Japan’s flagship H3 rocket suffered an issue with its second stage late Sunday resulting in the loss of the Michibiki 5 (QZS-5) navigation satellite.
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At the end of their lives, most satellites fall to their death. Many of the smaller ones, including most of those going up as part of the "mega-constellations" currently under construction, are intended to burn up in the atmosphere. This Design for Demise (D4D) principle has unintended consequences,…

An easy-to-remember acronym, WRAP will help you write effective issues, refine your instructions, and get the most out of Copilot coding agent.
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While Black Friday often fuels overconsumption, its alternative Green Friday offers something different—a moment to pause, reflect, and choose impact over excess. It’s an opportunity to uplift businesses that intentionally center sustainability, community, and environmental stewardship in everything…

President Trump said after his Sunday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Ukraine and Russia are "closer than ever" to a peace deal and that 95% of the issues have been settled. Why it matters: The meeting comes at the height of Trump's diplomatic push to reach a peace agreement…

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arXiv:2512.21354v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Contemporary large language model (LLM) agents are remarkably capable, but they still lack reliable safety controls and can produce unconstrained, unpredictable, and even actively harmful outputs. To address this, we introduce Reflection-Driven Contro…

Activist was entitled to UK passport but for a rising number of voters Britishness is something you are born with What does it mean to be British? That question is increasingly at the heart of our national political debate. And it has become a more urgent one this week as the Conservatives and Refor…

Wintering Well boxes to counter effects of low light on mental health are ‘super popular’, says island librarian“Boxes of light” are being used to help people who struggle with low winter mood while living in one of Scotland’s darkest communities as part of a wider research initiative to support the…

CSAIL researchers find even “untrainable” neural nets can learn effectively when guided by another network’s built-in biases using their guidance method.

How to watch NBA for free. Watch Portland Trail Blazers vs. Los Angeles Clippers in the NBA for free from anywhere in the world.

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Days after a bombing at a mosque in a predominantly Alawite area, members of the religious minority in Syria demonstrated for better protections.

PHOENIX — MAGA speakers torched each other as pompous, cancerous cowards at this weekend's 30,000-person Turning Point USA AmericaFest, accelerating the right's media meltdown over Israel, hate speech and more. Why it matters: The MAGA movement — so lockstep when President Trump was running, and lar…

Powerball's $1.817 billion Christmas Eve jackpot was won by a single ticket sold in Arkansas, lottery officials said Thursday.Why it matters: The win caps one of the largest jackpot runs in U.S. lottery history and delivers a rare Christmas Eve payout — turning a $2 ticket into a life-changing windf…

Chipmakers Nvidia and Groq entered into a non-exclusive tech licensing agreement last week aimed at speeding up and lowering the cost of running pre-trained large language models. Why it matters: Groq's language processing unit (LPU) chips power real-time chatbot queries — as opposed to model traini…

What would you do if your future depended on the health of the forest around you? For many in the Amazon, that’s not a hypothetical—it’s daily life. Across the rainforest, powerful stories are unfolding—stories of strength, hope, and courage. Indigenous communities and local leaders are working hard…

Stimulating the liver to produce some of the signals of the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations and enhance response to vaccination.

Professors Ahmad Bahai and Kripa Varanasi, plus seven additional MIT alumni, are honored for highly impactful inventions.

MIT physicists say these quasiparticles may explain how superconductivity and magnetism can coexist in certain materials.

Images from geostationary satellites alone aren’t enough to help planes avoid contrail-prone regions, MIT researchers report.

A mid-infrared femtosecond laser tuned to the collagen absorption peak can ablate pancreatic cancer while preserving healthy pancreatic tissues
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The man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021, told investigators he believed the 2020 election was tampered with and he felt "someone needs to speak up," the Justice Department said in a court filing Sunday. CBS News jus…

The BCTVNet neural network provides accurate and rapid target volume delineation for cervical cancer brachytherapy
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The director of the gloriously trashy Sydney Sweeney-and-Amanda Seyfried thriller weighs in on his leads, those WTF twists, and why a movie is like a martini

Jimmy Kimmel used his Christmas Day message to U.K. viewers Thursday to declare victory for free speech over President Trump's calls to cancel his talk show.The big picture: British public broadcaster Channel 4 selects a high-profile figure to deliver an alternative to the British monarch's annual C…

Coach Deion Sanders and his Colorado Buffaloes remain among the biggest stories of the college football universe as they get ready to compete in the Big 12 Conference once again this season.

