Trump advisers facing firing over foreign gig buy back his favor with library gift: report
Two of President Tweety McTreason’s top political advisers have found an unusual way back into his good graces after drawing his public wrath. Chris LaCivita
Watch bizarre snake ‘cartwheel’ away from danger at more than 12 feet per second
Cryptic snakes in Southeast Asia have evolved a remarkable trick for evading predators: Instead of slithering, they arch their long bodies and tumble away at
Japan launches world’s first round-trip mission to Mars.
On Monday (Oct. 19), Japan’s space agency launched a first-of-its-kind sample-return mission to Mars . The historic endeavor marks another major step toward humanity’s shared
Switch 2 security takes a hit as hackers unlock homebrew access
A security researcher has demonstrated a software-only partial jailbreak of the Switch 2, gaining “userland” access that he says “lets us run homebrew, reverse engineer
N.Y. AG James files opposition to effort to bar her from Cornell investigation
One of the men named in an explosive lawsuit alleging sexual assault at a Cornell fraternity house opposed Letitia James’ appointment as special prosecutor.
Moderna and Merck say their mRNA cancer vaccine cut death, recurrence by 42%
Personalized mRNA vaccines against melanoma—the deadliest form of skin cancer—reduced the risk of death or recurrence by 42 percent compared to standard treatment in a
Hegseth staff damaged WWII-era Eisenhower globe trying to move it to his office
The globe was especially notable because it had green pen or marker notations where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower marked areas in Europe, three U.S. officials
Nearly 3,000 exploding stars challenge our understanding of the Universe
A massive analysis of 2,884 exploding stars has uncovered new evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the universe’s expansion, may change over time.
This ‘living drug’ could change the course of autoimmune disease
If given the green light by the FDA, a CAR T cell therapy from Kyverna Therapeutics would be the first approved treatment for stiff person
Universal Music Group licenses songs to AI gaming music service TYGER
Universal Music Group (UMG) will license music from its artists and songwriters to TYGER. The service uses AI to make songs follow the action in
Meta reports $825B in future lease and contract commitments
Meta has signed up to about $825bn in future leases and contracts, most of them for the data centres and computing power behind its AI
Grenade exercise sparked deadly fire at Canada military base, army says
High winds propelled the blaze across the army base in Wainwright, killing four soldiers and injuring dozens more.
Keeping Madhubala alive: The fight for Karachi’s captive elephants
Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?
Israel arrests 36 Palestinians in the West Bank, attacks on farmers ramp up
Israeli pogroms on Palestinian farmers and their lands during the olive harvest season intensify.