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Robot writes in languages it has never seen before (2019)

Researchers at Brown University trained a robot to hand-write Japanese characters, and it subsequently demonstrated the…

Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption

Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

Private German rocket makes history, reaches orbit from European soil

German private company Isar Aerospace made history on September 5, 2026, by launching its Spectrum rocket from Andøya…

Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation

Terence Tao has constructed a modified three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation that exhibits finite-time blowup…

Space industry lacks workers needed to rebuild satellites lost in war: report

A RAND Corporation study finds the U.S.

ISAR Aerospace 5 Sept Mission Onward and Upward

On September 5, 2026, ISAR Aerospace became the first European commercial space company to successfully deliver…

How the Tobacco Industry Drove the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods

In 1963, R.J.

How the Planet-Altering Disaster of "Forever Chemicals" Was Kept Secret

3M knowingly concealed decades-long evidence that "forever chemicals" (PFAS) were toxic and accumulating in human bodies…

Global warming will exceed 1.5-degree limit, UN says

AI Just Solved a 350-Year-Old Math Problem By Writing the Longest Proof Ever

Anthropic says Claude spent 11 days turning Fermat's Last Theorem into 13 million lines of code a computer can check…

Fermat’s last theorem formalised by AI agents in just 11 days

Converting the proof of Fermat's last theorem into code that computers can check was expected to take years –…

After 8 years, Europe's BepiColombo mission is on final approach to Mercury

"Fundamentally, we want to learn about the origins of this planet and how it came to be like it is."

Can guitar frets perform multiplication?

The article explores whether guitar frets can perform multiplication like a slide rule, inspired by the book…

Nepal bet nearly everything on hydropower - the floods show why that's a problem

More than 10% of Nepal's energy generation capacity was knocked out by last week's floods.

Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfjnTJos_no Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49569838 Points: 43 #…

Measles killed 6-week-old baby, coroner confirms after RFK Jr. disputed deaths

"It’s long past time for RFK to stop playing games with people’s lives."

Finding a bug in Dummit and Foote's Abstract Algebra

Ben Kallus discovered a bug in Dummit and Foote's "Abstract Algebra" textbook while formalizing a proof in Rocq: the…

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.

Formalizing Fermat's Last Theorem

Claude, an AI system developed by Anthropic, has completed the first fully computer-checked proof of Fermat's Last…

How worried should we be about the invasive mosquitoes in the UK? 

Invasive mosquitoes that can carry viruses like dengue, chikungunya and Zika have been found breeding in east London 

Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed

Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.

Super El Niño could have unexpected effect on UK winter

An El Niño is usually expected to herald a cold end to winter in the UK – but this year could be different 

Higher social class predicts increased unethical behavior

Lucid dreams induced via multisensory stimulation

Lucid dreams, when a person is aware they're dreaming and can often control them, could be induced in people who rarely…

Scientists Find Worms in Almost Every Fish in a Tuna Haul – 96% Were Infected

Brazilian scientists found that 96% of 53 skipjack tuna samples were infected with parasites, containing over 1,600…

Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO

Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.

Carbon-aware electricity pricing, measured daily on 38 grids

A website tracks daily carbon-aware electricity pricing across 38 grids in Switzerland and US regions, charging…

A Mysterious Kidney Disease Has Arrived in Texas

A mysterious kidney disease called chronic kidney disease of unknown origin (CKDu), previously documented only in…

GLP-1s Are Being Linked to Fewer Serious Infections, Including TB

Recent studies have found that GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide are linked to reduced risks of serious…