NASA ER-2 pilot Kirt Stallings waits inside the transport vehicle at Edwards, California, on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025, moments before boarding NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft for a high-altitude mission supporting the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx). Through the veh…

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Move comes after party’s exclusion for last two years was lambasted by JD Vance at this year’s event The Munich Security Conference (MSC) has invited lawmakers from Alternative für Deutschland to join its annual gathering of top international defence officials in February after shutting out the far-…

Young batter had a slightly wasted summer, but his second innings at the MCG showed why England think so highly of himUntil his ice-cool 40 helped England dodge an Ashes whitewash in front of 90,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday, the most clippable aspect of Jacob Bethell’s tour…

arXiv:2512.21525v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: In todays security landscape, every user wants to access large amounts of data with confidentiality and authorization. To maintain confidentiality, various researchers have proposed several techniques. However, to access secure data, researchers use a…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall on more than 2,800 pounds of raw 90/10 ground beef processed by Mountain West Food Group, LLC, from Idaho.

Choosing a mattress for your guest room, Airbnb, or VRBO rental is challenging. This hybrid is up for it.

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News Release Marine Conservation Institute Commends IUCN’s Commitment to Protecting the Ocean’s Twilight Zone By Marine Conservation Institute | October 14, 2025 Today, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) voted to pass Motion 035, “Protection of mesopelagic ecosystem integrity,…

A Texas power developer is proposing to use repurposed retired U.S. Navy nuclear reactors from aircraft carriers and submarines to supply continuous power to large-scale artificial intelligence data centers. The proposal comes from HGP Intelligent Energy LLC, which, according to filings with the U.S…

After starting the year with its first known bird flu death, the US expanded its efforts to contain the virus, which enabled it to end its public health emergency response months later

On the side of a dusty road in Gaza, dozens of mostly young men gather against the counter of a makeshift storefront.

Our visual highlights from the animal world this year include a mouse caring for its companion, dolphins communicating in an unexpected way and a colossal squid caught on camera for the first time

CES is the January trade show where the tech industry kicks off the year with a bevy of new and notable announcements — and it’s less than a week away. The CES 2026 show floor is officially open from January 6 through 9, but the fun kicks off with events on Sunday January 4 and a host of press confe…

The 2025 Steering Committee Election is now complete. The Kubernetes Steering Committee consists of 7 seats, 4 of which were up for election in 2025. Incoming committee members serve a term of 2 years, and all members are elected by the Kubernetes Community.
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As part of the various end-of-year benchmarking comparisons on Phoronix and with Linux 6.19 switching older AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 graphics cards to the AMDGPU driver by default, I planned for a very large AMD Radeon graphics card comparison on the latest open-source Linux driver for ending out 2025. In th…

The National Center for Atmospheric Research has played a leading role in providing data, modelling and supercomputing to researchers around the world – but the Trump administration is set to shut it down

A double explosion, in which a dying star split, then recombined, may be a long-hypothesized but never-before-seen "superkilonova."

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In this Oct. 20, 2025, photo, tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the International Space Station’s Destiny laboratory module. A bulk container installed in the MSG, filled with vi…

For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the Moon, the process of getting inside and secured – in this case, in NASA’s Orion spacecraft – requires help. That’s the role of the Artemis closeout crew. Trained to support Artemis II a…

IN A NUTSHELL 🦧 Researchers discovered male bonobos interpret ambiguous fertility signals to enhance reproductive success. 🌿 Study conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo provides insights into bonobo social dynamics. 🔍 Males use a combination of swelling patterns and reproductive history …

In the global conversation about decarbonization, the focus often rests on policy frameworks, carbon markets, and renewables. Yet a large share of emissions in natural-gas production still arises from operational habits that have remained unchanged for decades: flaring during well testing, methane l…

