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Elon Musk promised an AI epic to rival Christopher Nolan’s film. Viewers got a seven-minute glitch The first installment of Elon Musk’s AI-generated adaptation of The Odyssey has arrived, drawing swift ridicule for the medium Musk claimed would challenge Hollywood and offering an awkward…

5 Days in Sydney: The Perfect Itinerary for First-Time Visitors Sydney had been on our travel list for a LONG time, but somehow, despite travelling the world full-time since 2008, we had never made it to Australia until recently. We finally fixed that and spent 5 days in Sydney at the start…

Mercedes has a Russell-sized problem and it is sharing responsibility George Russell's form hit a new low at the United States Grand Prix, despite glimmers of progress in the Formula 1 grands prix shortly before then. In Austin, the Mercedes driver qualified over four tenths behind team-mate Kimi…

Dead Planets Orbiting a Dead Star All stars die eventually, but they don't all die the same. A star's death is determined by its mass. Only the most massive stars die in supernovae explosions, and those calamitous explosions announce their death in a burst of pent-up light, an…

How Aldi is pushing down grocery prices : Planet Money : NPR The discount grocery chain Aldi plans to have more than 3,000 American locations by the end of 2028. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption i Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images North America In the summer of 2020, I…

November full moon 2026: When, where and how to see the Beaver Moon Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The November full moon reaches maximum illumination at 9:53 a.m. EST (1453 GMT) on Nov. 24, as the lunar disk sits opposite the sun in Earth's…

Samsung Portable SSD P9 review: speedy USB4 in a slim, pricey package Why you can trust Tom's Hardware Our expert reviewers spend hours testing and comparing products and services so you can choose the best for you. Find out more about how we test. It’s a tough time to launch an external SSD, with…

What is ‘human composting’ — how does it work? What should happen to your body after you die? It’s hardly a topic you’d bring up over dinner, but it’s a decision that will eventually need to be made, either by you or by those you leave behind.In Australia, the choice has…

Volcanoes lurk behind the scenes of human history “The bright sun was extinguish’d … and the icy earth swung blind and blackening in the moonless air.” These words from Lord Byron’s 1816 poem Darkness evoke a hellish apocalypse. But Byron may have been inspired by the fallout of a real cataclysm…

Farmers prepare for low rain but get floods instead Mahoba in Uttar Pradesh received 90% more rainfall than normal during the 2026 monsoon, flooding fields after farmers had prepared for a drier season based on forecasts of a strong El Niño.Tenant and small farmers face additional hurdles in…

The Climb That Changes Your Sense of Scale: Climbing Mount Kinabalu Partway through the final push toward Low’s Peak, our group moved in near silence, one slow step at a time on steep granite. Then the guide stopped and pointed at a break in the horizon: a thin line of deep blue and…

The Michigan climate candidate courting opponents of Big Solar By her own admission, Marjorie Steele doesn’t get along with many people in the climate movement. She runs a Michigan-based activist group that advocates against large-scale industrial development. Though she considers herself a…

The Sundarbans at the crossroads of climate change and human survival [Commentary] The Indian Sundarbans has become a major source of climate-induced displacement and distress migration in India.The Amphibious Living Opportunities approach offers a path forward by combining resilient housing,…

Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban : NPR FILE - A piece of toast is prepared with Vegemite in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Rick Rycroft/AP hide caption toggle caption i Rick Rycroft/AP MELBOURNE, Australia — A prisoner on Monday lost his…

Record flooding hits the U.S. as powerful tropical storms threaten Asia Miami faces its longest-ever streak of moderate coastal flooding, historic floods sweep across the Southwest, and Typhoon In-fa and Cyclone Arnab threaten the Northern Mariana Islands and eastern India.

