Genetics triggers male black widows to blackflip into death, study finds
A wild widow spider behavior involving a backflip into death during sex has a simple genetic explanation, new research finds. Male redback spiders (Latrodectus hasselti)
Astronomers created the largest-ever 2D map of the universe, charting 4 billion objects in the night sky
The largest 2D map of the universe just dropped, and it’s a stunner. Compiled from more than a decade of observations, the new map charts
A solar eclipse will be visible in North America tomorrow: How to watch in person and online
On Wednesday (Aug. 12), the new moon will swoop in front of the sun, casting its dark shadow across a stretch of Earth from Iceland
Children as young as nine hurt in growing number of e-scooter crashes
Three trauma centres – Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield – say they have treated nearly 500 casualties under the age of 16.
Starting uni? What to know about the free NHS meningitis B jab in England
It follows the UK’s largest and fastest growing meningitis B outbreak to date in Kent earlier this year.
UK begins trials of Ebola vaccine developed in just eight weeks
The UK medicines regulator has given approval for an experimental vaccine to be tested on healthy adults.
These Open Source Devs Are Reverse-Engineering Xbox Game Pass for Linux
Xbox Game Pass has never really worked on Linux beyond laggy cloud streaming, but an open source project called Xodus is trying to change that.
Local AI Weekly #1: It’s Happening
Welcome to the first issue of Local AI Weekly. A lot of It’s FOSS readers have been curious about local AI but didn’t want it
Luigi Mangione appears in court as judge rules murder trial will be heard by anonymous jury
The man accused of shooting a US healthcare executive dead in a street has appeared in a New York courtroom, as a judge ruled the
Crypto impersonation scams grew 1,400% as AI supercharged fraud
Impersonation scams grew more than 1,400% year over year in 2025, according to Chainalysis, with the average payment into those clusters rising more than 600%.
Apple Executive Who Launched Apple Pay Is Retiring After 25 Years
Jennifer Bailey, head of Apple Pay and Wallet since the service launched in 2014, is retiring in October after more than 25 years at Apple.
New study shows unstructured time drives teenage delinquent behavior
A study involving more than 58,000 adolescents from 21 countries found that “unstructured free time” – defined as periods without adult supervision or activities guided
UH College of Pharmacy secures funding for three major health studies
University of Houston College of Pharmacy researchers have secured more than $1 million in new funding to support three separate studies targeting sepsis, Alzheimer’s disease
Microcurrent stimulation shows immediate reduction in surgical scar depth
A newly accepted pilot study in the Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies reports that direct-current (DC) microcurrent stimulation was associated with a statistically significant