IN A NUTSHELL 🔥 The western U.S. is in a fire deficit, with nearly 38 million hectares lacking natural burns. 🌡️ Climate change and past fire suppression efforts have created conditions for more severe wildfires. 🛠️ Strategies like prescribed burns and mechanical thinning are needed to restore ecolo…

IN A NUTSHELL 🌿 Researchers uncover mathematical patterns in 8,000-year-old plant motifs on pottery from the Halafian culture. 🎨 The introduction of botanical imagery marks a cognitive shift in prehistoric art, reflecting symmetry and aesthetics. 📐 Floral designs reveal numerical sequences, indicati…

IN A NUTSHELL 🧊 Researchers found that the body uses different molecular systems to detect cold on the skin and internally. 🔬 The skin senses cold primarily through the TRPM8 ion channel, while internal organs rely on TRPA1. 👩‍🔬 Studies using genetically modified mice confirmed distinct roles for co…

IN A NUTSHELL 🔍 Hallie Meredith’s simple action of turning a Roman glass cup revealed makers’ marks previously overlooked. 🛠️ Meredith’s research suggests that Roman glass production was a collaborative effort among artisans. 📚 The findings challenge conventional views, focusing on the artisans rath…

IN A NUTSHELL 🦈 Recent research reveals ancient super predators ruled oceans 130 million years ago. 📊 Study reconstructs an intricate marine ecosystem from Colombia’s Paja Formation. 🔍 Researchers identify a seventh trophic level, indicating unprecedented ecological complexity. 🌊 Findings provide in…

IN A NUTSHELL 📉 The study reveals that limiting warming to 1.5 °C could preserve approximately 100,000 glaciers worldwide. 🌡️ Under a +4 °C warming scenario, only about 18,000 glaciers would survive globally. 🗻 The Alps could see their highest rate of glacier loss between 2033 and 2041, impacting to…

IN A NUTSHELL 🔋 Scientists develop a framework for how living cells generate electricity autonomously 🧬 Research highlights the role of cell membrane movements in producing electrical effects ⚡ Study finds voltages in cells comparable to neural signals during electrical communication 🔍 The framework…

IN A NUTSHELL 🔍 Researchers used digital reconstruction to reveal a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus face. 🗺️ The discovery was made at the Gona site in Ethiopia, known for its rich archaeological record. 🧩 The reconstruction process involved high-resolution micro-CT scans and 3D modeling technique…

From Appwrite to Zulip, Universe 2025’s Open Source Zone was stacked with standout projects showing just how far open source can go. Meet the maintainers—and if you want to join them in 2026, you can now apply for next year’s cohort.
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We envision the future of AI-enabled tooling to look like near-effortless engineering for sustainability. We call it Continuous Efficiency.
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A look at how we rebuilt GitHub Actions’ core architecture and shipped long-requested upgrades to improve performance, workflow flexibility, reliability, and everyday developer experience.
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MCP is moving to the Linux Foundation. Here's how that will affect developers.
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AI can help you build faster than ever, but it can also produce bugs, issues, and problems. Use these strategies to keep your speed without losing control of your code.
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In November, we experienced three incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
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Discover how advanced AI users are redefining software development—shifting from code producers to strategic orchestrators—through delegation, verification, and a new era of AI-fluent engineering.
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Looking ahead to the New Year? These GitHub Podcast episodes help you cut through the noise and build with more confidence across AI, open source, and developer tools.
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Security advice for users and maintainers to help reduce the impact of the next supply chain malware attack.
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Some U.S. churches are reimagining Nativity scenes — surrounding the Holy Family with ICE agents or separating Jesus from Mary and Joseph — to protest the Trump administration's intensifying immigration crackdowns.Why it matters: The displays have become one of the most visible acts of Christmas dis…

TikTok has signed a deal to divest its U.S. entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, per an internal memo seen by Axios. Why it matters: A deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation to domestic owners to allevia…

Pope Leo XIV, in his Christmas message, called for an end to global wars, highlighted humanitarian crises and pleaded for sympathy for immigrants worldwide.Why it matters: The Christmas Day message was a call for peace and the first for the U.S.-born Pope, who was elected in May. He cited suffering …