As iPhone Duo Cracked Screen Reports Surface, a New Teardown Shows a Possible Culprit With official reviews out in the world, you might assume there’s little left to say about the iPhone Duo that hasn’t already been said. But this is a long-awaited Apple product we’re talking about, and ongoing…

अचूक क्वांटम संवेदनासाठी क्वांटम अनिश्चिततेची मदत ग्राफीन या पदार्थासोबत विशिष्ट रचना केलेल्या प्रकाशाची आंतरक्रिया (इंटरॅक्शन) घडवून आणल्यास, सहजासहजी दिसून न येणाऱ्या सूक्ष्म क्वांटम घटनांचे मापन कसे करता येते हे आयआयटी मुंबईच्या संशोधकांनी दाखवून दिले आहे. अस्थिरता, विचलन, चढ-उतार हे…

Early speakers’ list suggests few powerful leaders will attend COP31 Other than the Australian and Turkish co-hosts, the only G20 nations to address the COP31 leaders' summit with speakers at the "head of state or government" level will be the UK, Brazil and China, according to a provisional list…

Course Completion Rate and Its True Impact Your Course Completion Rate Does Not Always Measure The Right Things Sooner or later, every conversation about online courses gets to completion rates. The number sounds like a verdict. Low completion means a bad course, a bad teacher, or proof that…

What is emotional intelligence, and why is it crucial in the workplace A recent report on “The Future of Jobs” by the World Economic Forum found that while analytical thinking is still the most coveted skill among employers, several emotional intelligence skills (i.e., motivation, self-awareness,…

Chart: A record two-thirds of car sales in China are now electric vehicles For the first time, new-energy vehicles (NEVs) made up 67% of new car sales in China in September, according to the latest data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). The figures show that NEVs, which include…

Hunter’s Moon falls on October 25-26, with Saturn nearby Don’t miss the next spectacular sky event! Subscribe to EarthSky’s free daily newsletter for sky and science news. When and where to look in 2026: For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, the bright, round Hunter’s Moon — the full moon…

Amid Iowa’s Water Crisis, Factory Farms Get a Pass on Environmental Permitting Feeding the Beast: Third in a series about lax regulation, corporate influence and the heavily polluting, yet nearly untouchable American meat industry. ESTHERVILLE, Iowa—By the time rainwater rolled down the hillside…

‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ was afraid to say anything in season of gimmicks Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter It didn’t take long for fans to figure out that the fourth season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" was going to be unlike any…

Iran is still passing messages to the U.S. via intermediaries, foreign ministry says As concerns rise about a return to an all-out Iran war ahead of crucial elections in the United States and Israel, Iran said messages are still being passed to the U.S. and Tehran remains open to diplomacy. And…

‘Drinking the corpse’s blood mixed with vodka’: How purported tales of consuming vampire blood and organs spread in the 18th century Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter In the 17th and 18th centuries, the fear of vampires reached extraordinarily…

Why did humans’ brains surpass chimps’? A tiny foe might help explain it Viruses may be minuscule, but one could have influenced major differences between human and chimpanzee brains. Millions of years ago, a virus left DNA behind in an African ape’s genome, and the genetic material stuck around…

World Food Day 2026: 23 Shocking Facts About Food Waste The scale of global food waste is staggering – a hidden crisis that costs the world trillions of dollars annually while simultaneously driving the climate emergency. To celebrate World Food Day, Earth.Org has compiled 23 critical facts that…

5 Things to Know About Work Colleges At most colleges, students work to earn money while they pursue a degree. But at the country’s nine recognized work colleges, labor is built into the fabric of the institution, part of their ethos and infrastructure. And for some students, those jobs…

Canada And EU Are Slip Sliding Away On Vehicle Emissions Support CleanTechnica's work through a Substack subscription, on Patreon, or on Stripe. Help us produce all of the high-quality, original content we publish week after week despite the challenges of content-scraping AI, antisocial media,…

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The Western Epic That Influenced Quentin Tarantino in “Every Way, Shape, and Form” Is Leaving Free Streaming Three legendary Italian directors united to work on one of the most acclaimed films of all time. The movie inspired generations of directors who came after, with perhaps the biggest fan…

