‘Our worst nightmare’: Threats to Australian politicians were rising before MP hit by car
In the wake of the apparent attack on MP Helen Haines, MPs have described locking their office doors, and scanning every crowd for potential threats.
US church on frontline of battle against drug known as ‘tranq’
Synthetic opioids like fentanyl are more powerful and in plentiful supply, and they have transformed the drugs landscape.
Curfew imposed in parts of central Paris and other cities after rioting across France
It comes after the country’s interior minister admits that police “lost control” in some cities.
Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing
The Saudi government did not immediately respond to BBC requests for comment.
‘Ridiculous’: Kara Swisher flabbergasted as Trump and Musk play games for ‘dominion’
Veteran technology journalist Kara Swisher was flabbergasted Monday as President Tweety McTreason and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk seemingly played games in Ukraine with people’s lives
Trump admin seizes congresswoman’s DNA — but won’t explain where they got it: report
President Tweety McTreason’s administration has seized DNA from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of its investigation into her citizenship — but it isn’t revealing
CutefishOS is Back With a Vibe-Coded Desktop That Doesn’t Use Qt or GTK
Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 and Opus 5.5 AI models have been used to write the new Cutefish Desktop for CutefishOS, a distro that was in the
People Are Using AI to Get Rid of Smart TV Ads and Make Their TVs Faster
Last week, we saw a wave of developers determined to reverse engineer everything with AI. This week, there’s a new wave, and to be honest
A study of 62.5 million people reveals what broad ethnic labels miss about rare diseases
Researchers analyzing health records from 62.5 million people in England found that the prevalence of 406 rare diseases varied substantially between ethnic communities, with important
Could eating whey protein before meals help reduce blood sugar spikes?
A narrative review of 57 randomized trials found that milk and dairy products have inconsistent effects on long-term blood sugar control in adults with type
Fruit and sugary drinks stood out in a three-year study of teenage mental health
A three-year study of 6,537 Australian adolescents found that higher fruit consumption was associated with a lower risk of elevated depression and anxiety symptoms, while
11th-century ‘pizza peel’ discovered in Russia doubled as a medieval game board
Archaeologists have unearthed an 11th-century wooden kitchen gadget with an ancient board game carved into the back. Medieval bakers may have used the wooden paddle
A gene variant triples the risk of getting Alzheimer’s disease — fat buildup in brain cells may be to blame, study finds
A gene variant called APOE4 dramatically increases the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. Now, emerging research is revealing APOE4’s
Modern neuroscience is rediscovering a surprising idea freud had 130 years ago
Researchers have identified striking parallels between Sigmund Freud’s century-old theories and modern neuroscience, suggesting that the brain’s constant predictions shape how we experience reality. The