President Trump sure wants to give Americans money — he's talked up tariff-funded rebate checks, a $1,776 "warrior dividend" and plans to send billions of dollars to farmers, and that's on top of record-breaking tax refund checks expected next year.Why it matters: Giving cash is a go-to White Hous…

President Trump plans several big announcements on Gaza in early January, but the next steps hinge on his meeting on Monday at Mar-a-Lago with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Why it matters: White House officials think Netanyahu is slow-walking the peace process, and fear he will resume th…

A Democratic member of Congress filed a lawsuit Monday aimed at stopping the Trump administration from renaming the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts the "Trump-Kennedy Center."Why it matters: Democrats have raged against the name change, which they argue cannot be done unilaterally by …

For nearly a decade, MAGA and Donald Trump were synonymous.Today, the movement's most consequential fights are unfolding beyond the control of its term-limited president — empowering rival factions to shape MAGA in their own image.Why it matters: MAGA entered the year with a sheen of invincibility, …

The Trump administration will begin to garnish wages from student loan borrowers who are in default next month, the Department of Education confirmed on Tuesday. The big picture: The stepped-up collection effort follows several moves this year that will make things more difficult for holders of stud…

Trump-backed Honduras conservative National Party presidential candidate Nasry "Tito" Asfura was declared winner of the country's election on Wednesday.The big picture: Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Asfura soon after the Honduran National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that he had …

President Trump discussed with kids Wednesday Santa Claus' Christmas Eve journey being followed through the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) tracking program during calls that were peppered with joviality and banter. The big picture: First lady Melania Trump also took part in the c…

Nick Shirley, a MAGA-friendly YouTuber, lit up X during Christmas week with video reports from Minnesota alleging massive fraud in government-funded child care programs — and provoked approving responses from the FBI and Vice President JD Vance.Why it matters: Shirley, 23 — who has more than 1 milli…

President Trump ordered the suspension of a green card lottery program that enabled the suspect in the Brown University mass shooting and killing of an MIT professor to live in the U.S, a top official announced late Thursday.The big picture: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's announcement mar…

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) announced Friday she'd suspended her campaign for New York governor and will not seek reelection to the House next year.Why it matters: Stefanik, one of President Trump's most prominent backers on Capitol Hill and a member of House GOP leadership, just entered the race f…

Data: Real Time Crime Index; Chart: Axios VisualsThe U.S. is on pace for the largest one-year drop in murders the nation has ever recorded, according to an analysis by crime stats expert Jeff Asher.The big picture: The decline in killings is part of a broader decrease in violent crime following the …

The prediction markets battle is unfolding on multiple fronts as sportsbooks, trading platforms and regulators test the boundaries of U.S. betting law.Why it matters: DraftKings, one of the nation's largest sportsbooks, launched its long-anticipated prediction market Friday, embracing a fast-growing…

Israeli officials warned the Trump administration over the weekend that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps missile exercise could be preparations for a strike on Israel, according to three Israeli and U.S. sources with knowledge of the issue.Why it matters: Israeli sources said that while the inte…

Several members of President Trump's national security team have taken on unusually large public profiles — with frequent on-camera appearances, dramatic pronouncements and even eyebrow-raising wardrobe choices.Why it matters: It's no secret that Trump prefers his appointees to appear straight out o…

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When COP30 opened its doors in Belém, Brazil, the first United Nations climate summit ever held in the Amazon, it became clear that the world had arrived not only to negotiate but also to listen. With more than 190 countries represented, over 50,000 delegates gathered, and historic participation fro…

✅ Trusted. Transparent. Top-Rated. (Again). What are Charity Watchdogs? Charity Watchdog organizations independently review a charity’s financial records, accountability practices, and results to help donors discern which organizations are the most effective and trustworthy.   The Major Players Ther…

On this day of giving thanks, we pause to honor the people who make meaningful work possible. For us, that includes you. Across the Bolivian and Peruvian Amazon, our partners wanted to share something simple yet profound: their gratitude. Today, we bring you a short video with messages from forest s…

As our 25th anniversary year comes to a close, we are reflecting not only on the forests we’ve protected but also on the people who inspire this work. These are the people who made this journey possible, the loved ones who inspired gifts in their honor or memory. Each donation tells a story of legac…