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This week's cartoon from Twisteddoodles

2026-09-02 · 17:00 UTC
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Science

Designer floating homes may be the future as sea levels rise

2026-09-02 · 17:00

Are these floating houses in Amsterdam’s IJburg district the shape of things to come?

Science

The legendary snow leopard comes up against harsh realities in remarkable book

2026-09-02 · 17:00

In Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi's The Ghost of the Mountains, the near-spiritual myth of the elusive snow leopard becomes…

Other

Ambitious sci-fi novel imagines a universe where time flows backwards

2026-09-02 · 17:00

People are born old in their graves and get more robust over life, only to shrink into babies who are pushed into their…

Science

If the sun suddenly disappeared, how long would life on Earth last?

2026-09-02 · 17:00

Readers offer different perspectives on the fate of life on Earth should the sun vanish – and there may be hope for some

Science

Humans can see water, so can fish see air?

2026-09-02 · 17:00

One reader delves into whether or not fish can see air – and question if humans can strictly see water

Other

What is the optimal way to ice a cocktail? Part 2

2026-09-02 · 17:00

Readers continue to share their two cents on how best to keep your cocktail cool

Science

This week’s new questions

2026-09-02 · 17:00

Why hasn’t evolution reintroduced gills in the land-based mammals that returned to the sea?

Tech

Adam Kucharski would like to point out he did not win big at a casino

2026-09-02 · 17:00

Feedback goes down an AI rabbit hole after discovering that the internet is making up stories about epidemiologist and…

Science

Why the extremes of climate breakdown will continue to take us by surprise

2026-09-02 · 17:00

The relentless heatwaves that have hit the northern hemisphere this summer have made the climate threat real for many –…

Other

Matt Haig plays with the idea that time isn’t experienced evenly

2026-09-02 · 17:00

The Midnight Train, in which a character relives his life’s most important moments after he dies, is a novel that…

World

South African airline behind daring stadium stunt cancels next flyby, regulator says

2026-09-02 · 16:58

The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.

Tech

Mushroom hunting with LLMs: what can go wrong?

2026-09-02 · 16:58

Researchers evaluated whether large language models like ChatGPT can safely identify mushrooms from photos, testing them…

Tech

Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo

2026-09-02 · 16:54

Fervo's deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in…

Tech

How Railroad Crossings Work

2026-09-02 · 16:52

Trains cannot stop quickly enough to avoid hazards on their tracks—a fully laden freight train may need over a mile to…

Tech

Show HN: Kekoso – On-device dictation and transcription for macOS

2026-09-02 · 16:51

Kekoso is a macOS app that performs speech-to-text, file transcription, call recording, and AI agent integration…

Tech

Tangle – Visual ML Pipeline Editor

2026-09-02 · 16:49

Tangle is an open-source, platform-agnostic visual ML pipeline editor developed by Shopify that enables teams to build…

Sports

'NRL investment in Super League benefits both parties'

2026-09-02 · 16:46

Incoming St Helens boss Kevin Walters says National Rugby League investment in the Super League would benefit both…

Sports

Britain's Brennan claims third Vuelta stage win

2026-09-02 · 16:45

Britain's Matthew Brennan powers to his third win at the Vuelta a Espana in a sprint finish on stage 11.

Tech

OpenAI's Astra Becomes Its First AI Model With 'Critical' Hacking Abilities

2026-09-02 · 16:43

The unreleased model can find zero-day vulnerabilities and chain them into working exploits without a human walking it…

Tech

Tether Unveils Offline AI Translation Models for African, European Languages

2026-09-02 · 16:41

Tether AI Research has launched a set of open-source translation models that work without an internet connection.

Crypto

Ondo urges SEC, CFTC to bring US stock perpetuals onshore

2026-09-02 · 16:39

Ondo says existing US securities laws can accommodate perpetual futures tied to individual stocks as regulators look to…

Crypto

Bitcoin’s apparent demand turns negative as price struggles with $77K

2026-09-02 · 16:35

One of Bitcoin’s onchain demand indicators turns negative again after a brief August rebound, as BTC price slipped below…

Tech

How to debloat your Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access

2026-09-02 · 16:33

A guide for debloating the Xiaomi 15 Ultra without root access recommends keeping the device on Android 16 instead of…