ghost Angels, an angel fund backing the next generation of social media and consumer AI startups. The fund has invested
A 9-gigawatt data centre outraged a Utah community. The governor just issued new rules.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed an executive order on Friday establishing a “higher bar for data center development” in the state. The order is effective
Ukrainian drone attacks hit multiple Russian targets, including refinery
Saratov refinery hit as Ukrainian strikes intensify across Russian regions, damaging civilian infrastructure.