Pope Leo becomes first pontiff to vote in US general election
Vatican confirms the pope submitted a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of November 3 midterm elections
Fake polls expose vulnerabilities in US elections ahead of midterms
Fabricated surveys are adding to tensions in the country’s increasingly polarised political environment.
Dog walker threatened with gun during ICE arrest in North Hollywood
Footage shows masked ICE agents pointing a handgun at a bystander walking his dogs as they arrest another man in the US.
Why North Korea’s ‘elite’ hackers are the prime suspect in major Binance hack
If the accusations are true, the record-making heist shows how powerful suspected North Korean hackers have become.
The Indian chef who brought curry to America – then vanished
Indian chef Ranji Smile opened America’s first Indian restaurant in 1901 – then became a fake prince.
Responsible or panicked? Meet the people around the world already preparing for crisis
Filter straws to a disposable toilet – people in the US, Japan, Sweden and Netherlands on what’s in their emergency stashes.
Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue
Countries have been trying to get a global agreement to halt nature decline back on track.
Is Ubuntu Eyeing Immutability? Canonical Restarts Core Desktop and Eyes a Firmware Change for LTS
Canonical has restarted development of Ubuntu Core Desktop, an immutable, snap-based take on Ubuntu that sat dormant after a developer preview in 2023. Jon Seager
Ghostty 1.4 Is Faster and Uses Less RAM, but Drops Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Support
Ghostty is a terminal emulator from HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto that implements GPU acceleration while maintaining a native look on each supported platform. On Linux
Children with intense mood swings face greater risk of emotional overeating in adolescence
Children with large mood swings are at greater risk for comfort eating in their teens.
Physiological signals help AI predict post-concussion headaches and fatigue
Some people who suffer a concussion struggle with headaches and fatigue afterwards. Headaches and fatigue follow a consistent pattern that could potentially be used to
Researchers uncover molecular pathway controlling bone resorption and tooth eruption
RUNX2 is best known as a master transcription factor of osteoblast differentiation. Mutations in, or haploinsufficiency of RUNX2 cause CCD, a skeletal disorder characterized by
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat’s Head
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view reveals intricate structures within the Cat’s Head Nebula, traced by the emission from warm dust and carbon-based molecules
A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy
You might imagine space to be empty. But the seeming void contains a barely perceptible fog of hydrogen and other neutral atoms. In 2020, NASA’s