A 10-Year Sky Survey Begins Filming A ‘Cosmic Movie,’ Cyborg Cockroaches Go For A Dive And More Science Stories
This week marked the beginning of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time, a massive effort to observe the sky that comes more than two decades…
BBC Sport quiz: Who am I? Guess World Cup star footballer #28
Welcome to our Who am I? game.The rules are simple. Each day there's a new footballer and the challenge is to guess who they are in as few attempts as…
Sony’s PlayStation Puts a Nail in Physical Media’s Coffin
Bad news for fans of physical media: Sony has announced that it is abandoning game discs.In a blog post published Wednesday, Sid Shuman, senior director of global content communications at…
You Can Now Sound the Alarm on AI Behaving Badly
Writing AI Lab each week means I occasionally encounter AI models that behave badly and bizarrely. Usually, there’s nothing to be done about it, save for sharing those tales with…
Canada Has a New Obsession: Soccer
For one of the three World Cup hosts, the tournament is over.While Mexico staged the opening game, and millions have wildly celebrated each Mexican victory, and the United States has…
An Explosion Knocked Out Anduril’s Rocket Motor Test Site in Mississippi
A rocket motor exploded during a test at an Anduril facility in Mississippi last Friday, marking another setback in the startup’s hopes of becoming a major supplier of missile propulsion…
World Cup 2026: England head coach Thomas Tuchel on Mexico match
Thomas Tuchel has dismissed concerns over England's treatment in Mexico as they prepare to face the World Cup co-hosts - saying it had been "nicer than I expected" and that…
Goose, a New Gay Dating App, Appears to Be a Psyop
The Instagram Close Friends Story for @miles.sumrall shows an affable-looking guy with curly dark hair and an expertly groomed mustache beaming as he floats on the water. “You’re receiving this…
Paraguay 0 – 1 France
Kylian Mbappe's 70th-minute penalty gave France a 1-0 victory over Paraguay in an ill-tempered World Cup last-16 tie in Philadelphia to set up a quarter-final meeting with Morocco.Mbappe converted his…
Mexico’s Victory Over Ecuador Made the Ground Shake. Was It an Artificial Earthquake?
The ground literally shook after the two goals that secured Mexico’s victory over Ecuador in the round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. Mexico’s Digital Platform for…