Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
Company staff were very selective about how they modeled earthquake dangers.
January 2026
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Sees Downloads Spike in Uganda Over Internet Shutdown Worries
Ugandans have good reason to believe there will be a blackout soon.
Black Cat Behind SEO Poisoning Malware Campaign Targeting Popular Software Searches
A cybercrime gang known as Black Cat has been attributed to a search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning campaign that employs…
New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Rather than being used as a storage material, the sulfur gives up electrons.
We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans
A recent study suggests that North Africa may be a key place to look.
Computer scientist Yann LeCun: “Intelligence really is about learning”
The AI pioneer talks about stepping down from Meta, limits of large language models.
Review: Stranger Things’ frustrating finale didn’t quite stick the landing
Sure, there were many great moments, but in the end, they didn't add up to a satisfying whole.
The ‘Heated Rivalry’ Mystique Reference Is More Than Just a Movie Gag
The gay hockey romance sensation has a brief nod to Canada's superhero moviemaking history—one that has a wonderfully queer comics…
L’Oréal’s new LED face masks address all my issues with this category
I hate when friends and family ask me which LED face mask to buy. That's because LED face masks are…
Researchers Just Sampled 1.4-Billion-Year-Old Air—and It’s Not What They Expected
A "boring" time period may not have been so boring after all.