This 19th-Century Diary Written by an Enslaved Maryland Man Is a Crucial Record of His Life and Family History—and the Only One of Its Kind Found in the United States — Adam Francis Plummer’s chronicle is believed to be the country’s sole known example of a multigenerational…
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TikTok settles with US Justice Department for $400m over child privacy laws — TikTok and the US government settled to resolve allegations that the app violated children's online privacy laws.
Nvidia's New Chip Aims to Upend the Creative Laptop Market — Microsoft among many makers bringing RTX Spark-powered laptops to market this fall.
FreeBSD 16 Retires The Last Of Its GPL Code From Its Base System — As of this past week in the FreeBSD source tree for FreeBSD 16, the last of the GNU GPL licensed code from the base system has been retired.
Hot weather in the UK is now almost as deadly as a cold snap — Cold weather has always killed more people than hot weather in England and Wales – that's about to change
A Robot Vacuum Company Is Launching an 8K Action Camera — Dreame has photo dreams.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Primary Mirror Gets Last Look - NASA — Engineers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, have completed their final inspection of a key element for the agency’s Nancy Grace
U.S. Geological Survey Publications Warehouse — The Publications warehouse contains over 170,000 publications that cover the 150 year history of the USGS
A Moonlit Earth as Seen From Artemis II - NASA Science — An astronaut’s photo, taken en route to the Moon, reveals our planet and its place in space in a novel way.
Farming in Ancient Lake Agassiz - NASA Science — The glacial lake left a layer of silt and clay in southeastern Manitoba, creating fertile farmland that was divided during 19th-century land surveys and is still farmed today.
Hubble Sights Galaxy in Transition - NASA — This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an enigmatic galaxy with a bright center and a face that hints at spiral structure, yet it holds no
Farmers 'vindicated' after judge's ruling on pylon firm accessing land — Groups representing landowners claimed they were "frightened" by agents turning up on their farms.
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France's Kylian Mbappé on Paraguay tactics: 'We can also get our hands dirty' — France star Kylian Mbappé laughed and smiled -- and scored, of course -- when Paraguay tried to bait him and his teammates into fouls and provoke fights, as hot heads became a recurring theme during…
New Scientist recommends a brilliant take on the evolution of birds — Palaeontologist Steve Brusatte's The Story of Birds offers an excellent and sometimes startling account of bird evolution, finds Michael Marshall
S-M-A-R-T! These researchers used math to crack Wordle - Binghamton News — Using information theory, a team of researchers at Binghamton University has developed a method to solve the popular New York Times puzzle game Wordle with a 99% success rate.
The genome of a long-extinct ancient human is hiding within us — We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we might be able to reconstruct their genome
Fluctuating oestrogen levels may alter how drugs enter women's brains — Oestrogen levels fluctuate throughout a woman's menstrual cycle, which may impact how efficiently a drug that targets the brain can reach its destination
Two capybara pups born at Longleat — Two capybara pups have been born at Longleat in Wiltshire and are exploring their new home.
Unknown Photographer Who Took First Royal Portrait Honored With Blue Plaque — A photographer believed to have taken the very first portrait of the British Royal Family has been honored with a blue plaque in the English city of
England held by Ghana at World Cup as pair close on last-32 passage — England and Ghana share a 0-0 draw in Group L, despite a late barrage by the English.
Some of the last Neanderthals were surprisingly genetically diverse — Genetic analysis of Neanderthals in north-western Europe reveals that this population was surprisingly genetically diverse, hinting that inbreeding didn’t lead to the species' demise
This Basilica Has Been Rising Above Barcelona for 144 Years. With Its Central Tower Now Complete, Pope Leo XIV Prepares to Visit — When Antoni Gaudí dreamed up his ambitious vision for Sagrada Família, he knew he wouldn't live to see its completion. One hundred years after the ar
Here’s how a community of photographers keeps their inspiration — Even the most passionate of us have times when we struggle to find a reason to take out a camera. Here's how the DPReview community manages. What do you do?
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Are we getting to the point where it's safe to gene-edit babies? — A team in the US has reported promising results after using an improved form of CRISPR to gene-edit human embryos, but a major issue remains unsolved
NASA Awards Contract for Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition - NASA — NASA has selected eight new companies and will acquire new data products from six existing Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition contract holders to expand
The World's Heaviest Weight — How do you measure big forces accurately? By calibrating your force transducer on the world's biggest weight - 1,000,000 pounds of force. This machine ensures planes don't break apart, jets provide required thrust, and rockets make it to their…
Foods to Eat Before Bed That'll Help You Sleep Better, According to a Dietitian — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/photo/2025/06-2025/2025-06-how-to-pit-cherries/how-to-pit-cherries-268"> One of the most controversial biannual occurrences is coming…
Tom Gauld on immersive bat research — Tom Gauld's weekly cartoon
Macro Photographer's $10K Specialist Camera Gear is Stolen from Locked Car — 'It’s taken a long time to build up that equipment.'
Harvard study predicts most suicide attempts a week in advance — Researcher Matthew Nock pioneered the technique of using smartphone technology to survey high-risk adults and adolescents in real time. In a new study, Nock and his team report using the technology to predict 75…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 to Discuss Station Mission, Upcoming Return - NASA — Media are invited to hear from NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 astronauts during a news conference beginning at 2:45 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Sept. 16, from the
NASA Awards Facilities Support Services Contract for Ames Research Center - NASA — CONTRACT RELEASE
My 3-Ingredient Mug Cake Is So Easy, I Have It Memorized (Boxed Cake Trick!) — <img src="https://cdn.apartmenttherapy.info/image/upload//tk/edit/skills/2026/2026-10/3-ingredient-mug-cake/3-ingredient-mug-cake-4"> I always have a box of cake mix tucked away in my pantry, but…
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JP Morgan Analysts Unsure How to Model Oil as Iran War Drags On — More than six months after the start of the Iran war, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s oil analysts are stating what many traders have been saying privately for some time: the path to the end of the war is increasingly…