Cloud seeding’s potential to ease drought is uncertain Karnataka recorded a 35% rainfall deficit between June 1 and September 30, 2026.The government launched a 60-day cloud-seeding programme to address the state’s rainfall deficit, despite warnings of unfavourable conditions.Weather experts have…

It’s a matter of TRUST Indian equities have had a challenging time decisively beating inflation, let alone deliver double-digit returns, over the last three years. Benchmark Nifty 50 TRI’s (total return index) compounded returns over the last three years stands at 6.7 per cent versus the consumer…

A new portable cosmic ray muon detector can peer inside mountains and monuments Scientists have developed and field-tested portable, gas-tight glass particle detectors that track cosmic-ray muons with over 95% efficiency, paving the way for non-invasive imaging of volcanoes, tunnels, and ancient…

Ariel, Umbriel and the man who made them real You know the difference between inventions and discoveries, don’t you? While both of them are fundamental processes that have shaped the course of human history, there’s a difference between them. In simple terms, inventions correspond to coming up…

Iran says 7 oil tankers attacked in the Strait of Hormuz Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions rise over concerns about a return to all-out war.With…

Why does anything exist? New theory emerges Why does anything exist? Physicists are puzzled that matter and antimatter didn’t annihilate each other soon after the Big Bang. Instead, we have a universe filled with matter, such as stars, planets, people and even the Crab Nebula (above). This image…

27 Exoplanet Targets for the World’s First Private Space Telescope The Lazuli Space Telescope will be the first private space telescope. It's the scientific child of Eric Schmidt, Google's former CEO. It will have a 3-meter mirror, larger than the Hubble's 2.4 meter mirror, and will be launched by…

Up First briefing: War on Iran; Midterm early voting; Trump vs. BBC : NPR Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Heavier fighting in…

Community models could help conserve the disappearing migratory freshwater fish [Commentary] Migratory freshwater fish have declined by 81% globally since the 1970s, with the Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin as a critical migration landscape where river giants like the golden mahseer are quietly…

Who Owns a Traveler’s Connectivity? This sponsored content was created in collaboration with a Skift partner. A traveler lands in a new country and reaches for a phone. The boarding pass, hotel address, ride-hailing app, maps, payment tools, and messages all live there, and every one of…

10 Must-Read Books After Klara and the Sun In real life, AI may feel increasingly ominous, but Ishiguro’s fantastical world is insistently hopeful, rendered in vivid color through prickly family dynamics and masterful prose. It’s everything he does best. Whether the film worked for you on every…

Never finishing the fight: Where did Xbox go wrong with Halo? Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Halo: Campaign Evolved was Xbox’s second attempt at refreshing the 2001 sci-fi FPS classic, and it is perfectly fine. A cromulent remake, if ever…

An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answers Meta’s filings this week were dominated by its new class of non-voting stock, which would let Mark Zuckerberg raise cash, including enough to pay for a potential California wealth tax without giving…

What if Flávio Bolsonaro wins? High stakes for the environment in Brazil’s 2026 elections (commentary) If Flávio Bolonaro wins Brazil’s 25 October runoff election the consequences for the environment will be enormous, especially in the Amazon but also for the world, argues Philip Fearnside, a…

Scientists can now ‘watermark’ AI-generated proteins to deter bioweapon creation. But will it really work? Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter With artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have a powerful new tool for creating never-before-seen…

The Download: testing six tech promises and biotech’s blind spots This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Are we there yet? A reality check on six big tech promises Some seemingly impossible feats are…

The costs of Facebook, data centers, and rental car damages : Planet Money : NPR Outside of Atlanta, two gas stations got into a price war. The Atlanta TV station WSB-TV reported that, over the course of a day, prices dropped from $2.54 down to $1.44, $1.39 and eventually down to just 97 cents.…

Electric stoves could help people with asthma breathe easier For people with asthma, switching from a gas stove to an electric one might be a breath of fresh air. The combustion that creates the flame of a gas stove or oven releases pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, which can trigger asthma…