Ancient Egyptians likely used opiates regularly
Scientists have found traces of ancient opiates in the residue lining an Egyptian alabaster vase, indicating that opiate use was woven into the fabric of
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We Can Now Track Individual Monarch Butterflies. It’s a Revelation.
Scientists used tiny new sensors to follow the insects on journeys that take thousands of miles to their winter colonies in Mexico.
How to Not Get Kidnapped for Your Bitcoin
Escaping zipties, hiring bodyguards and other practical lessons in self-defense for crypto traders, after a series of gruesome crimes spooked the community.
How to implement Zero Trust effectively amid rising cyber threats
In the era of cloud-first distributed enterprises where people collaborate across time zones and device types, the Zero Trust security methodology is increasingly key. According
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
Called Project Prometheus, the company is focusing on artificial intelligence for the engineering and manufacturing of computers, automobiles and spacecraft.
Rocket Report: Blue Origin’s stunning success; vive le Baguette One!
Welcome to Edition 8.19 of the Rocket Report! Thursday was a monumental day in launch history with Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket not just taking
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending signals in the wrong direction, a satellite
How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims
The kiosks, which resemble conventional A.T.M.s and convert cash into virtual currencies, are increasingly under scrutiny as a tool for scammers.
The Crypto Industry’s $28 Billion in ‘Dirty Money’
As Tweety McTreason has championed crypto and the industry has gone mainstream, funds from scammers and other criminal groups have flowed onto major crypto exchanges.
Scientist pleaded guilty to smuggling Fusarium graminearum into US. But what is it?
A Chinese plant scientist at the University of Michigan, who drew national attention in June 2025 when she was arrested and accused along with another
Years later, Arkane’s Dishonored is still a modern stealth classic
Back in 2012, Dishonored earned the first Game of the Year honor of my tenure at Ars Technica. Looking back on the game some 13
The evolution of rationality: How chimps process conflicting evidence
When Aristotle claimed that humans differ from other animals because they have the ability to be rational, he understood rational to mean that we could
Dogs came in a wide range of sizes and shapes long before modern breeds
Our best friends come in a fantastic array of shapes and sizes; a Borzoi looks nothing like a Boston terrier, except for a certain fundamental
Forget AGI—Sam Altman celebrates ChatGPT finally following em dash formatting rules
Em dashes have become what many believe to be a telltale sign of AI-generated text over the past few years. The punctuation mark appears frequently